RECIPE INDEX

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APPETIZERS/SIDES

Baked Spicy Potato Wedges

Steamed Dumplings (Gujarati Muthia)

Chickpea and Oat Cutlets

Wheat Barley Sesame Crackers

Oat Barley and Bell Pepper Cutlets

Baked Peppery Potato Fries

Red Kidney Bean Cutlets

Brown Rice and Lentil Cutlets 

Oat Potato Cutlets

Quinoa Cutlets

Brown Rice and lentil cutlets with Peanuts

SALADS

Mediterranean Lentil Salad

Lemon Pasta Salad
Lemon Flavored Corn Salad

Cilantro Flavored Moong Bean Salad 

Fruit Chaat Salad

Indianized Coleslaw ( A salad made with cabbage,carrots and pineapple) 

Thai Salad with Peanut Dressing

Pasta with Carrots and Asparagus

Southwestern Style Pasta Salad ( With Corn, celery, black beans and red kidney beans)
Fruit Salad with Orange Juice dressing

RAITA/PACHADI/YOGURT BASED SALADS
Mixed Vegetable Raita (lentil flavored)

Raita with Peanut Powder
Carrot Cucumber Raita

SOUPS

Carrot Ginger soup

Vegetable Corn Chowder

Spinach Chickpea Soup

Low Fat Asparagus Soup

Tomato and Cinnamon Basil Soup

Vegetarian Split Pea Soup with Barley

Red Bell Pepper Soup

Zucchini and Split Green Pea Soup

Carrot Cilantro Soup

Butternut Squash with Lentils soup

Minestrone with Pesto

Mediterranean White Bean Soup (Fassoulatha)

Vegetarian Chili with Pinto Beans

Minestrone Soup

Barley Pinto Bean Soup

Vegan Thai Curry Soup 

Indian Lentil Soup

Black Bean Vegetable Soup

Hot and Sour Soup (Indo- Chinese style soup)

Spinach Lentil Soup

Curried Lentil Soup 

Bean and Barley Soup 

Sweet Corn Vegetable Soup (Indo-Chinese style soup) 
Indian style Tomato Soup (Tomato shorba)

Curried Carrot Coconut Soup ( A light nourishing soup made with carrots and topped with coconut milk) 
Simple Tomato Soup 
Curried Roasted Butternut Squash Soup
Indian style clear vegetable soup (a light soup made with vegetables and flavored with curry powder)
Curried Mung Bean and Barley Soup

SANDWICHES/PANINIS

Tomato Mozarella Panini

Grilled Veggie Panini

WRAPS
Indian Style Roasted Vegetable Wrap

JUICES

Sugar Free Carrot Ginger Juice

BREAKFAST / LIGHT DINNERS /SNACKS / TIFFINS

Crepes (Dosai/Adai )

Adai- A Savory Crepe made out of Rice and Lentils

Instant Uthappam - Savory Semolina pancakes

Sweet Vellam Dosai- Wheat flour pancake

Oats Dosai - Savory Oats Crepe

Oats and Barley Adai - Savory crepe made with rice, lentils, oats and barley

Sabudana Dosai- Sago Rice Crepe

Instant Ragi Oats Dosai- Finger millet and oat crepe

Rye Dosai- Savory Rye Crepes

Beaten Rice and Tomato Crepes (Tomato Aval Dosai)

Quinoa Multi Grain Crepes (Dosai made with quinoa,cracked wheat and brown rice)

Vegan Instant Semolina crepes enhanced with flax (Rava Dosai with alsi)

Carrot Oat Crepes (Dosai)

Quinoa Oat Adai 

Quinoa and Flax Uthappam

Instant Oats Dosai Version 2.0 (with rice flour, split black gram lentil flour(udad flour) and oat flour)

Quinoa Ragi Dosai (Quinoa with finger millet in a savory crepe)

Instant Quinoa Rava Dosai ( Quinoa and semolina made into a savory crepe) 

