Author Archives: Chitra Agrawal

Serving Eats & Raffling Off Indian Cooking Class for Work It Brooklyn / Brooklyn Based Sandy Fundraiser, PLUS More Ways To Help

November 25, 2012 Chitra Agrawal

Hope everyone had a great Thanksgiving! This post is not about how you can use your holiday leftovers (sorry!), but about a Sandy fundraiser that is coming up.

Posted in Events & Classes, Special Events | Tagged brooklyn, Brooklyn Based, Hurricane Sandy, Hurricane Sandy Relief Fundraiser, Hurricane Sandy Volunteer Opportunities, Indian cooking class, Work It Brooklyn | 1 Comment

Indian Vegetarian Thanksgiving Sides

November 21, 2012 Chitra Agrawal

No turkey here:) I grew up eating Indian food for Thanksgiving. The dishes varied from year to year, but they were always vegetarian & most often using the fall vegetables that were in season. That’s why, being a vegetarian, I’ve never really … More »

Posted in Autumn, Curry, Dinner, Favorites, Recipes Index, Salads, Sides, Stir-Fry, Vegan, Vegetarian | Tagged fall recipes, gluten-free, healthy Thanksgiving sides, Indian recipes, Thanksgiving, Thanksgiving recipes, Thanksgiving sides, vegan, vegetable sides, vegetarian | Comments Off

Naan Breakfast Pizza

November 18, 2012 Chitra Agrawal

This may be the juiciest recipe I’ve put on my site so far & when I say juicy I mean cheesy goodness! It’s a really easy one too, using ready-made naan, my leftover fresh chili pepper pumpkin pasta sauce, fried … More »

Posted in Autumn, Breads, Breakfast, Easy, Favorites, Mains, Popular, Recipes Index, Vegetarian, Winter | Tagged breakfast pizza, cheese pizza, chili peppers, comfort food, egg, Indian pizza, naan pizza, pizza recipe, pumpkin pasta sauce, vegetarian | 9 Comments

Fresh Chili Pepper Pumpkin Pasta Sauce

November 10, 2012 Chitra Agrawal

I grew up eating pasta sauce with Indian green chillies so when I got these ristra peppers in my farm share with a big pumpkin, I thought I’d put them both together and make a pasta sauce out of … More »

Posted in Autumn, Dinner, Lunch, Mains, Noodles, Recipes Index, Vegetarian, Winter | Tagged pumpkin pasta sauce, pumpkin puree, pumpkin sauce for pasta, ristra peppers, seasonal chili peppers, spaghetti sauce, spicy pasta sauce, vegetarian recipe | 3 Comments

Spicy Pickled String Beans (Shimi Ka Achar)

November 1, 2012 Chitra Agrawal

This summer and fall, I have been getting a ton of string green beans and using them in all sorts of ways.

Posted in Autumn, Chutneys & Pickles, Easy, Gluten-Free, North Indian, Recipes Index, Snacks, Summer, Vegan, Vegetarian | Tagged achar, Indian pickled string beans, pickled string beans, seasonal pickling, shimi ka achar, spicy pickled string beans, string beans, vegan, vegetarian | 3 Comments

Anda Bhurji, Indian-Style Scrambled Eggs

October 22, 2012 Chitra Agrawal

My first experience with anda bhurji was on a trip to Mumbai a couple years back. Many street stalls serve this spicy egg scramble throughout the city at all times of the day in a buttered bun or pav with … More »

Posted in Autumn, Breakfast, Easy, Favorites, Gluten-Free, Mains, Popular, Recipes Index, Spring, Summer, Vegetarian | Tagged anda bhurji, egg sandwich, indian street food, indian style egg scramble, pav bhaji, vegetarian | 2 Comments

Masala Roasted Pumpkin Seeds

October 9, 2012 Chitra Agrawal

I don’t think I’ve roasted pumpkin seeds since I was really young. Although, it seems like a very American thing to do, I remember my grandmother when she lived with my family in New Jersey actually roasting the seeds for … More »