Garlic Ginger Green Beans by John Spottiswood

These are an excellent, healthy side dish to any grilled meat. I highly recommend them with the Chinese BBQ chicken recipe below, but honestly these would go well with just about anything. Unfortunately these were tapped out long before our chicken, so make more than you think you need. They are great the next day too!

Cabbage Stir Fry by Nancy Miyasaki

This is a wonderful dish with light but complex flavors. We typically serve this along with another dish as part of a Chinese style meal.

Stuffed Bitter Gourd Fry by Paul Anderson Lumen

Something Different

The Raw And The Uncooked, A Meatless Monday Special by kathy gori

I'm loving this whole meatless Monday business. It's great to take a break from the same old same old. One of my food blogger friends Jeroxie at Addictive and Consuming, had a post up last night where she was describing some simply divine potato and pea samosas made with filo dough. I had no business reading it at that hour as I was…

Snow Peas with Garlic and Sesame Seeds by Salad Foodie

Snow peas aren’t white, so how do they come by their name? It might be because they grow at the end of winter, before the last spring freeze. Even if covered with snow at that time they still grow well. Snow peas cook in a flash, so the wok is ideal to get this legume to the table still crunchy and firm. Stirfry with garlic then top…

Beet Leaves Fry by FeastForAll

I have not seen a lot of recipes for Beets (Beet root) leaves. My mother used to cook this dish and I love this. Beet leaves are quite tasty and have a nice aroma after cooked.

Sambar for Ven Pongal by meena

Asparagus in Miso-Butter Sauce by John Spottiswood

This dish is amazing. I could eat a pound of this with rice as my dinner...and practically did tonight. I've adapted it from a recipe in the New York Times cookbook, reducing and lightening the sauce to make it both healthier and tastier...in my opinion. I served it with a fish with curry sauce that Nancy made. We'll post that…

Cottage Cheese Jalfrezi by Hina Gujral

In recent years Paneer Jalfrezi or Mixed Vegetable Jalfrezi has gained quite a rank in popularity charts of vegetarian dishes in India but like me most of the Paneer Jalfrezi lovers does not know what does the word "Jalfrezi means", earlier I use to think Jalfrezi is some kind of special spice used to season this curry. The word…

GOBI MANCHURIAN/CAULIFLOWER MANCHURIAN by Kokila Karthikeyan

Gobi Manchurian- a popular Indo Chineese dish can be served as a snack or an appetizer when prepared dry. The Cauliflower has a crispy coating and is tossed with a mouth-watering spicy sauce.Try this absolutely delicious recipe!

Brinjal fry (Kathirikkai poriyal) by Shobana Vijay

An easy to make yummy side dish for Rice Varieties. There are many ways to make the dish, yet I like this simple way of making using Sambar powder. I always want this poriyal without changing the shape of the long cuts, so I used to be extra careful while preparing this. At the same time I don’t want to use more oil also. The finished…

Peas and Cheese (with Mushrooms) by K. Garner

This is from Favorite Indian Food by Diane Seed and is described as "a mild but tasty vegetable side dish". I agree.

A Paneer in need is a PANEER in deed (Food Remake) by Nivedita Thadani

A very healthy snack for everyone, and kids are going to love it. A dish full of vegetables, paneer(Cottage cheese) and yet yummy recipe. Once the basic Paneer is ready you can use it to make tikka(Fried Cheese cubes), kebabs, parathas(Stuffed Indian bread), Or you can use in rice preparations.

Squash In A Spice Paste Done Pronto! by kathy gori

This has been one hell of a week, one of those 7 day stretches that includes everything on lifes' smorgey...except dental. Of course the week's not over yet. It's been a week of some nerves, some loss, some traveling, some stress and the general sense of just being unable to catch up. That said, I can't wait for Monday to start the…

Spinach & Lentil Puree by K. Garner

This is from Favorite Indian Food by Diane Seed and is described like this: "This delicate vegetable dish comes from the Chettinad restaurant, Rain Tree in Madras. It makes a soothing contrast to some of the more fiery dishes."