Oriental Pasta Salad
This pasta salad is welcome change from traditional pasta dishes,easy to makeand a super-hit with all- especially kids. Ingredients • Diced Celery – ½ cup • Diced Green Pepper – ½ cup • Diced Red Pepper – ½ cup • Boiled Sweet Corn – ½ cup • Boiled Green Peas – ½ cup • Shredded Spinach – 1 cup • Diced Olives – ½ cup • Diced Cherry Tomatoes – ½ cup • Any pasta – 2 cups • Sesame Oil – 1 to 2 tspn • Salt – to taste For Dressing: • Soy...
Brocccoli and Almond Soup
Ingredients • Broccoli – 400 gms • Celery – 2 inch stalk • Almonds – 10-12 • Low fat milk – 1 cup • Salt – To taste • White pepper powder – to taste Preparation 1. Cut broccoli into small florets, wash well, soak in salted water for ten to fifteen minutes and then drain. 2. Trim, wash and chop celery stalk. 3. Boil or dry roast almonds on medium heat till almond...
Vegetarian Shepherd’s Pie
Ingredients For base of pie • Brown lentils – 1 1/4 cups • Water – 2 litres • Olive oil – 2 tbsp • Yellow asafoetida powder – 1 tsp • Freshly ground black pepper – 1/4 tsp • Celery, diced – 1 cup • Home-made curd cheese (panir) from (2 litres) milk and pressed for 1/2 hour, or 200g shop-bought panir cheese • Good quality tamari or soy sauce – 5 tbsp For potato topping • Butter – 2 tbsp...
Chili beans
Ingredients •1½ C black bean or kidney beans •5 C water •1½ Tsp olive oil •2 green chilies, chopped •¼ Tsp yellow asafetida powder •1 celery stalk, chopped •1 carrot, peeled and chopped •1 medium sized bell pepper (capsicum) cut into 2cm cubes •3 tomatoes, chopped •1 Tsp cumin powder •¼ Tsp paprika •1½ Tsp salt •2 Tbsp tomato paste •1 C tofu cubed into 2cm size •2 Tbsp chopped fresh coriander leaves Preparation 1.Soak the beans in...
