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Gluten FreeOpinionPlaces to VisitVegan Nut FreeVegetarian Ovo LactoFor the Joy of Cooking and Pleasure of Gardening - Indian Recipes made easy. [Mobile Version - Use Drop down for Search]http://indosungod.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.com (indosungod)Blogger1319125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27140791.post-537081469201923178Tue, 05 Dec 2023 10:00:00 +00002023-12-05T05:00:00.129-05:00BakingBreakfastOctober brings a plethora of pumpkins after the fall harvest. The 2 famous fall pumpkin recipes - pumpkin spice and pumpkin pies are not something I enjoy or look forward to, and one doesn't even have pumpkin in it. But pumpkin as a vegetable is versatile and it can be used in savory and sweet dishes. Pumpkin Indian flat breads are the softest and most tastiest. To make these pumpkin muffins http://indosungod.blogspot.com/2023/12/low-sugar-pumpkin-bread-with-jaggery.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (indosungod)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27140791.post-7755282790299481481Sun, 03 Dec 2023 00:51:00 +00002023-12-02T19:51:54.457-05:00Nut FreePumpkinVegan<!-- Halloween time is synonymous with pumpkin and wondering what to do with all that pumpkin. When the DDs were younger they took visits to the pumpkin patch and brought home pumpkins but these days unless I buy them there is no reason for the huge pumpkins to make their way to our house. The huge pumpkins seem a waste to buy, carve and then throw away. Anyway these pumpkins huge, not as sweet http://indosungod.blogspot.com/2012/11/roasted-punpkin-how-to-roast-pumpkin.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (indosungod)3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27140791.post-5249903138574128729Mon, 13 Nov 2023 02:50:00 +00002023-11-13T07:13:49.499-05:00Farm to PlateJam JellyNut FreeVeganHaving a sweet tooth simply means, it is a daily struggle to keep your hands mouth away from anything and everything that has sugar = these days anything that is processed. Even products that are sold as savory or healthy options have sugar in them. Think Fat Free means Sugar Full :) Store bought jams and jellies for morning breakfast means you are consuming 4-5 tsp of sugar right in the morning.http://indosungod.blogspot.com/2023/11/fig-jam.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (indosungod)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27140791.post-4457710848039610627Mon, 23 Jan 2023 17:35:00 +00002023-01-23T12:35:03.851-05:00Can be VeganGluten FreeIce creamNut FreeTry as you might, you always end up having over ripe bananas. They are great in smoothies or banana bread. I started freezing them whole with the skin and all to be used up for a banana bread 2 months later. I can thaw them and remove the skin and then use it in the bread. For use in ice creams though, it is better to peel and slice and then freeze. It comes in handy in the summer months when youhttp://indosungod.blogspot.com/2023/01/frozen-bananas-chocolate-ice-cream.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (indosungod)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27140791.post-6833921633567456280Wed, 28 Dec 2022 01:00:00 +00002023-11-25T12:40:16.370-05:00Nut FreePaneerVeg. CurriesPaneer dishes are one of those things that no one can get enough of. My family is no different. I have come to liking it after quite a while. I still do not like or order paneer dishes in the restaurant. I do not like the way it is smothere in cream and has that pale orange look which sends me to the exits. The trick to making any paneer gravy is not make it overly rich. Since paneer is http://indosungod.blogspot.com/2022/12/paneer-tikka-masala.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (indosungod)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27140791.post-239513593925468120Sat, 17 Dec 2022 22:26:00 +00002022-12-17T17:26:15.415-05:00How To?Chilies are easy to grow. The biggest problem is harvesting them. I sometimes delay harvesting them because of lack of time. So they start to ripen. I had no idea how dried red chilies are made until one year DH's cousin was visiting from India. She suggested that we make dried chilies with the ripened ones. I wasn't too confident since we were already in late September and thought how it is everhttp://indosungod.blogspot.com/2022/12/how-to-make-dried-red-chilies-dried-red.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (indosungod)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27140791.post-5160188277074423427Mon, 05 Dec 2022 01:26:00 +00002022-12-04T20:26:19.324-05:00Dry RoastGluten FreeNon Veg.Nut FreeWe all make the assumption that cooking techniques, spices the way of cooking - all make a dish taste good. IMHO these are all just secondary reasons. The first and foremost is the quality of the ingredients. If you source good ingredients, that should pretty much take care of the taste mostly. Everything else you do is just icing on the cake :) If you don't do anything specific for the earth http://indosungod.blogspot.com/2022/12/mutton-chukka-mutton-varuval-dry-mutton.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (indosungod)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27140791.post-8897268113394736555Sun, 27 Nov 2022 21:57:00 +00002023-12-17T12:53:26.368-05:00Gluten FreeNut FreePickleGood Lime or lemon pickle reminds me of two people - my grandmother and my mother-in-law. I don't remember my grandmother's pickle making all that much but it had green chilies, garlic and sometimes even green (black) peppers. Whereas my MIL's without fail packed us lemon pickles every year. Without the slightest taste of sourness or bitterness but nice and smooth, these were some of the best nohttp://indosungod.blogspot.com/2022/11/lime-pickle-recipe-lemon-pickle-2.