Guacamole Dip is a very common dip. The recipe is a classic Mexican delight and is very healthy due to the avocados. The dip goes very well with tortilla chips, and is also used as a salad or side with other dishes. There are many dips with different available flavors.
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Lauki( bottle gourd) Raita
An Indian meal is not complete without curd or curd raita. There are variety of raita recipe like bundi raita, mint raita, cucumber & onion raita which goes well with various kind of dishes. Lauki raita is one of the recipe which is very healthy and tasty. This raita goes very well with biryani, pulav, roti. stuffed parathas or rice & daal combination.
Focaccia Bread
Focaccia Bread is a Italian bread which is flat and oven baked. The bread is generally topped with various herbs. Rosemary gives a wonderful aroma to bread. The bread is served with olive oil and can also be topped with olives, mushrooms, green onion and tomatoes. It tastes very good and certainly different than any normal bread. It is used as side during the lunch or dinner.
Stuffed Karela Fry (Bitter gourd)
Karela’s( bitter gourd) bitter taste might turn people away from it however it can really sweeten your health by virtue of its disease preventing and health promoting phyto chemical compounds. There are a variety of recipes you can make with Karela, like stir fried Karela with onion, or gravy or stuffed karela fry. Stuffed karela goes very well with simple daal and rice as a side dish.
Soy Mayonnaise (Vegan)
Mayonnaise is generally available in any grocery store, but the downside is that it contains egg. This recipe allows vegans and vegetarians to enjoy mayonnaise without eggs. Surprisingly the taste is exactly that of egg mayonnaise and comes out really fresh. This recipe uses soy milk to truly make the recipe vegan friendly.
Avocado Hummus
Hummus is a Middle Eastern side dish. There are variety of Hummus recipes. Avocado Hummus is one of them which has Avocado creamy texture without tahini sauce. Adding all spices and Garbanzo beans (chick peas) gives a awesome taste to hummus. Avocado hummus is a nice dip or sauces for many recipes and is a healthy and easy to make side dish.
Parwal Dry
Parwal is popular vegetable in Northern India. This recipe is dedicated to my Mom. She used to prepare it for our lunch boxes along with paratha. This is supper easy to cook and goes very well with daal -rice and roti or parathas. There are varieties of recipes made using Parval like aloo-parwal gravy, stuffted parwal dry, aloo-parwal fry and dum aloo-parwa.
Stuffed Okra( Bhindi)
Bhindi also known okra /ladyfinger, can be used to make many dishes such as bhindi masala, bhindi fry, pakora and so on. Stuffed okra is a chatpata tangy side dish which goes very well with rice-daal, roti and gravy curry. This vegetable is an all time favorite for my kids. The okra is stuffed with achari masala which gives an amazing tangy flavor and makes your meal more enjoyable.