Category Archives: Side dish

Baked – Baby corn Manchurian with mushrooms


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Baby corn Manchurian is a indo-chinese starter which is crispy, crunchy and dry version.  In this recipe have posted both Baked and shallow fried version. There is not much of a difference in crispiness and taste. However for shallow fry requires an added focus taking less time with an added calories. So you can choose either to shallow fry or bake.

In this recipe baby corn is coated in the corn starch & plain flour batter. Toasted using shallow fry or baking method and then sauted in sauces with onion, spring onion, capsicum. As a variation added mushrooms to this recipe.  Vegetables and sauces can be personalized as per the taste.

Serves-3-4
Preparation time-15 mins
Cooking time- 20mins

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Zero Oil – Capsicum stuffed with Tofu and Beans in tomato gravy – Vegan


Stuffed tofu Capsicum

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Stuffed capsicum in tomato gravy is an interesting and tasty way to include tofu, bean in your diet. Here capsicums are stuffed with spicy bean, tofu, dill leaves and cooked in the tomato onion gravy.

Using dill leaves adds good flavour to the dish.

Health benefits:

Tofu makes and bean makes it nutritious as they are rich in protein. Research says that including beans and bean products in diet helps in reduction of LDL cholesterol, blood sugar.Tofu supply essential nutrients like calcium and iron.

Rose coco beans contains high level of soluble fibre makes them beneficial in reducing cholesterol and blood sugar levels in humans.

Stuffed capsicum alone can be enjoyed as an appetizer or can be dipped in gravy which goes very well with roti/kulcha/naan

Yields: 4 servings
Preparation time: 20-30 mins
Cooking time: 20mins
Baking time: 20mins

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