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Vegan Richa
Tue, 27 Sep 2022 11:45:54 +0000
Sabut Moong Dal – a delicious creamy North Indian dal made with green mung beans in the Instant Pot with green mung beans simmered in a fragrant tomato coconut milk sauce flavored with aromatic Indian spices. Serve with rice or flatbread for a comforting meal. Gluten-free Soyfree Nutfree
Here's a wholesome mung bean curry just in time for the first cooler days of the year! Indian Sabut Moong Dal – this North Indian Green Mung Bean Dal is delicious, creamy, super flavorful and so easy and quick to make in an Instant Pot. Sabut means whole. Moong/mung is a green colored small bean. It comes in whole form, that's the green mung beans, and split form. The split can have the green skin or can have the skin removed. The No skin version is yellow and is called moong dal.
This sabut moong is paired with creamy coconut milk, chili, garlic, onions, tomatoes and warming Indian spices, this green mung bean curry is such a comforting meal ideal for those colder early fall days. Serve it with rice or naan bread for the perfect plant-based meal.
I love cooking with mung beans as they are very versatile. I use them for soup, kitchari , fritters and I even use them to make a delicious Vegan Omelet. They make a great addition to your pantry!
They can be easily found at Indian grocery stores but also at mainstream stores such as Whole Foods and Costco.
Other than the mung beans, we are mostly using very basic pantry ingredients such as garlic, onions, coconut milk, tomatoes, garlic and some spices like garam masala.
why you will love this Mung Bean dal
- it uses a few ingredients
- it needs just 1 pot
- it is gluten-free Soyfree Nutfree
- it has no onion garlic option in recipe notes
- this is a versatile recipe. Use it with other lentils or beans!
More lentil recipes:
Lentil Orzo Salad
Vegan Lentil Sambusa Pie
Vegan Lentil Sausage Rolls
Vietnamese Inspired Caramelized Pork Bowls with Lentils
Mung Bean Sprouts, Seared Carrots, Kale Salad with Chili Lime Sesame Dressing
Black Eyed Pea and Mung Bean Stew. Mixed Dal.
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Vegan Richa
Sat, 24 Sep 2022 11:55:23 +0000
This vegan Tiramisu sheet cake is easier and quicker! It has a light and fluffy sponge cake that's soaked with indulgent coffee syrup and then topped with a rich and creamy homemade vegan mascarpone! And sprinkled with cocoa. Creamy moist and perfect. Gluten-free and nutfree options included.
Craving tiramisu but don't have time to make all the lady's fingers cookies? Make this easy vegan tiramisu sheet cake! This easy vegan sheet cake has all the great things you love about tiramisu, but in sheet cake form, which means it is super quick to make and makes enough to feed a big crowd! Perfect for your holiday gatherings.
We bake a quick vanilla-scented thin sponge cake layer. Once baked, we poke some holes in the cake and pour over the coffee syrup to soak the cake and make it irresistibly moist. Then we top the cake with a creamy mascarpone-style vegan cream mixture. Some cocoa powder or chocolate shavings and top and done – so glorious!
This cake is such an elegant dessert that is perfect served with a steaming cup of coffee. Leftovers can be stored in the fridge and frozen. Make fewer or more holes based on how much coffee you want soaked in. You'll want to save this one.
For a gluten-free version check the tips section or the notes in the recipe card.
Why you will love this Tiramisu cake
- its easier and simpler
- It's easy to transport
- it satisfies all the tiramisu cravings.
- it's moist and delicious
- options to make it Glutenfree, Nutfree and Soyfree
More cake recipes:
Vegan Carrot Cake Bars
Vegan Gluten free Chocolate Cake
Vegan Self Saucing Black Forest Chocolate Pudding Cake
Rasmalai Tres Leches Cake (Vegan)
Vegan Baklava Cake
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Vegan Richa
Wed, 21 Sep 2022 11:46:46 +0000
Vegan Green Keema – a meatless spin on the Indian minced meat curry using a blend of lentils and walnuts simmered in a fragrant herby spicy sauce. Serve with a side of rice or dinner rolls or flatbread! Vegan Mumbai Hara Keema Soy-free, Glutenfree. Nutfree option
Here's a vegan spin on a restaurant favorite – keema! Keema means minced meat and keema curries are traditional Indian dishes typically made with mince stewed with peas or potatoes and fragrant spices. It can also sometimes be used as a filling in samosas.
As with all Indian curries, there are several types of spiced mince meat (keema dishes) based on the region. This green keema uses a delicious cilantro dill spinach sauce that is unlike the usual tomato-based or creamy sauces.
This curry is seriously a flavor explosion. It's a popular street style keema that is especially popular in Mumbai.
This green Keema is usually served with some buttered dinner rolls which are called ladi pav. But you can also serve it with some flatbread or fill it up in a piece of pita bread or make sandwiches with it. Think spicy herby sloppy joes! Don't let the color throw you off. This keema is ahmazing!
One of the best things our mom taught us was to never judge food by how it looks. Basically to not let any strong thought in your mind based on just the color, presentation, saucy, dry, look. Always use a variety of senses to decide if you like the food or not. Smell, taste, texture and then what you see. Dishes like these are the best test for that. Palak tofu that looks like tofu in a spinach smoothie! These lentils in a vibrant green sauce. All absolutely fragrant and delicious.
