07/19/2026
Vegetarian vibes🥗✨🍛 Keeping it simple, yet satisfying!😋
On the vegetarian menu🍽️:
•Pacha Vankaya Fry🍆/Green Eggplant
•Bellpepper Tomato🫑🍅 with roasted Peanuts+Cashews🌰
•Vaamu Charu🪄🫗 /Ajwain Rasam/Carrom Seeds Soup
•Sorakaya Pappu🍐💛/Bottlegourd with Pigeon Peas
🍛Served with Rice🍚, homemade Ghee🧈✨ & homemade Yogurt🤍
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Pacha Vankaya Fry/Green Eggplant Fry🍆🌶️🌿
Prep: slit in 4s, apply salt + turmeric, cook on low heat until soft on all sides.
Aromatics on top: Garlic, Curry Leaves, Onion, Cumin seeds
Seasonings on top: red chilli powder, kashmiri chilli powder, coriander powder
👉Cook on all sides on low heat until all spices toast & everything becomes shiny+releases oil.
👩🏻🍳All other recipes under each picture📸
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Bellpepper Tomato Curry🫑🍅🌰
👉Oil, Tadka(mustard, cumin, urad dal, curry leaves), green chillies, garlic, onion, bellpepper, salt, turmeric - cook until 50% done.
👉Add tomato, kashmiri red chilli powder, coriander powder, cook until pulpy.
👉Dry roast peanuts + cashews, crush with mortar & pestle, add on top in the last 1min of cooking.
🍽️Cilantri garnish & serve with Rice🍚 or Roti🫓
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Vaamu Charu/Ajwain Rasam🪄🍐
👉Boil together: Water, dry Tamarind, methi seeds, turmeric, salt, sugar for 5mins, strain and keep aside.
👉Crush together: Just a few Vaamu(Carrom/ajwain seeds), cumin seeds, garlic, curry leaves & green chilli.
👉Heat oil, add tadka(mustard seeds, urad dal, heing, dry red chilli), coriander powder, red chilli powder, onion & the crushed mix - cook for 30 seconds until aromatic and toasty.
👉Pour in the tamarind water, adjust salt, cover, bring to boil and keep boiling for 2mins. Add grated coconut in the last 30seconds.
🍽️Cilantro garnish🌿 & serve hot with rice & ghee🤤
Sorakaya Pappu
👉Pressure cook toor dal for 3 whistles, mash.
👉In a pan, sauté tadka(mustard, cumin, urad dal, curry leaves, heing), garlic, green chillies, onion, bottle gourd pieces, ½ tomato, salt, turmeric, red chilli powder, coriander powder - cook until toasty just for 2mins.
👉Transfer everything into the mashed dal in the cooker, add water, mix and press
