Category Archives: Side dish
Chilli Paneer/Cottage Cheese
About:
For many Vegetarians in India, delicacy starts and ends with Paneer. Paneer goes really well in Indian cooking, be it the butter masalas and Kadhai paneers of the world or the ubiquitous paneer tikka.
This is quickish stir fry makes an easy one bowl dinner with wraps OR rice. It also becomes a good backyard cookout appetizer.
Yields: 2-3 servings
Preparation time-15 minutes
Waiting time-10 minutes (for Marination)
Cooking time-20-25 minutes
Yellow cucumber/Mangalore Savathekayi baby potato curry
About:
This potato, yellow cucumber is a great meal for those lazy days. It not only takes very little effort but it is also full of healthy ingredients. Plus it is a one pot/pan meal so minimal clean up is required. The curry is vegan too.
Do you have coconut milk in the cupboard and I used potatoes and yellow cucumber in this curry, you can use regular cucumber instead. If you’ve got them around just cook them in coconut milk and your light and delicious curry is ready.
Health benefits:
Indian yellow cucumbers are very low in calories, have minimal amounts of fats and no cholesterol.Have a very high water content and are know to have diuretic properties,and thus help in improving the kidney and bladder diseases.
Yields: 3-4 servings
Preparation time-10 minutes
Cooking time- 25-30 minutes













