http://cooksjoy.com/blog A vegetarian cooking blog with recipes that tickle your taste buds and leave you craving for more !!! Sat, 08 Aug 2020 00:27:38 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 http://cooksjoy.com/blog/2016/10/jicama-black-bean-salad.html http://cooksjoy.com/blog/2016/10/jicama-black-bean-salad.html#comments Thu, 13 Oct 2016 01:31:59 +0000 Vardhini http://cooksjoy.com/blog/?p=21859 This is my first attempt with Jicama and salad came to the rescue. Jicama tastes between a turnip and a pear and has a nice crunch to it. You can eat it raw or add to soups, stir-fries, etc.  Healthy salad ready. Enjoy!]]> http://cooksjoy.com/blog/2016/10/jicama-black-bean-salad.html/feed 0 http://cooksjoy.com/blog/2016/09/butter-lettuce-chickpea-salad.html http://cooksjoy.com/blog/2016/09/butter-lettuce-chickpea-salad.html#comments Sun, 25 Sep 2016 23:19:10 +0000 Vardhini http://cooksjoy.com/blog/?p=21035 A simple, but filling salad with vegetables and garbanzo. Pinenuts add a nice crunch and the salad can be customized based on vegetables on hand. Off to the recipe. Salad ready. Enjoy!]]> http://cooksjoy.com/blog/2016/09/butter-lettuce-chickpea-salad.html/feed 1 http://cooksjoy.com/blog/2016/01/moong-flour-onion-pakoda.html http://cooksjoy.com/blog/2016/01/moong-flour-onion-pakoda.html#comments Sun, 17 Jan 2016 00:58:15 +0000 Vardhini http://cooksjoy.com/blog/?p=19102 Deep fried snacks are loved by all and this is an easy snack that can be put together with ingredients on hand. Usually we use bengal gram flour for pakoda, but I have used moong flour instead. The fritters were crispy and go perfectly as a side to sambar or rasam rice. They can also...]]> http://cooksjoy.com/blog/2016/01/moong-flour-onion-pakoda.html/feed 1 http://cooksjoy.com/blog/2015/10/vegetarian-tortilla-soup.html http://cooksjoy.com/blog/2015/10/vegetarian-tortilla-soup.html#comments Sat, 10 Oct 2015 16:44:06 +0000 Vardhini http://cooksjoy.com/blog/?p=18987 What do you do when you have ton of tortillas to finish up? I have been buying tortillas in bulk from bountiful basket. On good days I take the time to separate them and pack them in ziplocs to freeze. But then some days I forget and realize that I need to use up the...]]> http://cooksjoy.com/blog/2015/10/vegetarian-tortilla-soup.html/feed 0 http://cooksjoy.com/blog/2015/05/roasted-hatch-chile-and-tomato-salsa.html http://cooksjoy.com/blog/2015/05/roasted-hatch-chile-and-tomato-salsa.html#comments Fri, 29 May 2015 12:43:26 +0000 Vardhini http://cooksjoy.com/blog/?p=18863 Hatch chile is a mild pepper similar to Anaheim pepper. Roasting these peppers bring out the flavors and combined with the usual salsa ingredient, they make excellent salsas. They are long, slender and can also be used for making stuffed peppers. The family loves salsa and this was a super hit. Recipe adapted from here. Tasty...]]> http://cooksjoy.com/blog/2015/05/roasted-hatch-chile-and-tomato-salsa.html/feed 0 http://cooksjoy.com/blog/2015/05/butter-lettuce-avocado-salad.html http://cooksjoy.com/blog/2015/05/butter-lettuce-avocado-salad.html#comments Sun, 24 May 2015 14:54:34 +0000 Vardhini http://cooksjoy.com/blog/?p=18805 I hardly buy butter lettuce and when it was part of the bountiful basket that I buy off and on, I wanted to make something simple and interesting with it. This salad caught my eyes since it had some of my favorite ingredients like avocado and marinated onions. The crisp butter lettuce combined with the...]]> http://cooksjoy.com/blog/2015/05/butter-lettuce-avocado-salad.html/feed 0 http://cooksjoy.com/blog/2015/05/soya-beans-vadai-deep-fried-fritters.html http://cooksjoy.com/blog/2015/05/soya-beans-vadai-deep-fried-fritters.html#comments Thu, 21 May 2015 13:02:41 +0000 Vardhini http://cooksjoy.com/blog/?p=20227 Vadai is a deep fried fritter and is quite addictive. It is usually made with just channa dal, but here I have used soya beans as well. These beans were lying in the pantry for quite sometime and an easy way to finish them off would be to make deep fried snacks that are loved...]]> http://cooksjoy.com/blog/2015/05/soya-beans-vadai-deep-fried-fritters.html/feed 1 http://cooksjoy.com/blog/2015/03/asparagus-chickpeagarbanzo-soup.html http://cooksjoy.com/blog/2015/03/asparagus-chickpeagarbanzo-soup.html#comments Wed, 18 Mar 2015 05:04:51 +0000 Vardhini http://cooksjoy.com/blog/?p=17211 Soup need not be necessarily reserved for the cold weather. We enjoy soup all through the year because they are easy to put together and very healthy too. A simple bowl of soup along with a crusty bread is all we crave during some week nights. While in India, I have never heard of asparagus,...]]> http://cooksjoy.com/blog/2015/03/asparagus-chickpeagarbanzo-soup.html/feed 1 http://cooksjoy.com/blog/2014/10/whole-wheat-bread-sticks.html http://cooksjoy.com/blog/2014/10/whole-wheat-bread-sticks.html#comments Fri, 10 Oct 2014 04:49:47 +0000 Vardhini http://cooksjoy.com/blog/?p=16687 I had posted a version of bread sticks earlier and the main difference here is the use of whole wheat flour along with bread flour. My kids love to eat this as a snack, rather than with a meal and they did not really mind the use of whole wheat flour. The bread sticks had...]]> http://cooksjoy.com/blog/2014/10/whole-wheat-bread-sticks.html/feed 1 http://cooksjoy.com/blog/2014/02/focaccia-caprese.html http://cooksjoy.com/blog/2014/02/focaccia-caprese.html#comments Tue, 25 Feb 2014 05:50:03 +0000 Vardhini http://cooksjoy.com/blog/?p=17208 For this month’s “We Knead to Bake” we were given the choice to bake any yeasted bread. I missed baking the focaccia caprese last month since I could not find fresh mozarella, but baked this one instead. On a recent trip to the grocery I spotted fresh mozarella and the caprese hit my mind instantly.Who...]]> http://cooksjoy.com/blog/2014/02/focaccia-caprese.html/feed 6