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Vankaya Batani Vepudu is one scrumptious Andhra Style vegetable dry curry. Its their speciality to include either one or multiple legume in simple vegetable curries making it highly nutritious.
Telugu to English:: Vankaya ~~ Brinjal , Batani ~~ Dried Green Peas , Vepudu ~~ Dry Stir-fry
Vankaya Batani Curry / Vatana / Pattani Kathrikkai Varuval / Thoran / Dried Peas / Dr Split Yellow Pea / Pachai Pattani / Usal / Matar
Malabar Spinach / Palak / Pasalai Keerai mashed with Split red gram to make a semi-thick dal. Tamil to English (Keerai ~~ Leafy Green Vegetables, kadaiyal ~~~ Term used for partially mashing greens in a traditional clay pot.
Spinach Dal / Spinach Masiyal / Mashed Keerai / Kadaintha Keerai / Palak Keerai Puli Kadaichal / Spiach dhal Curry / Indian Red Spinach Curry / Malabar Spinach / Bachchali Koora / Pasalai Keerai Kadaiyal / Vasala Cheera Dhal Curry
Spinach with broken cashews combined with spiced up flour blend to make this crispy snack. Pakoda mostly termed as "Pakora" in North Indian Sweet stalls are very rich with loads of ghee and nuts and usually seen with the combination of any leafy or mixed vegetables. This recipe of mine is for one such variety, petty much similar to regular pakoda with few additions.
Palak Pakoda / Spinach Pakoda / Keerai Pakoda / Cashewnut Pakoda / Pakodi / Ulli Pakodi / Pakora / Pattanam Pakoda / Sweet Stall Pakoda / Mint Street Style / Ghee Pakoda
Stuffed Bitter gourd is a North Indian dish which has gained much popularity among others communities recently. There are quite a few ways of stuffing these gourds and my favorite way is to stuff them with crumbled Paneer and serve them over a bed of shallow fried onions.
Stuffed Bitter Gourd / Karela ~ Bitter Gourd / Stuffed Pagarkai / Stuffed kakara kayi / Pavakkai
Simple bakery style sponge cake with little lemony flavour.
Bakery Style / Lemon Sponge cake / Pound cake / Plain Cake / Bakery Slice Cake / Lemon / Bakery Cake
Agua Fresco- literally means Fresh Fruit water in Spanish. This simple thirst quencher is a popular fruit drink in Mexico, though the name looks wierd, its nothing but plain watermelon juice.
Watermelon juice / Darboos juice / Sparkling Watermelon / Watermelon Soda / Thirst Quencher / Darboosani Kai
Brinjal rice is a popular rice item in Karnataka termed " Vanghi Bhath", prepared with brinjals stuffed with special spice blend and cooked along with rice. We at home take this dish to new heights by cooking the whole thing in coconut milk. Here is our family style Kathrikkai (brinjal) Sadam (Rice).
Vangi Bhath / Brinjal Rice / Eggplant Rice / Kathirikkai Sadam / Brinjal Biryani / Eggplant Biryani / Kathrikkai Biryani
Parathas with Avocado??? quite interesting isn't it?? Recently bought a pack of flavoured tortilla from a speciality store which had one variety with avocado, it was so delicious and that inspired me to try this with our chapatis. This fruit is full of buttery creamy green flesh with plenty of healthy monounsaturated fat. That's a green signal for a good diet and have used it as a substitute in the place of regular fat in our parathas.
Avocado Parantha / Avocado Chapati / Flat bread with Avocado / Stuffed Paratha / Flavoured Paratha / Chapatti / Leftover Guacamole Paratha
These are swirl puffs with veggie and cheese stuffing, a great party platter or a simple evening snack.
Puff Pasty / Pepperidge Farm / Spinach Pinwheels / Cheese Pinwheels
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Boiled Green Groundnuts / Peanuts are common street side food in many parts of India. Freshly boiled and salted green peanuts is a good snacking item on a cold evening or simply relish it as a quick evening tiffin by converting it to a light Peanut chat.
