If you love these vegan chocolate cupcakes with chocolate buttercream, you will love these vegan cupcakes infused with chocolate in every bite and with a scrumptious raspberry and chocolate frosting on top. Valentine’s Day is special to me because it’s the day I married the love of my life. So each year, when this day rolls around, I try to find ways to make it even more special than every wonderful day I spend with him....
Here’s a delicious accompaniment for vegetable biryani that’s on our menu almost every week: a fresh, green, and traditional vegan Cucumber Raita that will blow your mind. I make this raita with my delicious homemade cashew yogurt. It’s probiotic and so economical to make. If you have an Instant Pot, you can make a foolproof Instant Pot yogurt that comes out perfect each time. The role of raita on an Indian food plate is a bit of an oxymoron: on the one hand its mild, creamy, clean flavor brings out and highlights the spicy notes of foods like biryanis, parathas and curries....
Since I became vegan eons ago, I have gotten used to eating pastas without the cheese, and I have no complaints. Most vegan pastas are so flavorful, filled with nuts, veggies, beans, and herbs, that they don’t really need that cheese. But when I make some super-simple pastas, like Aglio e Olio, I love a dash of something salty and cheesy to top it with. And this gorgeous Vegan Cashew Parmesan fits that bill beautifully....
Here’s a recipe for a really tasty and really easy vegan white pesto that you can stir up in a jiffy for a healthy weeknight meal. I am mad about pestos, and I’ve got quite a few here on Holy Cow!, including my version of everyone’s perennial favorite, a vegan basil pesto. There are many reasons to love pesto: they are easy sauces to make, most require no cooking, and they make pasta taste better than almost any other sauce can, at least to me....
on May 13, 2024 The weather’s been especially hot this summer in Bangalore. So eating heavy meals loaded with spices is a big no-no. Plus, this heat is making it impossible to spend more than 20 minutes in the kitchen. Instead I have been craving lots of cool, crunchy salads and easy pasta recipes that are refreshing and summer appropriate. I know that a lot of you might be in a similar boat!...
This vegan African Peanut Stew is so, so, so very good! Stews are perfect fall food, and this is the time I love to cook up hot, satisfying stews in my kitchen, including classics like this vegan gumbo, vegan mushroom stew, vegan Irish stew, vegetable stew and this African Peanut Stew. The stew is loaded with healthy veggies like eggplants and sweet potatoes, and loaded with flavor from simple spices, including fenugreek, coriander, cumin and a garlicky, fiery harissa paste....
on Sep 22, 2015, Updated Apr 20, 2021 This bubbling, creamy, warming, comforting veggie pasta is our BIG LAZY Sunday secret. It solves all our Sunday problems when we enter the kitchen wondering what to make for dinner. You basically dump all the veggies you have in your refrigerator, stir in sauce and cooked pasta, layer with some cheese and let it bubble away while you sip some wine, and put your feet up....
on Jan 07, 2017, Updated Jul 04, 2024 I can officially say that Denver and my sister love this salad. This is the MOST requested salad in the house and the flavors are just crazy. Sweet apples, lots of crunch from carrots, almonds, sharp arugula and spicy red onions and that sweet, salty orange dressing made from guess what – bitter orange marmalade – this salad is the shizzz. It gives us all kinds of good feelings in the house when we are contemplating fried chicken but choosing salad instead....
on Jun 09, 2023, Updated Sep 11, 2023 This Asian Cucumber Salad might just become your new go-to summer side dish! It’s crunchy, zesty, and so light and refreshing! Cucumbers are the perfect summer superfoods and pack in so much crunch and freshness. While the simple Asian dressing for this salad is made with our homemade chilli oil, toasted sesame oil, rice vinegar and soy sauce. Not only is it simple enough to whip up, but it’s also rejuvenating and full of flavour!...
Other than massaging the kale it’s easy enough. Grate some carrot, chop some red pepper, slice some shallot and chop some cilantro. Mix up a simple vinaigrette and you have an easy asian kale salad. It’s even healthy I suppose. You can play with this recipe to match whatever looks good to you. Green onion, edamame, mint, green chilies, sunflower seeds. Whatever you want.
