Tag Archives: Vegetarian Friendly

Hot Jalapeno Bites

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Sizzling Jalapeno Bites is a marvellous hot snack item which is vey easy to make and very easy to eat …

Ingredients:

  • ½ cup grated cheddar cheese
  • ¼ cup grated parmesan cheese (extra sharp) (optional)
  • 4 white bread slices (thick)
  • 16 tbspns pasta sauce/ homemade tomato base sauce
  • ½ tomato deseeded and chopped fine
  • ½ capsicums chopped fine
  • A jalapeno sliced
  • 8 black olives deseeded and chopped fine

Procedure:

-Preheat oven to 220 degrees Celsius.

-Divide all the bread slices into 4 equal parts and apply 1 tbspn of pasta sauce on each portion. Now place 1 tbspn of all the other ingredients on each one of them and bake for 10 minutes or until golden brown.

-Serve hot with tea.

Outcome:

Tasty, hot and sizzling jalapeno bites are ready to serve.

Sizzling Jalapeno Bites

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Tips:

-Do not overcook.

Servings:

This will serve 3 persons easily.

Oven Roasted Vegetables

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A perfect vegetarian treat …

Ingredients:

  • 8 small potatoes washed and halved
  • 1 cup cherry tomatoes
  • 1 whole broccoli
  • 2 Brussels sprouts
  • ¼ kg French beans sliced into three parts
  • 1 sweet potato diced
  • ½ cup sweet corn kernels
  • ¼ cup peas
  • 1 cup whole black olives
  • 1 tin boiled chickpeas
  • 2 carrots sliced thickly
  • 4 mushrooms sliced
  • 1 cup chicken stock
  • ½ tspn chilli paste (OPTIONAL)
  • A garlic clove minced
  • Some salt and pepper
  • ½ tspn red chilli flakes
  • 1 tbsp cracked dry coriander
  • A bunch of asparagus trimmed wood edges
  • 1 scoop of butter

Procedure:

-Preheat oven to 200 degrees Celsius.

-Wash and cut vegetables according to the instructions and place them in a roasting rack. Drizzle some olive oil and add everything. Mix well.

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Ayesha's Kitchen

-Bake for 30 minutes or until well done.

-Take them out and serve hot with soup or any toasted multigrain bread.

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Ayesha's Kitchen

Tips:

-Mix well everything.

Servings:

This will serve 8 – 10 persons easily.

Tadka Chaawal (Tempered Rice) (Pakistani Style)

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Tadka Chaawal (Tempered Rice) are very tasty and can be served with any thing, any curry or any daal, give it a try and make your day special …

Ingredients:

  • 1 small onion thinly sliced
  • 2 big cardamoms
  • 2 – 4 pcs. Cinnamon
  • 1 dried red chilli whole
  • 4 – 6 black peppercorns
  • 1 tspn cumin seeds
  • 1 tbspn ghee
  • 4 tbspns olive oil
  • 1 ¼ cup rice
  • 2 ½ cups water
  • Some salt (to taste)
  • 4 cloves

Procedure:

-Soak rice for 8 minutes. Drain water and keep aside.

-Heat oil and ghee in a thick bottomed deep pan and fry whole garam masala and onion slices. When they are golden brown add water and let it come to a boil.

-Add soaked rice and salt and let them simmer.

-When very less amount of water remains cover it and cook on very low heat for 10 minutes.

-Stir and scoop. Serve hot with daal or Punjabi kadhi.

Outcome:

Tasty and versatile tempered rice are ready to serve.

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Ayesha's Kitchen

Tips:

-Soak rice in very less amount of water for 7 – 8 minutes. Not more than that.

-Add ghee for tasty and pleasant tempering.

Servings:

This will serve 4 persons easily.

Gujrati Dhokla

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Gujrati Dhokla is a vegetarian Gujrati dish which is quite Famous in India and is easily available in all of the Indian restaurant …

Ingredients:

  • 350gms Gram flour
  • 1 cup yogurt (Stirred)
  • 1 tsp Green Chilies (paste)
  • 1 tspn Ginger (paste)
  • Salt to taste
  • 1 tsp baking soda
  • 1 Lemon juice
  • ½ tspn turmeric powder
  • 1 tbspn Oil

FOR TAMPERING

  • Few Curry leaves
  • 1 tspn Mustard Seeds
  • 2 tspn Oil
  • Some Coriander leaves (chopped)
  • 4 green chilies (vertically slit)

Procedure:

-In a bowl add gram flour (besan), yogurt and water.

