Quick Vegetarian Dishes - Cooking With Kurma

[Nyingjé Tso]

Last night I made a spicy black bean soup "con-kook-tion", as I call my recipes. It is black beans (well duh!), recaito (a Spanish paste of cilantro, peppers, garlic), chopped bell peppers, a small can of tomato sauce, some Goya Sazon, black pepper (no salt needed, the Sazon has salt in it). I simmered it in a a cast iron pot for a couple of hours to let it blend and thicken a bit. It's really pretty good. I'll have it with some rice and some other vegs. When I make pasta, I occasionally use tomato sauce, but often it's some kind of vegs like sauteed spinach, escarole, or broccoli. Adding cannellini beans or garbanzos punches up the protein profile. It then becomes pasta e fagioli (pasta fazool in my family's dialect of Italian).

Aaaaaaang I'm hungry and I'll have to try this now It really sound delicious, we should make a tread to exchange our recipes ! :angel2:

I didn't know you could say concoction in english too

What I love to cook in Indian cuisine is desserts and sweets... But it's not really fitting for a diet I'm a terrible cook !:help:

 

[Jainarayan]

Aaaaaaang I'm hungry and I'll have to try this now It really sound delicious, we should make a tread to exchange our recipes ! :angel2:

I'd send you some, but I'd have to find some dry ice to pack it in.

I didn't know you could say concoction in english too

English is like tofu... it takes on anything. My husband will ask what I'm making. I say "I haven't got the slightest idea, I'll know when it's done, and even then I might not be sure". Sometimes he'll say wow that looks good, and I say "it's garbage!" and toss it.

What I love to cook in Indian cuisine is desserts and sweets... But it's not really fitting for a diet I'm a terrible cook !:help:

I used to make Italian pastries... cannoli, sfogliatelli (the clam shell shaped pastries filled with semolina ricotta mixture), pizzelle cookies. The cannoli are a pain in the butt because you have to deep fry the shells wrapped around a form... oil all over. Blech!

 

[Poeticus]

I do not know if these
dishes are quick or not,
but they are vegetarian:

Sanjeev Kapoor's Vegetarian Recipes​

 

[Jainarayan]

Thanks. The Chickpeas Spinach Vada look gooood! I'll bet they could be baked or pan-fried in just a little oil.

Preparation Time: 5-6 hours I think they're taking into account the time difference between India and the US. :biglaugh:

 

[Poeticus]

Thanks. The Chickpeas Spinach Vada look gooood! I'll bet they could be baked or pan-fried in just a little oil.

Preparation Time: 5-6 hours I think they're taking into account the time difference between India and the US. :biglaugh:

That...or IPL*.
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* Indian People Time​

 

[Jainarayan]

Oh Indians have that too!? Puerto Rican time has at least a 1 hour difference, and Greek time is 20-30 minutes difference. You never show up for an event before any of those times. If a Puerto Rican event is at 3 pm, it's almost rude to show up before 4 pm.

 

[Vinayaka]

Vada are deep-fried. I love them, but have to take it easy, like certain kinds of chocolates. God puts these things here just to test our will.

 

[Jainarayan]

Lol, you're right. He has a sense of humor too.

 

[Vinayaka]

Lol, you're right. He has a sense of humor too.

Kids (students, not mine) used to buy me Toffifay for year -end or Christmas gift. Those suckers I'd hide at the bottom of some drawer. the regular kind I'd share freely.

The other night a friend brought maybe 30 vadai to our place. Naturally, I hid then way at the back of the fridge. Boss and her assistant, my daughter, didn't need to know. Needless to say they have since 'disappeared'.

 

[Poeticus]

Have you guys
ever had dosas,
lasagna-style?​

 

[Jainarayan]

Never had one at all. Dosa - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia I would venture that you'd layer them with vegs and/or cheese, and a spicy sauce maybe based on tomato and yogurt? I gotta try these. See, this is what I'm talkin' bout.

 

[Poeticus]

Never had one at all. Dosa - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia I would venture that you'd layer them with vegs and/or cheese, and a spicy sauce maybe based on tomato and yogurt? I gotta try these. See, this is what I'm talkin' bout.

Yeaaa, daawwwgg.​

 

[Vinayaka]

Have you guys
ever had dosas,
lasagna-style?​

Not lasagna style. That would wreck them. Layered, and baked in a pan? That takes fusion way too far. I love my lasgna (rice pasta, gluten free) and my dosas. To mix them would do a great injustice to both. (I see an analogy here, but I'll shut it for the moment.)

 

[Poeticus]

(I see an analogy here, but I'll shut it for the moment.)

I can understand religious
syncretism being problem -
but food!? Blasphemy!​

 

[Vinayaka]

I can understand religious
syncretism being problem -
but food!? Blasphemy!​

Dosa are best served crisp. If you layered it and baked it with sauce that would totally end all crispiness. You like corn chips soaked in water for 3 hours?

 

[Poeticus]

Okay, forget the fusion part for a sec...​

Anyone like Chole Bhatura? :yes: ?​

 

[Jainarayan]

You like corn chips soaked in water for 3 hours?

Eeeewww!!! OK, no dosa lasagna.

 

[Poeticus]

Dosa are best served crisp. If you layered it and baked it with sauce that would totally end all crispiness. You like corn chips soaked in water for 3 hours?

Who said anything about baking?
Instead of sabzi, I think it would
be cool if the dosas had tomatoes,
some bits of paneer, some spinach,
some other veggies, in a "layered"*
fashion.
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* thus "lasagna-style"​

 

[Vinayaka]

Who said anything about baking?
Instead of sabzi, I think it would
be cool if the dosas had tomatoes,
some bits of paneer, some spinach,
some other veggies, in a "layered"*
fashion.
_____________
* thus "lasagna-style"​

Lasagna is generally baked, no? I assumed that's what you meant. Of course dosas already have just about anything inside. See this menu. http://www.yelp.ca/menu/sri-ganeshs-dosa-house-jersey-city Somewhere close to Jai's place too.

Layering? Not so sure.

 

[Poeticus]

Lasagna is generally baked, no? I assumed that's what you meant. Of course dosas already have just about anything inside. See this menu. Sri Ganesh's Dosa House - Menu - Jersey City Somewhere close to Jai's place too.

Layering? Not so sure.

The Channa Onion-chilli Masala
Dosa sounds absolutely wonderful!​