Banana bread is the first baked good I veganized when I began eating vegan in 2007, and it remains my – and my family’s – favorite vegan dessert recipe to date. It tastes amazing, slices beautifully, and it’s loaded with so many goodies, including five bananas and lots of crunchy walnuts. I love baking with bananas, including recipes like this tasty vegan banana cake, vegan banana upside down cake and vegan banana muffins, among so many others....
on Feb 10, 2016, Updated Sep 04, 2023 It’s the mother of all curry bases and exactly what you need when you want curry in a hurry. Bhuna masala is the perfect everyday Indian curry paste and I for one can’t do without it! It’s a lifesaver for so many reasons: Perfect base for most Indian curriesCan be used for north Indian as well as south Indian dishes with some add-ons and minor tweakingStays good in the refrigerator for up to a weekFreezes really well...
One thing to note and I’m putting it right up front so nobody yells at me. Putting your plate setter in your egg legs down puts it right at gasket height. High heat and a plate setter legs down equals fried gasket. Doesn’t bother me. I haven’t had much of a gasket for years. Just look at the picture below. I don’t think it’s that important. You have to decide for yourself though....
on Mar 08, 2022, Updated Jul 04, 2024 Raita is a staple in our house, especially with Indian dishes. While I love experimenting with my raitas, this boondi raita is something I often fall back on. And the best part? It’s ridiculously simple, requires zero prep and is ready in just 5 minutes. Who doesn’t love that, right? Ingredients for Boondi Raita All you need for this recipe is boondi (fried gram balls), yogurt (dahi), and a handful of common spices such as green chillies, cumin powder, rock salt, sugar and coriander....
Invest in some fresh quality Hungarian paprika. Paprika is the star of this dish. If your star ingredient is weak your results will be weak. You can mix your paprikas up to taste as well. Want a hint of smoke? Use a bit of smoked paprika. Want some spice? Hot paprika actually has a bit of heat.
Looking for more delicious Indo-Chinese recipes? Try this veg manchurian and garlic fried rice. What is Chilli Tofu? I created this Chilli Tofu recipe more than a decade ago, spinning off an Indo-Chinese recipe called Chilli Paneer. Chilli Paneer is a spicy, saucy blend of Indian spices and Chinese condiments, and the star, of course, is paneer, an Indian cottage cheese. I loved the irony of swapping the tofu in for the paneer, which took this fusion recipe closer to its Chinese roots while keeping the flavors intact....
on Jan 07, 2020, Updated Aug 20, 2020 Hey there! Bringing you another healthy recipe this January. Welcome bowl food, where you just pile 3-4 delicious things on top of each other and just dig in. Thats what happened here. One random day, we tossed some cauliflower and red bell peppers in spices, roasted them in the oven. I made a quick tahini sauce and basically served it with some leftover quinoa....
on Feb 17, 2023, Updated Oct 20, 2024 Looking for more Chaat recipes? Try my Bread Chaat, Pani Puri (Golgappa/ Puchka) Recipe, Air Fryer Papdi and Easy Aloo Chaat! I’m convinced dahi vada is the most delicious chaat recipe ever. It’s the perfect marrying of sweet, sour, and spicy flavours with soft textures that just works SO well. Dahi Vada makes for a fantastic party snack/starter because it can be made ahead for many guests and then served whenever you are ready....
It’s a little different from most of the recipes out there. But stick with me. It will turn out. It’s a lot like cooking Indian. Same basic principles apply. So I’ve applied Indian technique to make this version. How I would make it if I were running an Ethiopian restaurant. Berbere is the backbone of doro wat Berbere is finally getting the recognition it deserves. I see it in specialty stores....
on Apr 11, 2017, Updated Jul 06, 2020 Have you got on the meal prepping boat already? Asks the food blogger who works from home and has access to yummy food all the time. But guys, let me tell you about the realities today. Which usually include forgetting about lunch altogether and then taking out chips and dip because so easy. Which is why I’ve been on the meal prep team for some time now....