Cracked Wheat and Oat Adai ( A savory crepe made with cracked wheat, lentils and oats)
Oat Sago Dosai 

Instant Oat Ragi Dosai version 2.0 (A simple and quick crepe made with oat flour and finger millet flour) 
Swiss Chard Barley Oat Adai 
Instant Wheat Dosai
Sprouted Mung Bean Adai 
Bajji Dosai (A savory crepe made with chick pea flour) 
Mixed Vegetable Oatmeal Dosai (A savory crepe made with oatmeal and grated vegetables)
Spinach Oat Dosai
Instant Oat Flax Dosai
Instant Oat Vermicelli dosai

Steamed Cakes / Steamed snacks

Instant Oats Idli -Steamed Oats Cakes

Muthia - Steamed Spinach Dumplings

Instant Ragi Oat Wheat Idli (Low Carb Steamed cakes)

Upma Varieties

Whole wheat Bread upma with Flax (alsi/ali virai) 

Other Snacks

Sabudana Khichdi (Sago Pearls Khichdi)

Peanut Sundal ( A savory seasoned snack made with cooked peanuts)
Eggless Omelet with Sundried tomatoes (Savory pancake made with chick pea flour)

Cutlets

Red Kidney Bean Cutlets ( Rajma Cutlets )

Chickpea and Oat Cutlets
Oat Barley and Bell Pepper Cutlets

Brown Rice and Lentil cutlets

Oat Potato Cutlets 

Quinoa Burger Patty/cutlets

Brown Rice and lentil cutlets with Peanuts


Fried Snacks

Thattai (A savory fried snack made with rice flour) 
Thenkozhal (savory rice crisps)

Mullu Thenkozhal (savory rice and chick pea flour crisps) 
Ribbon Bakshanam (Rice and chick pea flour fritters)

Popcorn Varieties
Masala Popcorn

Low fat Crunchy snacks

Mung bean snack with no oil

Chutneys/ Dips/ Thogayals/Pachadis/ Condiments

Onion Tomato Chutney

Peanut Chutney

Apple Pachadi (Chutney)

Cilantro Chutney (Coriander leaves chutney)

Mini Pepper Chutney

Onion Tomato Chutney Version 2

Onion Thogayal (Chutney)

Oat Coconut Chutney

Zucchini Thogayal (Chutney)
Cilantro Peanut Chutney
Spiced Cranberry Chutney
Dried Apricot Pachadi (Chutney)
Mixed Vegetable Chutney
Puli Ittu Keerai (Tamarind flavored Spinach) (to go with Poricha Kozhambu)

Cilantro Mint Chutney

Apple Apricot Chutney (A slightly sweet, spicy and tart chutney made with fresh and dried fruits)

South Indian style Cranberry Chutney

Avocado Coconut Chutney (A south Indian style chutney)  
Cilantro Mint Chutney version 2.0 
Sundried Tomato chutney

DRY POWDERS / CHUTNEY POWDERS/SPICE POWDERS

Molaga Podi (For Idli/Dosai) (Spice Powder)

Flax Chutney Powder

Spiced Coconut Powder (Thengai Podi)

Spiced Curry Leaves Powder (Karvapillai Podi)

Quinoa and Flax Spice Powder

Tea Spice Powder (Chai Masala)

Flax and Peanut Chutney Powder
Homemade Garam Masala Powder
Homemade Pav Bhaji Masala Powder

Basic Sauces
Tandoori Sauce

MAIN COURSE

RICE VARIETIES

Bisi Bele Bath (A single pot dish with rice lentils and vegetables)

Capsicum Carrot Rice

Cilantro Mixed Vegetable Rice

Brown Rice and Lentil Khichdi

Cumin Rice (Jeera Rice)

Savory Sesame Rice (Ellu Rice)

Mexican Rice

Schezuan Fried Rice

Cabbage Brown Rice
Kadambam Sadam (One pot dish with brown Rice, vegetables and lentils) 