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (indosungod)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27140791.post-1491554116767951955Mon, 07 Nov 2022 23:47:00 +00002025-12-14T10:23:10.680-05:00Farm to PlateNut FreePickleVeganI grow several kinds of chilies, some of them spicy and used for cooking, some are not so spicy and used for making fritters and jalapeño wghich I grow mostly for making pickles (in vinegar) and also for making stuffed jalpaenos or even making a gravy. In the height of summer, when everything needs to be harvested, peppers seem to be the ones left behind because they don't go bad. While mosthttp://indosungod.blogspot.com/2022/11/red-jalapeno-chili-sauce-with-vinegar.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (indosungod)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27140791.post-8616263512953325267Tue, 01 Nov 2022 01:38:00 +00002022-12-03T15:49:39.125-05:00Can be VeganFarm to PlateMexicanNut FreeDuring spring, summer and early fall we eat mostly what is grown in the farm. Fall is when everything is finally done for the year and we are harvesting what produce is left before the frost and freezing temperatures hit. So I harvested all the peppers and the beans that I could before our frost hit in early October. I had a variety of peppers and the one I chose to do this stuffed http://indosungod.blogspot.com/2022/10/vegetarian-stuffed-peppers-with-red.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (indosungod)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27140791.post-4172185160996704574Tue, 04 Oct 2022 14:17:00 +00002022-10-04T10:17:03.790-04:00Indo ChineseNut FreeVeganSummer is a busy time around the farm but it is the time when we get to enjoy the abundance that nature bestows on us. So posting recipes to the blog takes a back seat. Making Szechuan sauce is simple, with vinegar added the sauce is good for a few months. Refrigerated they last even longer. Once you have the sauce it is pretty versatile and can be used for making noodles, manchurian recipes,http://indosungod.blogspot.com/2022/10/cauliflower-manchurian-with-szechuan.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (indosungod)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27140791.post-8990038650303883177Sun, 24 Apr 2022 23:39:00 +00002022-04-24T19:39:11.245-04:00The amazing thing aobut nature is, it sustains itself when we get out of the way. The first few years after we started farming on this piece of land, the biggest pests we had to deal with were mice, voles,rabbits and rats. We kept traps and generally were out smarted by the creatures. The one thing we were particular about was to not use poison unless absolutley necessary. These creatures sure http://indosungod.blogspot.com/2022/04/szechuan-sauce-sichuan-sauce.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (indosungod)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27140791.post-2085024832832255993Fri, 01 Apr 2022 02:08:00 +00002022-03-31T22:08:06.679-04:00Indo ChineseNon VegNoodlesNut FreeNoodles is a quick meal that is easy to put together and is almost always well liked by everybody. I usually make noodles with shrimp because I have shrimp in the freezer but making it with chicken requires a little bit of planning since I don't normally stock chicken.If you have chicken then this recipe is quick. I use boneless chicken thighs but use whatever you fancy. The vegetables that http://indosungod.blogspot.com/2022/03/chicken-noodles.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (indosungod)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27140791.post-7930808709593000728Thu, 24 Mar 2022 01:53:00 +00002022-03-23T21:53:03.330-04:00ChutneyGluten FreeVeganWorking with the soil and nature is akin to meditation methinks. Spending time working outside among greenery is restorative to the soul. While physical activity is better than no activity at all when done outdoors is the best way to feel a sense of peace with entertainment being provided by the birds and insects. To be able to see nature in all its glory is a gift that is not available to http://indosungod.blogspot.com/2022/03/kadalai-chutney-peanut-chutney-2.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (indosungod)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27140791.post-9069774453258648416Fri, 11 Mar 2022 00:55:00 +00002022-03-10T19:58:04.053-05:00Gluten FreeNut FreePickleVeganI grow a lot of coriander in the summer but to keep up with it and harvest it in time and not letting it going to seed is always a struggle. But when it is cold in the winter they don't go to seed and amazingly even the below zero temperatures don't affect it much. I grow them inside a structure called a high tunnel but not outside. So occasionally I have plenty of them and want to preserve them http://indosungod.blogspot.com/2022/03/coriander-pickle-kothamalli-thokku-2.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (indosungod)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27140791.post-3814302706758208706Mon, 28 Feb 2022 02:32:00 +00002022-03-10T17:01:39.221-05:00BeansCan be VeganFarm to PlateGluten FreeNut FreeVeg. CurriesGrowing Chard in the cooler months should be easy but for some reason Chard is picky. I sow them late winter in the high-tunnel hoping to harvest in Spring but they seem to wait till the next winter to bear good quality leaves. The heat and the summer bugs don't seem to agree with them. This is the time when there are no local fresh vegetables so I do not complain much. I have used chard to http://indosungod.blogspot.com/2022/02/spiced-and-pureed-chard-with-red-beans.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (indosungod)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27140791.post-2035027416899871965Thu, 24 Feb 2022 00:35:00 +00002022-02-23T19:37:21.443-05:00Dry RoastGluten FreeNut FreeVeganThe thing about Tandoori Masala is the bright red color. That bright red color is what I don't like. Why add some useless color with all the other good spices. So I skip the color and use the spices that I have on hand like my friend did. She is the one who introduced me to this quick Tandoori recipe. She made it with chicken but I pretty much use it for fish, chicken, paneer and now this recipe http://indosungod.blogspot.com/2022/02/cheaters-tandoori-raw-banana-roast.