-Mix well and make a smooth batter. The batter should be of thick consistency.

-Add salt and set aside for 4 hours covered with a lid.

-Take the ginger and green chili paste and add to the batter. Also add turmeric powder and mix well.

-Keep the steamer or cooker ready on gas.

-Grease a baking dish (it should fit in the steamer or cooker).

-Now in small bowl take baking soda, 1tspn oil and lemon juice and mix well.

-Add this to the batter and mix well.

-Pour the batter into the greased pan and steam for 10-12 minutes or till done.

-Cool for some time and cut into big cubes.

-Heat little oil in a small pan and add mustard seeds and curry leaves allow to splutter. Remove and pour it over dhoklas.

-Garnish the besan dhokla with coriander and slited green chilies.

-Serve with coriander chutney.

Outcome:

Tatsy Gujrati Dhokla is ready to be served with chutneys and everything.

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Ayesha's Kitchen

Tips:

-Cook well.

Servings:

This will serve 4 persons.

Old Fashioned Corn Pizza

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This is a very retro style pizza. Now the pizzas are very innovative and customised but this was the 1st generation of pizzas, have alook and enjoy the lovely bits …

Ingredients:

  • 1 thin crust pizza base / Dough maker’s* Pizza base
  • 4 tbspns pizza sauce
  • ½ tspn garlic paste
  • 2 tbspns olive oil
  • ½ cup shredded mozzarella cheese
  • ½ cup shredded cheddar cheese
  • 2 button mushrooms chopped
  • 4 tbspns corn
  • A pinch of dried rosemary*
  • 1 pinch of dried oregano*

Procedure:

-Prepare a pizza base and apply some olive oil, garlic paste and pizza sauce. Now sprinkle some cheddar cheese and then some mozzarella cheese.

-Place some chopped muhrooms and Fresh maize or corn and top it withsome herbs, like oregano and rosemary.

-Bake in a preheated oven For 20 minutes on 190 degrees Celsius.

-When it is golden red, take it out and serve hot.

Outcome:

Tasty old Fashioned mushroom and corn pizza is ready to be served.

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Ayesha's Kitchen

Tips:

-Serve it in retro style, in some old Fashioned crockery and cutlery and some old Fashioned presentation styles.

-Thickness of dough totally depends on your desire, i prefer thin crust and it is ready in 20 minutes, if you are making thick crust of puffy crust or stuffed crust then refer to “Tips” page.

Servings:

This will serve 2 persons easily.

 

*Refer to Glossary

Kiwi Vegetarian Delight

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Kiwis (the people of New Zealand) mostly enjoys the sweet and savoury taste together so they top up their pizzas with some pineapple to make it sweet with any other savoury topping, like they have ham with pineapple in Hawain Pizza, pineapple with pepperoni in Tony’s Pepperoni, etc. So here is the vegetarian delight pizza with all mushrooms, olives, capsicums and lovely tropical Fresh PINEAPPLE … Kiwis You people Rock …

Ingredients:

  • 1 thin crust pizza base/ Instant pizza base
  • ½ cup sliced pineapple
  • ¼ cup grated cheddar cheese
  • ½ cup mozzarella cheese
  • 4 champignons* sliced
  • 4 olives sliced
  • 4 tbspns pizza sauce
  • 2 tbspns olive oil
  • Some garlic paste

Procedure:

-Prepare pizza dough according to the recipe.

-Apply olive oil, some garlic and pizza sauce and then sprinkle both of the cheese.

-Now place the toppings as desired and bake in a preheated oven (200 degrees Celsius) For 20 minutes or until golden brown.

-Slice and serve.

Outcome:

Tasty kiwi style sweet pineapple pizza is ready to be served.

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Ayesha's Kitchen

Tips:

-Preheat oven to 200 degrees Celsius 20 minutes – 30 minutes before baking.

-See “Tips” page For pizza and stuff.

Servings:

This will serve 4 persons easily.

 

*See glossary page.