Healthy Indian Vegetarian Recipes

Ingredients : Rice flour - 1 Glass Salt as per taste Moong dal - 1 Tablespoon Jeera - 2 Teaspoons Oil for deep frying Water for cooking rice flour  -  2 Glasses Method of preparation  : 1. Put a bowl on the stove and add  two glasses of water and boil it, add salt ,jeera, soaked moong dal, rice flour and mix it well , till it become a soft dough 2.  Take the dough into hand and make it into soft circles. 3. Put oil in a pan,  after it gets heated up, add the rice flour rings. 4. Let it fry into brown colour.

Ingredients: Amla 150 gms Salt as per taste Turmeric powder one pinch Coriander leaves few Green chillies  - 2 Seasoning - Urad dal, mustard seeds, jeera one teaspoon each, dry red chillies - 2 , asoefitida one pinch Method  of preparation  : 1. Clean the Amla with water and  and pat the Amla with dry cloth and make into small pieces. 2. Add amla pieces , green chillies, coriander leaves, turmeric powder, salt and grind it coarsely. 3.  Make seasoning and add to it. 4. Serve chutney with hot cooked  rice.

Ingredients : Potato - 3 Capsicum  - 2 Onion - 2 Tomatoes  -2 Coriander leaves few Groundnut ( soaked for few hours) Green chillies - 2 Cucumber  - 1 Salt as per taste Spring onion ( cut into small pieces , small bowl ful ) Sweet onion sauce.- 1 Tablespoon Honey mustard sauce - 1 Tablespoon Mayonnaise ( veg)  -2 Teaspoons Pepper powder -1 Teaspoon Italian seasoning - 1 Teaspoon Method of preparation : 1.  Boil the potatoes and peel off the skin, and cut into small pieces. 2.  Cut capsicum, cucumber ( peeled)  into small pieces. 3. Chopthe onions and tomatoes. 4. Cut the coriander leaves and  green chillies. 5. Mix all the vegetables, add salt , pepper powder, sweet onion sauce, honey mustard sauce, mayonnaise ( veg),  Italian herbs. 6. Lastly add coriander leaves, spring onions ,mix all the ingredients and serve it  in a bowl.

Ingredients : Tuvar dal -1 Cup One mango Salt as per taste Chilli powder as per taste Curry leaves and coriander leaves Green chillies - 2 Seasoning - Urad dal , chana dal, jeera,  mustard seeds,  methi seeds, one teaspoon each, Onions -  2 Turmeric powder one teaspoon Oil for seasoning. Method of preparation : 1. Cook dal separately. 2. Put a pan , add little oil and make seasoning with above given ingredients. 3. Split green chillies into two, add it to the seasoning. 4. Add sliced onions, mango pieces, curry leaves, salt,turmeric powder, chilli powder, let it cook for sometime , then add the dal into it. 5. After few secs,  add coriander leaves too to the dal 6. Serve the dal with butter milk soaked and sun dried green chillies with hot rice.

Ingredients :  Dosa batter as required Vegetables -  onions, capsicum, tomatoes Paneer few pieces Cheese for spreading on dosa Butter to make dosa Tomato  sauce Spices like oregano Method of preparation : 1. Put a dosa pan on the stove , spread dosa batter , and add the vegs , paneer on the dosa. 2. Grate the cheese on the dosa. 3. Cook the dosa with butter . 4. Garnish with tomato sauce. ,

Ingredients : Chikkudu kaya (Broad beans)  -100 Gms Tomatoes  - 4, Vankaya ( brinjal) Seasoning - Urad dal, mustard seeds, chana dal, jeera one teaspoon each dry red chillies -, 2 Salt as per taste Turmeric powder one teaspoon Curry Leaves few Ginger and green chilli grinded paste Method of preparation : 1. Clean the vegs and cut into small pieces. 2.  Make seasoning with above given ingredients , add curry leaves,  all three vegetables and let it cook for sometime. 3.Add salt, turmeric powder, chilli powder optional, green chilli and ginger paste till curry is cooked fully. 4. You can add curry powder too to the curry.

Ingredients : Vegetables - Bottle gourd, onions, tomatoes, drumstick, ladies finger, sweet potato, pumpkin any variety of vegetable as we wish Salt as per taste Turmeric powder one teaspoon Tamarind pulp one tablespoon Curry leaves and coriander leaves few Rice flour one tablespoon Seasoning - Urad dal , jeera, mustard seeds. Methi seeds one teaspoon each, dry red chillies -3, asoefitida. Oil for seasoning. Rasam powder  - 2 teaspoons Jaggery - 1Tablespoon Chilli powder one teaspoon Method of preparation : 1. Cook the vegs which ever you like to add. 2. After the vegetables are cooked well, add turmeric powder,  salt , jaggery,  chilli powder , rasam powder, tamarind pulp,  rice flour  mixed in water without any lumps. 3. Cook for sometime, add curry leaves and coriander leaves too, 4. Make seasoning with above given ingredients and add to the pulusu. 5. Serve with cooked rice.

Ingredients : Rice - 1 Glass Moong dal - 1/2 Glass Cardamom powder one teaspoon Cashew nuts and kismiss one tablespoon each Jaggery  -3/4th Glass Ghee - 1 Tablespoon Method of preparation : 1. Cook rice with moong dal in a cooker , little softer. 2. Make jaggery syrup , then add the cooked rice to it. 3. Put a pan , add ghee to it , later add dry fruits  to the ghee and fry them. 5. Add cardamom powder to the Pongal. 6. Garnish with fried cashew nuts and kismiss.

