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Category: Vegetable Recipes – No-onion No-Garlic

Spicy, tasty, and unique vegetable recipes that contain no onion and no garlic.

Zucchini Curry

Zucchini Curry

| March 19, 2013 Comment

  Zucchini Curry is quick and easy to make. Serve it with plain rice, regular or basmati. Zucchini has a lot of water content; it is low in calories and as such a great weight-loss vegetable. Zucchini is rich in vitamin C, which has antioxidant and anti-inflammatory properties. Servings: 2-3 Cooking Time: 20 minutes Ingredients […]

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Tindora with Sesame

Tindora with Sesame

| March 19, 2013 Comment

  Try Tindora with Sesame if you want something different and tasty. Tindora (tondli, dondakaya/ivy gourd) is a versatile vegetable and lends itself to different ways of cooking. This vegetarian/vegan curry is a healthy accompaniment for rice. Servings: 4 Cooking Time: 20 minutes Ingredients 4 cups tindora, cut into 1-inch long thin strips Turmeric powder, a […]

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Tindora with Coconut

Tindora with Coconut

| March 19, 2013 Comment

  Tindora with Coconut is a South Indian curry and is a great accompaniment for rice. This vegetarian curry recipe is very easy, but it does take some time to cut the tindora. I make up for it by boiling the tindora in the microwave, instead of separately. This is a no-onion, no-garlic recipe. Servings: 4-6 […]

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Tindora Fry

Tindora Fry

| March 19, 2013 Comment

Tindora Fry is an easy dry curry that you can serve with rice or roti. This is a big favorite in my family. Tindora/Tondli/Dondakaya is an Indian vegetable that is available in Indian grocery stores. It looks like a mini cucumber. How you cut this vegetable makes a great difference to the taste. This is […]

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Sweet Potato Curry

Sweet Potato Curry

| March 19, 2013 2 Comments

This sweet potato curry is a South Indian yam recipe that adds a sweet and hot touch to your meal along with a lot of nutrition. This is a quick dish that tastes great with plain white rice and is frequently included in our healthy meal plans. Servings: 4 Cooking Time: 15 minutes Ingredients 3 […]

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Stuffed Eggplant

Stuffed Eggplant

| March 18, 2013 Comment

This Stuffed Eggplant (Guthi Vankaya) is one of my favorite recipes. Stuffed with onions and chickpea flour, this is a South Indian curry that’s usually served with rice, although it tastes quite good with Indian phulkas. Another one of my mom’s wonderful recipes! Servings:3-4 Cooking Time: 20 minutes Ingredients 8 thin eggplants, about 2 1/2 […]

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Spicy Tindora

Spicy Tindora

| March 18, 2013 Comment

Spicy Tindora is a palate-tickling vegetarian/vegan curry with ivy gourd that makes a healthy accompaniment for plain rice. Leave out the onions if you want. Tindora is rich in beta carotene. Servings: 4 Cooking Time: 30-40 minutes Ingredients 4 cups tindora (tondli, ivy gourd, dondakaya), each cut lengthwise into 4 pieces 2 tbsp onions, finely […]

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Spicy Tinda

Spicy Tinda

| March 18, 2013 Comment

This Spicy Tinda curry has a lot of flavor and is easy to make. Tinda or the Indian apple gourd (looks like the green apple) is bland, and absorbs the flavors of the spices you use very well. This is a North Indian vegetarian and vegan recipe. Try it the next time you pick up […]

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Sooran Curry

Sooran Curry

| March 18, 2013 Comment

Sooran Curry is a healthy vegetarian dish made with elephant yam or kanda, and South Indian seasonings. A simple but tasty side, this curry goes well with plain rice. In the US, fresh sooran is a rare sight, but frozen sooran is widely available in the Indian grocery stores through-out the year. Servings: 3-4 Cooking […]

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Snakegourd Curry with Coconut

Snakegourd Curry with Coconut

| March 18, 2013 Comment

Snakegourd Curry with Coconut is great as an accompaniment for plain rice. Easily available in Indian grocery stores in late summer, snakegourd is one of those deceptive vegetables which may not look very appetizing but tastes great with the right recipe. I like to use the smaller variety because it tastes sweeter. This is an […]

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Potato-Broad Beans Curry

Potato-Broad Beans Curry

| March 15, 2013 Comment

  Try this potato-broad beans curry the next time you want to make something different with broad beans (chikkudukaya, avaraikkai, fava beans). This is an unusual combination but works well in this curry. If using the microwave, it does most of the work for you, and you can put it together in no time. Broad […]

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Potato Bell-Pepper Curry

Potato Bell-Pepper Curry

| March 15, 2013 Comment

The Potato Bell-Pepper Curry (Potato Capsicum curry) is a lightly spiced North Indian vegetable side that’s great with rice and Indian roti. Potato and bell pepper make a tasty combination. This curry is very popular with my family. This vegetarian/vegan recipe is also very easy to make. Servings: 4 Cooking Time: 20 minutes Ingredients 2 […]

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