Rice Cooker Peas Pulao

Thai Fried Rice with Pineapple made with Brown rice

Mixed Vegetable Rice with Sesame seeds and coconut

Vegetable Fried Rice

Miloni Tahari (Mixed Vegetables with Rice) 

Slow Cooker Bisi Bele Bhath (One pot dish with brown rice, vegetables and lentils)

Pulao with Black Eyed Peas 

Spinach Corn Rice
Coconut and Peanut flavored Mixed Vegetable rice (a one dish meal) 
Capsicum Brown Rice (Brown rice with green bell pepper and  freshly powdered spices)

ROTI (INDIAN FLAT BREAD) VARIETIES

Mustard Greens Roti

Carrot Roti

Sesame Sweet Roti

Lentil Roti

Radish Roti

Besan Roti (Chick pea flour roti)

Sweet Potato Roti

Oat Barley Roti

Herb Roti (Roti spiced with dried mint and dried fenugreek leaves)

Cabbage Roti

Avocado Roti

Spinach Avocado Roti 
Tomato Multigrain Roti 

Swiss Chard Roti
Collard Greens Roti

Methi Thepla (Fenugreek flavored spiced roti)
Avocado Roti with Ajwain (Carom seeds)
Potato Roti

PHULKAS 

Multi Grain Masala Phulkas with step by step pictures

PARATHA (STUFFED INDIAN FLAT BREADS) VARIETIES

Aloo Paratha (Spiced potato stuffed in Indian flat bread)

Sweet Potato Paratha 
Sweet Potato and bean Paratha 
Mixed Vegetable and Mung bean Paratha

PURIS (FRIED PUFFED INDIAN BREAD)

Basic Whole wheat Puris

CURRIES

Spinach Tofu Curry (A variation of Palak Paneer)

Green Bell Pepper and Potato Curry (Capsicum Aloo Sabzi)

Moong Bean Curry (Usal)

Potato Khara Curry (A South Indian style dry curry)

Coconut flavored Cauliflower and peas curry

Bottle Gourd Lentil Curry (Doodhi Kootu)

Cabbage Green Peas Curry

Potato and Peas curry (Aloo Matar)

Creamy Mushroom Curry

Butternut Squash Curry

Onion Tomato Curry (Sev Tomato Nu Shaak)

Dry Whole Moong Bean Curry

Lima Bean Curry

Eggplant Potato Curry in Peanut Tamarind Gravy

Carrot Moong Curry (Poriyal)
Potato Peas Curry with Quinoa and Flax

Paneer Matar ( Indian cottage cheese and green peas in a creamy gravy curry)
Kadhai Paneer ( Indian Cottage Cheese and Bell Pepper Curry)

Microwave Vegetable Makhanwala ( A creamy gravy curry) 

Lima Bean Kurma ( Vegan curry with coconut milk and spices)

Spinach Lentil curry (Paalak ka saalan)

Microwave Vaal Curry  

Keerai Molagootal ( Spinach Lentil gravy curry)

Baked Vegetable Manchurian (Indo chinese curry)

Thai Chickpea Curry

Cabbage Kootu (Cabbage in coconut gravy curry)

Mixed Vegetable Kurma

Chana Masala ( Chickpeas curry) 

Mushroom Peas Curry in Tomato yogurt gravy

Sprouted Mung Bean Curry 

Potato Masala Curry ( A perfect combination with Puris or stuffed in dosai)

Paneer Curry 
Mushroom in Yogurt Gravy Curry
Eggplant with Bell Pepper Curry  (perfect for phulkas/rotis or rice and dhal)
Thai Spinach and Sweet Potato Curry
Anaheim Pepper Curry 
Plantain Dry Curry (Vazhakai Podimas) 
Microwave Mixed Vegetable Gravy Curry
Thai Green Curry  

Mashed Potato Curry (Podimas) ( A simply seasoned curry made with mashed potatoes)

