Toasted Coconut Rice
If you have a piece of fresh coconut in your refrigerator, try this recipe. It is quick, easy and delightful. The rice is cooked with whole sweet spices, and golden-fried coconut strips are folded in along with the chaunk (spices cooked in ghee or coconut oil), which adds to the flavor. Finally, the dish is garnished with more coconut strips. This is a most attractive rice dish, with a slightly crunchy texture and faintly sweet,...
Sprouted Mung Bean Salad with Water Chestnuts And Toasted Almonds
You can use any sprouted bean mixture for this salad, but avoid the supermarket, water-logged giant sprouts intended for oriental, stir-fry dishes. These beans should be barely sprouted ( ¼ – ½ inch/6 mm-1.5 cm) at most. Assemble this salad just before serving, as the sprouts soften and become watery once exposed to heat or combined with other ingredients. Preparation time (after assembling ingredients): 10 minutes Ingredients •...
Eggplant Fritters
These are aptly called eggplant sandwich fritters. When I first served them to Srila Prabhupada, much to my delight, he dubbed them “vegetable chops”. These fritters can be served hot or at room temperature. Salting time: ½ hour Preparation and cooking time: about 30 minutes Ingredients • Eggplant (about 2 pounds/1 kg), cut crosswise into ½ -inch (1.5 cm) slices salt – 1 large • Chickpea flour (shifted before measuring)...
Carrots, Cashews and Dates in Smooth Yogurt
This colorful raita comes from good friend Mandakini Devi, an accomplished cook. The cashew and date combination can be replaced by almonds and golden raisins or pecans and currants. The yogurt is drained for 2-3 hours before being mixed into the salad to make a thick, rich sauce without the extra calories of added cream. Preparation and draining time (after assembling ingredients): 2-3 hours Ingredients • Plain...
Spicy Matchstick Potatoes
Potatoes are a good vegetable for deep-frying and can be cut a number of ways for dramatic effects: shavings, spirals, waffles, chips and fine sticks. For this recipe you need a fine matchstick. Cut, with a maximum width of 1/8 inch (3 mm). you can produce fine strips by hand cutting them into slices 1/8 inch (3 mm) thick and then cutting them again lengthwise into strips about 1/8 inch (3 mm) wide. Save considerable time by...