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Recipes by Sweatha Pai (Page 39)

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Red Cabbage & Sprouts Slaw

Red Cabbage & Sprouts Slaw by Sweatha Pai

Coleslaw is a simple raw cabbage salad made usually with mayo-mustard- vinegar dressing.Normally the coleslaw has no mayo or mustard as these were discovered much later than the salad itself.Instead of mayo you can use thick (Greek) yogurt or hung curd.There are several versions and these days almost all cabbage salads are called…

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Mango Muesli Smoothie

Mango Muesli Smoothie by Sweatha Pai

This is a simple smoothie that I made with the seasonal (overflowing) mangoes and a little of the microwave muesli made earlier.Now one of my main intentions on making the muesli was recreating several dishes that I have on the web that were made with dry muesli or granola or whatever you call.So though I am using is majorly for…

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Microwave Muesli

Microwave Muesli by Sweatha Pai

Muesli is a breakfast cereal usually consisting of uncooked oats in milk/yoghurt base.It usually requires soaking of oats in milk/yoghurt/condensed milk base for several hours or overnight so that it reaches the muesli or the porridge stage at the time of consumption usually breakfast.But these days several dry forms of mueslis are…

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Escalivada-Roasted Vegetable Salad Spanish Style

Escalivada-Roasted Vegetable Salad Spanish Style by Sweatha Pai

This is a simple salad made by grilling/roasting ingredients primarily eggplant,onions,pepper and tomatoes to which a simple dressing is added.This is from Catalonia in Spain and is served as a tapas or appetizer.The idea behind tapas is to increase the appetite and this salad sure does that job and is easy to prepare. Escalivar means…

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Chewy Dates Cookies

Chewy Dates Cookies by Sweatha Pai

These are the simple dates cookies or biscuits adapted from Divya's blog.I did not make any changes except bake at a reduced temperature and got the chewy filling dates cookies perfect with a cuppa.Ingredients:Preparation:In a big bowl mix together flour,baking powder and salt. Add in cold crumbled butter and mix to resemble coarse…

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Spiced Mango Pecan Muffins

Spiced Mango Pecan Muffins by Sweatha Pai

This is a simple quick bread/ muffins I made with the pecans sitting in my pantry for a long time and the mangoes that were peeping from my fridge.I found an excellent recipe at Eatingwell site and adapted it slightly by halving it and replacing butter with the mango puree and as usual the egg replacer.The muffins do not look…

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Katen Joshi - Burmese Lentil Soup

Katen Joshi - Burmese Lentil Soup by Sweatha Pai

This is a simple red lentil soup from Burma.On googling for Burmese soup I came across mostly non veg versions though meatless works fine here and have adapted my recipe from here and here. A simple filling soup to which you can also add meat substitutes or nothing other than lentils.Ingredients:Preparation:Wash,pick and clean the…

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Letho Salad

Letho Salad by Sweatha Pai

Le thoke sohn is supposed to be a salad made with anything like veggies or meat whatever readily available along with rice or noodles and as per wiki ogonori sea moss. I found a simple vegan version at this site here thanks to the links given in the AWED announcement .It was very simple and easy to make and was called Letho salad.I…

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Tibetan Tsampa with Nepalese Style Stir Fried Greens

Tibetan Tsampa with Nepalese Style Stir Fried Greens by Sweatha Pai

Tsampa is a Tibetan staple food made from roasted barley or wheat flour and served with butter tea.It can be heralded as the national food of Tibetan and can be made easily. I actually came across a simple recipe for Tsampa or campa as it is also known in Zu's spicy Kitchen.I had whole wheat berries sitting in my pantry for a long…

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Zucchini Carpaccio Salad

Zucchini Carpaccio Salad by Sweatha Pai

Carpaccio is a dish made of raw meat (or veggie as in my case) whichly is thinly sliced and topped with dressing or sauce and is served as an appetizer.I have been wanting to make a vegetarian carpaccio for a long time and did so when I found an excellent and flexible recipe with Kalyn's zucchini carpaccio salad made with a simple…

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