Vegetarian Recipes

 Salads need not to be served cold especially during winter. Instead of giving a mis to eat healthy vegetables one can roast the veggies either on oven or on tava. Adding herbal seasoning and cheese makes it more attractive and tastier. Use root vegetables, add leafy vegetables and some juicy stuffs on top to prepare roasted vegetable salad. This can be your one of the Thanksgiving dishes

There are many ways to incorporate healthy vegetables in our diet.  One such healthy, nutritious vegetable is banana or plantain stem. Banana stems are rich in fiber and provide many health benefits. We can consume banana stems by preparing sambar, chutney, or salad.

Do you know, you can prepare delicious rasam using sambar cucumber seeds? Sambar cucumber is also known as dosekai. It’s skin is colorful with green and yellow patches.

Fenugreek seeds (methi seeds) are highly recommended for controlling blood sugar, weight, heart health, inflammation and for improved digestion.

Vitamin plant chutney powder is tasty, easy to prepare. If you have vitamin plant, try preparing chutney powder. It is like curry leaves chutney powder.

Try another palak recipe that is popular in India – Palak kofta! It is a delicious dish that tastes well with roti and other Indian breads as well as varieties of rice dishes.

Eating on banana leaves is common in India. In functions, instead of using throw away plastic and paper plates people serve using banana leaves which are biodegradable and adds value to soil. Eating on banana leaf is healthier for various reasons. In addition, it increases food taste by adding unique flavor to the dishes. Do you know, banana tree parts are also used in dishes?

Here is a delicious chutney recipe you should try this season. Tinda belongs to Cucumber family, It is also known as tindora, tondekai or Coccinia.  One can prepare varieties of dishes using tondekai – vanghi bath or spicy rice bath, curry, can be used in mixed vegetable curry or one can prepare delicious chutney. Like cucumber tinda serves zero calories and is good for weight loss.