Category Archives: Starters
Bitter gourd (Melons)/ Karela baked chips
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Spicy, tangy and healthy munchies. Bitter melons are considered as healthy vegetable but just because of its bitterness many tend to avoid it. This way of baking and consuming them makes it healthy with a snack to enjoy with a unique taste. This can be served as a snack/appetizer.
I was inspired by Malar’s Baked Karela.. Thanks Malar…I tried with few variations and it turned out well without the feel of any bitterness…
Health benefits:
Bitter gourd is believed to improve the body’s ability to use blood sugar and glucose tolerance. It is helpful in fighting cancer and several infections. It’s high beta-carotene that helps alleviate eye problems and improve eyesight. The juice of the leaf has been found to be beneficial in the treatment of alcoholism. It is also said to build the immune system.
Consuming 20 ml of the juice daily helps cleanse the liver. It is recommended for asthma patients.
Yields ~ 250 gms
Preparation time: 10 minutes
Baking time: 30-40minutes
Waiting time: 2-3hours
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Vermicelli/Thin Noddles stuffed in Pepper
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Have you ever tried stuffing peppers with noodles/vermicelli. Here it is.
I love including stuffed roasted veggies in my meal so keep playing around with different stuffings and veggies. Check my peanut stuffed pepeprs (link)
Thin noodles stuffed peppers can be served as an appetizer or a meal. Here I used thin wheat noodles, which is similar to vermicelli/semiya but thinner than semiya. So any kind of noodles can be used and veggies can be included for variation. Mango noodles is the blend of mango rice and noodles/vermicelli recipe. Adding mango to noodles gives sweet and tangy taste with the mango flavour.
Enjoy this stuffed peppers with any salad/ sauce.
I enjoyed this with tofu tikkas (link)
Serves-3-4
Preparation time-20 minutes
Cooking time-15 minutes
Baking time-15-20 minutes
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