I love yogurt based dishes, whichever region of the country they come from. However, I avoided the North Indian ones for a couple of decades as the koftas are deep fried. It is only after I turned WFPB vegan that I began experimenting with transforming deep fried food to air fried ones. With singular success,…
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Potato Cutlet
Since I turned vegan a few years ago, the choices for an evening snack became really restricted. Most Indian snacks are deep fried. That is when I began experimenting how to transform the traditional snacks into whole food plant based. Hari has proved to be a godsend in this regard. No matter what recipe I…
Punjabi Bhendi Masala
One of my summer pleasures (there are several) is bhendi (okra, vendakai). Like the brinjal, this is indeed a versatile vegetable. It is abundantly available in the Indian subcontinent. But I am not sure that this super-tasty vegetable is available in many other parts of the world. Some years ago, I was having dinner with…
Apple Gourd “Fry”
Apple gourd is called tinda in Hindi. It is abundantly available in summer in most parts of the country. It is a rather tasteless vegetable. The taste is imparted by the masalas used in its cooking. This vegetable is largely native to India and neighbouring countries. I was not a great fan of apple gourd…
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