Red Kidney Bean Curry (Rajma) 

Simple Sweet Potato Curry (Sweet potato combined with onions, tomatoes and simple spices, perfect for phulkas/roti/ Indian flat bread)

Red Swiss Chard in Coconut Lentil gravy curry (kootu)

Vaal Beans (Hyacinth Beans) in peanut gravy curry
Cauliflower cabbage curry (poriyal) 
Cabbage with chick pea lentil curry (Maharashtrian style)

Sprouted Mung Bean Curry with a light gravy
Asparagus in coconut lentil curry
Chickpea and Spinach Curry (Chana Palak)

Sweet Potato and Peas in a coconut gravy curry (kootu)
Red Swiss Chard with Cabbage Curry 
Spincach with Peanut curry (Palakachi Patal Bhaji) ( A curry from the western region of India)
Cauliflower Chickpeas curry ( With a touch of coconut milk)
Milaguishyam (Peppery vegetable medley in lentil gravy ) ( A curry from the southern region of India)
Asparagus with Mung bean lentil curry (Poriyal)
Gobi Chana Masala (Chickpea with cauliflower and potato curry)
Adzuki Bean Curry (Red chori)
Tandoori Mung Bean Curry  (Mung bean curry simmered in tandoori sauce gravy)
Spring Onion curry (Zunka)  ( A dry curry that combines spring onion with chick pea flour)

RAITA/PACHADI/YOGURT BASED SALADS

Mixed Vegetable Raita (lentil flavored)

Raita with Peanut Powder

SAMBARS/RASAMS/ DHALS

Mixed Vegetable Sambar

Pineapple Rasam

Pahakai Pitla Kozhambu ( Bitter gourd in tamarind lentil gravy)

Cabbage Poricha Kozhambu ( Cabbage in coconut lentil gravy )

Panchratan Dhal ( Dhal made with 5 different type of lentils)
Slow cooker Dhal Makhni ( Punjabi style dhal made with black gram lentil and red kidney bean) 
Mor Kozhambu (Okra in Buttermilk Gravy curry)
Keerai Molagootal ( Spinach Lentil Gravy Curry)
Spinach with Mung Bean Lentil Dhal 

Pahakai Pitla with Peanuts ( Bittergourd in a lentil gravy curry with peanuts)
Lentil Powder Sambar without any tamarind  
Mor Kozhambu with Tomato (A simple buttermilk gravy curry with tomato and coconut) 

Pearl Onion Sambar (Chinna Vengaya sambar)
Gujarathi Kadhi ( A light soup like preparation made with buttermilk that is served with plain steamed rice)
Lemon Rasam with tomatoes

LUNCH BOX MENU

Potato Curry stuffed Sandwich

Paneer Curry Stuffed Sandwich

Oat Potato Cutlets (can be used as a sandwich stuffing making it ideal for the lunch box)

Methi Theplas (Fenugreek flavored roti)
Sweet Potato and bean Paratha

Brown Rice and lentil cutlets with Peanuts (can be used as a sandwich stuffing)
Indian Style Roasted Vegetable Wrap

Pasta and Noodles
Mushroom Pasta with Roasted Red Bell pepper sauce
Schezuan Vegetable Noodles
Thai Inspired Pasta


Pizza Varieties
Simple Whole Wheat Pizza
Pesto Pizza with Oat Wheat Crust
Tandoori Paneer Pizza

DESSERTS / SWEETS / SWEET SNACKS

Simple and quick Rasmalai (made with Riccotta cheese)

Sweet Sesame Rice

Low Fat Pineapple Kesari ( An Indian sweet made with semolina)

Coconut-Cashew Fudge ( Kaju coconut burfi)

Orange Payasam (Pudding)

Microwave Doodh Pedha (Quick and Simple Indian Milk fudge)

Sugarless Fruit and Nut Fudge (Made with Oat flour, various nuts, dates and raisins)

Chocolate Fudge (Burfi)