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (indosungod)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27140791.post-6296750089657878260Fri, 18 Feb 2022 01:39:00 +00002022-02-17T20:39:57.517-05:00EggGluten FreeNut FreeEggs are an important part of our diet, they are tasty and healthy and everyone likes them. I may be biased but our chickens lay the best eggs in the world :) Since everyone in our house likes any recipe made with eggs I am always on the look out for more egg recipes. I saw this on a YouTube channel - Dindigul Food Court - Egg Pepper Fry. Made with slight modifications with http://indosungod.blogspot.com/2022/02/spicy-egg-fry.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (indosungod)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27140791.post-4931033542840335634Mon, 07 Feb 2022 22:21:00 +00002022-02-17T20:40:16.269-05:00DosaiGluten FreeNut FreeVeganBottle Gourd - this unsung unglamorous vegtable apparently has so many benefits. I admit I am not a fan but when you eat something harvested fresh you start to become a fan. Just a simple dal with onions, green chilies and finely chopped bottle gourd is so tasty. It is hard to believe there are no spices in it. If you are a beginning gardener and want to feel gratified, this is http://indosungod.blogspot.com/2022/02/bottle-gourd-sorakkai-adai-bottle-gourd.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (indosungod)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27140791.post-6550027248826627663Sun, 30 Jan 2022 22:52:00 +00002022-01-30T18:04:03.163-05:00Farm to PlateGluten FreeSide DishesColeslaw is not something I make regularly. I never actively disliked them but never went looking for it either. In most places that serves non-Indian food coleslaw is always there and I usually take a look at it and pass it over or occasionally taste with a good dash of hot sauce. I had a bit too many fresh cabbages and coleslaw was for some reason coleslaw came to mind and the next was http://indosungod.blogspot.com/2022/01/coleslaw.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (indosungod)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27140791.post-697518281225092885Mon, 24 Jan 2022 01:39:00 +00002022-01-30T15:27:58.247-05:00Deep FriedFarm to PlateGluten FreeSnackVeganEvery year I rediscover vegetables that I have known forever in a new way. This year it was snake gourd. Something about home grown vegetables that makes it taste far better than anything in the store. Every year a certain vegetable does much better than the others. Maybe it is the seed or weather I am never able to tell why. So last summer it was snake gourds. I had to figure out several ways tohttp://indosungod.blogspot.com/2022/01/podalangai-kola-urundai-spicy-snake.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (indosungod)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27140791.post-7508832625020066050Sun, 16 Jan 2022 15:43:00 +00002022-01-30T15:28:12.174-05:00Farm to PlateIndo ChineseVeganI was never a big fan of watching youtube videos but the last couple of covid years changed all that. While some people went out and bought puppies I became a YouTube addict. It started with watching videos on permaculture and farming and which led to YouTube recommending me similar videos which is how I chanced upon this channel called "Crazy for Indian Food" and saw this recipe for Vegetable http://indosungod.blogspot.com/2022/01/vegetable-manchurian-with-home-made.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (indosungod)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27140791.post-3431986805630589517Thu, 30 Dec 2021 02:10:00 +00002022-01-30T15:27:58.247-05:00Farm to PlateNut FreePickleVeganJust like the Eggplant pickle, this is a recipe that was given by a friend. I usually plant a lot more green chilli plants than needed and I always have plenty of green chilies. Never a bad thing :) I was given a box of the green chili thokku and it was the most delicious thing ever. Oh yes! I did get the recipe. Green Chilies The pickle works best with green chilies that are nothttp://indosungod.blogspot.com/2021/12/green-chili-pickles-milagai-thokku.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (indosungod)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27140791.post-3030945032944515951Sun, 19 Dec 2021 22:01:00 +00002022-01-30T15:27:58.247-05:00Farm to PlateGluten FreeNut FreePickleWhy do we pickle vegetables? Unlike today, when you get pickles throughout the year even a decade ago, pickling was done to preserve vegetables when they were available in abundance and in season. I love Andhra cuisine and more so for their pickles. They pickle vegetables that I would have never thought picklable. I have a couple who come to help out in the farm. While I appreciate their help http://indosungod.blogspot.com/2021/12/eggplant-brinjal-pickle-kathrikkai.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (indosungod)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27140791.post-4804681284778241861Thu, 11 Mar 2021 23:24:00 +00002021-03-11T18:24:34.991-05:00Lamb/GoatNon VegThis is a long pending recipe that I finally managed to make during Thanksgiving. We had some visiting and it seemed like a good time to make these. We lucked out with a warm day perfect for an outdoor cookout that seems to be the safest thing to do during these Covid times. After being cooped up indoors every one enjoyed a little bit of sun and breeze outdoors. Seems like a long time ago. There http://indosungod.blogspot.com/2021/03/kola-urundai-recipe-mutton-balls.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (indosungod)0