More Indian curries:
Vegan Malabar Curry with Veggies and Beans
Cauliflower Spinach and Chickpeas with Mustard Seed Curry Leaf Sauce
Madras Curry Tofu Casserole
Baked Chana Saag (Vegan Spinach Chickpea Curry)
Vegan chicken kondattam
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Vegan Richa
Mon, 19 Sep 2022 20:27:51 +0000
The best Vegan Cheese Sauce made with veggies in the Instant Pot! It's perfect for making classic mac and cheese but also tastes amazing with veggies, rice, or as a base for dairy-free cheese dips or use over nachos or baked potato! Gluten-free & nut-free option. Stovetop instructions as well.
Here's an amazing Vegan Cheese Sauce that is super smooth, very creamy, and irresistibly cheesy. The best part? It's all made in the Instant Pot so pretty hands-off! It tasted just like the real deal and your guests won't believe it's vegan!
Now, I already have this Vegan Queso recipe in the archive but while the queso recip0e is ideal as a dip or for nachos, this is more of an all-purpose cheese sauce. It's brilliant drizzled over veggies and obviously utterly divine with pasta. Actually, it goes so well with pasta ! I added a Mac cheese recipe to the recipe card.
The recipe starts off with some creamy vegetables like cauliflower or zucchini, carrots, and potatoes. Cashews add more creaminess, and we also add in some spices like ground mustard, garlic, and onion powder for flavor. Then two important ingredients – miso paste and nutritional yeast! These two additions add the umami so don't skip them.
Nutritional yeast has nothing to do with the active dry yeast that you buy for baking. It's deactivated yeast and you can find it online at amazon but also at grocery stores. Adding nutritional yeast to dips and sauces lends them a cheesy flavor that you will find to be very addictive.
On to the method: This vegan cheese sauce recipe is so quick and simple to make using the Instant Pot. Simply dump everything together in the pot, cook it on high pressure and then puree it in a blender into a smooth creamy sauce. DONE!
I love to use this cheese sauce for Mac and cheese, over tacos, in deep dish cheesy pizzas or pastries. It's versatile and so delicious!
More cheesy goodness:
Continue reading: Vegan Cheese Sauce (Instant Pot Potato Carrot Cheese Sauce)
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Vegan Richa
Fri, 16 Sep 2022 11:46:52 +0000
Masala Paratha is a spiced version of plain paratha and is the perfect snack, breakfast or side. The veggies, spices, seeds and spinach are all in the dough! Change up the veggies and flavors to preference, roll the flatbread, cook and serve or store. No precooking the veggies. Freezer friendly. No stuffing the dough needed. Nutfree Soyfree yeastfree. GF option
Homemade rotis and parathas are staples in my home and from time to time I make various variations. Masala paratha is an especially delicious variation. Parathas can be stuffed with veggies like calzones or can be a thick flatbread with various flours or veggies or spices added in. They are served as breakfast or snack or as a side with dals and curries.
They can be made just like rolled-out flat bread or stuffed with vegetables (spiced grated cauliflower, potatoes, carrots, radish or other vegetables, aloo paratha, Gobi paratha, mooli paratha ).
They can also be stuffed with cooked lentils or split peas. For this spiced-up paratha version, I'm processing the veggies in a food processor and add them right into the dough. Along with some seeds and spinach to make this into a nutritious side. The veggies are raw, but they all cook with the paratha as these aren't very thick. Press the paratha on the skillet to cook the veggies and to cook evenly and so the parathas stay softer.
We want to process the vegetables until they are a like a coarse meal and then we add the flour and a little bit of water to make that into a dough. Then roll it out and cook on the skillet until golden brown spots all over.
You can cook these flatbreads with or without oil. Store them in a covered container to keep them soft. Served above with dal and tomato chutney .
More flatbread recipes:
Vegan Naan
Broccoli Chickpea Stuffed Flatbread ; Broccoli Paratha Yeast-free
Spinach Paratha flatbread
Gluten free Cauliflower Flatbread – Grainfree
Herb Garlic Flatbread Recipe No Yeast
Gluten free Naan Almond flour naan
Continue reading: Masala Paratha (Spiced Indian Flatbread Yeastfree)
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Vegan Richa
Tue, 13 Sep 2022 11:53:12 +0000
This Tex Mex Rice Casserole makes for a delicious one-pan meal! It's family-friendly, budget-friendly, gluten-free, packed with simple and easily modifiable ingredients! Also perfect for meal prep. Nutfree Soyfree
Are we ready for an easy yet delish casserole dish? I hope so because I have a good one for you. An easy Vegan Tex Mex Rice Casserole with lots of Tex-mex flavor like chipotle chili and cumin. This is a comforting and not too spicy Mexican-inspired dinner that is perfect on any weekday and leftovers make for a great lunch the next day.
I make this Tex-Mex rice casserole all the time because it feeds the whole family, is super flavorful, and the ingredients are fairly budget-friendly. It's kind of one pot dish, but instead of on the stove you put your ingredients into a casserole dish and pop it into the oven.
You can't really mess this up! Casserole dishes are very forgiving and you can tweak this one your own taste. Add some corn or chickpeas instead of beans or add some green beans.
Serve this deliciously flavorful rice casserole dish at dinnertime tonight! The whole family will love trying this cheesy Tex-Mex Rice Casserole.
More Mexican recipes:
Mexican Egg Casserole
Mexican Street Corn Salad
Mexican Hot Chocolate Mix
Quesadilla with Walnut Taco Meat
Cauliflower Taco Meat; 1 Pan
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