Paal Payasam ( Indian Milk Pudding) A traditional south Indian sweet

Almond Fudge ( Badam Halwa) ( An Indan sweet made with almonds, sugar and saffron)

Mysore Pak (Chickpea fudge)

Banana Fudge (halwa) (a simple dessert made with bananas, sugar and a touch of cardamom)

Slow Cooker Pista Kheer (Pudding with milk, pistachio, saffron and cardamom)

2 minute Microwave Almond pedha (fudge) 
Simple wheat flour ladoo
Kaju Katli/Burfi (Cashew Fudge)
Microwave Chocolate Oatmeal Bar

Microwave Chocolate covered Raisins

Besan Kaju Burfi (Chick pea flour and cashew nut fudge)

Slow Cooker Badam Kheer (Almond dessert)
Quick 2 minute Shrikhand (Sweetened Strained Yogurt)
Mawa Pedha (Milk fudge made with ricotta cheese)
Peanut and Flax Ladoo
Maharashtrian style rava ladoo (sweet balls made with semolina and coconut) 

ANYTHING CHOCOLATE
Microwave Chocolate Oatmeal Bar
Microwave Chocolate covered Raisins


FROZEN TREATS

Cardamom Flavored Mango Popsicle

Mango Frozen Yogurt
Simple Pistachio and Saffron Kulfi (Indian Ice cream)
Banana Plum Popsicle

BREADS

Savory Breads and Basic Breads

Eggless Cornbread

Semolina Bread

Simple and Quick Whole Wheat Pizza

Eggless Pav ( A Simple Indian Bread roll)

Savory Oat Muffins

Pesto Pizza with Oat Wheat Pizza Crust

Spiced Sweet Potato Rolls (Made with Oat , Wheat and wheat germ)

Oat Pav (The rustic Indian bread made healthier with oats)

Savory Tomato Wheat Bread Rolls
Basic Whole Wheat Sandwich Bread

Sweet Breads and Muffins

Low Fat Apple Bread

Baked Banana Bites

Eggless Cardamom Flavored Oat wheat Banana Bread

Oat Banana Bread with Condensed Milk

Cereal Muffins ( Muffins made with cereal, wheat flour and barley flour)

Vegan Apple Carrot Zucchini Wheat Bread

Vegan Orange Cranberry Wheat Bread

Banana Oatmeal Walnut Bread

Eggless Choco Banana Cereal Muffins
Eggless Apple Banana  Choco chip muffins with spelt flour
Banana Raisin Bread with Spelt flour
Vegan Mango Muesli Muffins

Snacks/ Cookies/ Crackers

Nan Khatai (Indian style cookies)

Mildly spicy cumin crackers

Low Fat Cranberry Cookies

Low Fat Ginger Cookies

Sugarless Banana Oat Raisin Cookie

Low Fat Pineapple Oatmeal cookies

Eggless Pudding Cookies

Wheat Barley Sesame crackers

Rice Crackers

Wheat and chickpea crackers (Baked muthia)

Cumin Crackers made with Spelt Flour

Vegan Orange Flavored Cranberry Oatmeal Bars

Vegan Quinoa Spicy Cookies

Eggless Chocolate Chip Cookies 
Indian style Banana Raisin cookies
Vegan Indian Banana Raisin cookies version 2.0
Vegan Carrot Raisin Cookie 
Eggless Blueberry Oatmeal Bar

Cereal Muffins

Jams And Preserves

Simple Strawberry Jam

Mixed Fruit Jam
Dried Apricot Jam

HOT BEVERAGES

Masala Milk (Saffron and cardamom flavored almond milk

Spiced Tea

Mint Flavored Tea

Turmeric Milk

Fennel flavored Chai Tea

JUICES/SMOOTHIES/LASSI
Mango Lassi
Chaas- Lassi (Flavored with ginger, green chilies and a touch of black salt)

This index was last updated until November 30, 2011. New recipes are added frequently so do check back often:-)