Ingredients: Tuvar dal - 1 Cup Chana dal - 1/2 Cup Urad dal -  1/4th Cup Moong dal - 1/2 Cup Dry red chillies - 8 Salt as per taste Jeera  - 1 Tablespoon Method of preparation : 1. Dry roast all the dals , jeera separately. 2. Later fry dry red chillies. 3. Tak a mixi grinder , first add dry red chillies , grind it for about 5 secs, then add all the dals,  jeera salt 4. Grind the powder coarsely. 5. Serve with hot rice and ghee.

Ingredients : Coriander leaves  three bunches Salt as per taste Chilli powder equalent to salt Tamarind pulp one cup Turmeric powder one teaspoon Fenugreek seeds powder one teaspoon Seasoning - Urad dal ,chana dal, Methi seeds, mustard seeds , jeera one  tablespoon each, dry red chillies few, asoefitida one teaspoon Oil for seasoning Method of preparation : 1. Soak tamarind to make a pulp. 2. Clean the coriander leaves with water and drain the water fully from the leaves . 3. keep it on a paper for few hours, let the water in the leaves become dry. 4. Dry roast coriander leaves for few secs. 5. Make a seasoning with the above ingredients. 6. Take the tamarind pulp add coriander leaves to it and half of the seasoning, salt , fenugreek seeds roasted   powder, turmeric  powder, chilli powder and grind it in a mixi grinder , add the remaining seasoning to it.

Ingredients : Basmati rice  - 1 Glass Salt as per taste Garam masala  - cloves-3, cinnamon -2.  sticks,  cardamom -3,  Bay leaves -2, biryani flower -2, shah jeera one teaspoon Onions -2 Coriander leaves few Podina leaves few Green chillies -2 Ghee for frying the ingredients Ginger garlic paste -1 Tablespoon Method of preparation : 1. Soak basmati rice for half an hour. 2.  Put a pan on the stove, add ghee to the pan , then add masala ingredients, chopped onions, mint leaves, coriander leaves, green chillies splitted. 3.  Then add  the basmati rice , salt to the ingredients, cook it with one and half glasses of water in a cooker or directly in a pan. 4. After bhagara rice is done , serve with some gravy curry.

Ingredients : Totakura aakukura ( Amarnath leafy veg) - 3 bunches Salt as per taste Chilli powder one teaspoon Green chillies - 2 Tamarind pulp -1 Tablespoon  Onion. -2 Curry leaves few Coriander leaves few Turmeric powder one pinch Seasoning - Urad dal, mustard seeds, jeera , chana dal, one tea spoon each, asoefitida one pinch,dry red chillies -2 Oil for seasoning. Method of preparation  : 1. Clean the leafy veg with water and cut it into small pieces and keep aside. 2. Put a pan on the stove and make a seasoning with above given ingredients. 3. Cut onions , green chillies into small pieces. 4. Add green chillies , onions, curry leaves  to the seasoning. 5. Add the leafy veg too and let it cook for some time. 6.  Later add tamarind pulp, chilli powder and coriander leaves .  7. Let all the ingredients mix up well for few mins.

Ingredients  : Arikelu ( Barnyard millets) - 1 Glass Moong  dal - 1Cup Cardamom powder - 1 Teaspoon Jaggery - 3/4 Glass Dry fruits ( cashew nuts, kismiss) one Tablespoon each Ghee for frying dry frits Method of preparation : 1. Soak barnyard millets for 6 hours. 2. Dry roast moong dal till give good aroma. 3. Take a bowl and add barnyard millets and moong dal  , cook them  in water till they are fully cooked. 4. Grate the jaggery and add it to the cooked millets. 5. You can make a syrup of jaggery and add the cooked millets too , either way you can do. 6. Add cardamom powder to the cooked paramannam. 7. Fry the dry fruits in ghee and add it to the paramannam. Nutritional benigits of barnyard millets : They treat coronary artery disorder, helps in weight loss, reduces risk of colon cancer, decreases high blood pressure, controls diabetes, good source of anti oxidants, helps in slowing down of muscle degeneration, and so many benefits are there.

Ingredients : Korralu ( Foxtail millets)  - 2 Cups Urad dal - 1Cup Salt as per taste Green chillies - 2 Ginger -1 piece Jeera - 2 Teaspoons Oil for making dosa Method of preparation : 1. Soak Foxtail millets for 6 hours. 2. Soak urad for 3 hours. 3. Mix both and add them to the mixi grinder , add ginger, chillies, jeera and grind it into a dosa batter. 4. Add salt to the batter. 5. Put a dosa pan and add batter and make a dosa and serve it with any chutney or karappodi.

Ingredients : Amaranth leaves ( Totakura aakukura )  - 2 Big bunches Salt as per taste Besan - 1 Cup Onions - 3 Green chillies - 2 Curry leaves,  mint leaves, coriander leaves few Ginger - 1 piece Baking soda one pinch Chilli powder - 2 Teaspoons Oil for deep frying Method of preparation : 1. Clean the leafy veg with water and cut it into small pieces. 2. Chop the onion into small pieces. 3. Add enough besan to the amaranth leaves , onions,  green chillies cut in small pieces, jeera powder, mint leaves,coriander leaves, curry leaves, salt , chopped ginger,  baking soda, chilli powder 4. No need to add water as the amount of water in onion is sufficient. 5. Take the dough into and hand and make small balls. 6. Put the ball sized dough into oil and fry it , till it gets golden fried.