This is my second post from garden to kitchen to table! As I had mentioned in my previous post, we have quite a few veggies growing in our backyard. So today's recipe is stuffed green peppers or bharwan simla mirch. In India green peppers are often called as Simla Mirch or Capsicum.  Our first couple of peppers went bad while they were growing so we plucked them little early, so the size of peppers is not that big. Yet the size was perfect for stuffed peppers. In US it is impossible to get small green peppers, hence I decided to make this 'Bharwan Simla Mirch' with potato filling. We had some 8/9 small peppers, these are really small, almost size of Jalapeno.  If you have decent sized peppers then this recipe will give you the idea for masala stuffing and you might want to adjust the quantity of ingredients accordingly.  Let's get starated! Ingredients 8 small green peppers 1 medium sized potato, boiled, peeled and mashed  1/2 small onion finely chopped Few frozen an...

I came across a very funny joke the other day. It showed one cat working on laptop with caption "done studying all day looking for recipes" and in second picture the same cat was saying "don't know what to cook for dinner, I'll just make "Khichadi" Now khichadi is a staple food in any Indian home, when one can't think of what to make for dinner, khichadi is always a go to meal as it is wholesome and filling and moreover easy to prepare.  So basically I was in the same mode that day when I made these open semolina sandwiches. I was thinking really hard what to cook for dinner and suddenly these open toast sandwiches came to my mind. It's pretty easy to make and you can add whatever veggies you have.  Ingredients 1 cup semolina/rava 3/4 cup plain yogurt + more if required 1 medium onion finely diced 1 small or 1/2 if big, green pepper diced 1 small tomato finely chopped 2 tbs finely chopped cilantro 3-4 green chilies finely chopped Salt as per tas...

This post is all about garden to kitchen to pan. We have planted good amount of veggies this year. Our regulars are cucumbers, tomatoes, peppers, chili peppers, indian bitter melon(which is called as Karela) etc. This year we also planted  beets, carrots, radishes, amaranth....and the list goes on....                                                          Growing up I never had beetroot greens, though we use to eat actual beetroot in variety of ways, just boiled or in salads, raita or even parathas. Did a bit of research about beetroot greens and found out that they are actually packed with nutrients, rich in vitamins and antioxidants and zero cholestrol and fat.  The greens that were growing looked so fresh and crisp, I had to try using them in one of my recipes. I decided to make it same way as any greens and it came out pretty go...