The Steaming Pot - Easy vegetarian recipes from India

When writing about butter soy baby corn, I am reminded of the acronym WYSIWYG (What You See Is What You Get). There isn’t really more to the recipe than what the headline presents: three ingredients – butter, soy sauce, fresh baby corn – come together to give a lip-smacking umami snack.

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A Turkish-inspired masoor dal recipe that weaves the goodness of root vegetables in a wholesome, comforting soup.

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Butter garlic green beans – a quick and easy side dish to go with your meals. Here’s a step by step recipe with pictures.

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Grape and walnut fried rice – a treat to the senses! Revel in the flavors of tart-sweet grapes, toasted walnuts, caramelized onions studding fried rice.

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It’s pumpkin season! Time to bring out all the pumpkin recipes for your meals. Today’s main course – pumpkin za’atar with butter garlic sauce – came about by sheer serendipity. I had a pumpkin, I had some za’atar, and I realize this is starting to sound like PPAP so I will pause here to tackle first things first: “What’s za’atar?”

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A snack or side dish made of chana dal (Bengal gram) that capitalizes on this dal’s nutty taste. Sookhi chana dal needs very few ingredients and is easy enough to be put together by a kitchen newbie. Those who rely on instant noodles or packaged bhujiya for snack-time with the excuse "I don’t know how to cook" – prepare to shed that line!

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A quick tomato carrot soup that doesn’t require much toiling in the kitchen. With just a few ingredients and a couple of time-saving tools, you will have steaming hot cups of soup on the dining table within minutes.

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