Well for starters we like being Vegetarian, coming from an Indian origin, that's our thing. Indian food is awesome, when you think you've had all South Indian cuisine, you keep finding more, and then all of a sudden, there is North Indian cuisine and bazillion variations on those.
But there are many folks who do a great job at sharing recipes for these Indian wonders, and even guided step by step videos of perfect Veg Biryani's and Channa masalas and Dosa's and heck even Upma's. But what about the rest? The world is full of food, yet focussing primarily on meat as the Entree/Main course. Many a western world chef doesn't even consider a meatless entree a dish, nevertheless add one on the their menu.
Living in California, there is but some hope, there are lots of veg options to be found here and for a change, people you talk to actually know what it means (what a revelation!). Visiting several of these restaurants and watching tons on cooking shows on TV has given us a good understanding and motivation to try out several of these techniques on vegetarian food, to much success or failure at times
That said, what about at home? With so many good farmers markets and excellent grocery stores around and many a tool to help you at home, why should one not explore options when it comes to Vegetarian cooking at home. Over the years I've picked up a lot of tips and trick to make veg food more interesting without sticking to the confines of Indian cuisine and I figured, hey its free to bore people online, why not! If it helps someone at all, its still worth it.
Sure many of you may look at some of this and go bah, its lame, so obvious, easiest thing to do etc, but I tell you, I've seen many folks who just don't think about these things, and don't apply it to their daily meals and once you tell them they go sure its simple why not, this is me telling you that only without my annoying visage staring at you. Lets make life interesting shall we?
Ofcourse, feedback is welcome and appreciated, I am trying this out for the first time and I'm sure there is plenty of room for improvement.
Disclaimer : I am not going to talk about Vegan stuff, sure many things here may well be vegan, but thats purely incidental (hey I'm sounding like the warning message before a TV show). I love cheese, I love milk, and hey I love Eggs, so FWIW, this is Eggetarian cuisine if you want to call it that. There will be some no cheese, no eggs recipes as well though so don't lose faith yet :)
Disclaimer no.2: I'll be talking about wine a bit as well and what pairs well with what, I love wine and there is hardly any information out there on pairing veg foods with wine. Every winery out there will just tell you "goes great with salmon or Halibut" or "perfect for steak", how about the rest of us?
But there are many folks who do a great job at sharing recipes for these Indian wonders, and even guided step by step videos of perfect Veg Biryani's and Channa masalas and Dosa's and heck even Upma's. But what about the rest? The world is full of food, yet focussing primarily on meat as the Entree/Main course. Many a western world chef doesn't even consider a meatless entree a dish, nevertheless add one on the their menu.
Living in California, there is but some hope, there are lots of veg options to be found here and for a change, people you talk to actually know what it means (what a revelation!). Visiting several of these restaurants and watching tons on cooking shows on TV has given us a good understanding and motivation to try out several of these techniques on vegetarian food, to much success or failure at times
That said, what about at home? With so many good farmers markets and excellent grocery stores around and many a tool to help you at home, why should one not explore options when it comes to Vegetarian cooking at home. Over the years I've picked up a lot of tips and trick to make veg food more interesting without sticking to the confines of Indian cuisine and I figured, hey its free to bore people online, why not! If it helps someone at all, its still worth it.
Sure many of you may look at some of this and go bah, its lame, so obvious, easiest thing to do etc, but I tell you, I've seen many folks who just don't think about these things, and don't apply it to their daily meals and once you tell them they go sure its simple why not, this is me telling you that only without my annoying visage staring at you. Lets make life interesting shall we?
Ofcourse, feedback is welcome and appreciated, I am trying this out for the first time and I'm sure there is plenty of room for improvement.
Disclaimer : I am not going to talk about Vegan stuff, sure many things here may well be vegan, but thats purely incidental (hey I'm sounding like the warning message before a TV show). I love cheese, I love milk, and hey I love Eggs, so FWIW, this is Eggetarian cuisine if you want to call it that. There will be some no cheese, no eggs recipes as well though so don't lose faith yet :)
Disclaimer no.2: I'll be talking about wine a bit as well and what pairs well with what, I love wine and there is hardly any information out there on pairing veg foods with wine. Every winery out there will just tell you "goes great with salmon or Halibut" or "perfect for steak", how about the rest of us?
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