It was very interesting to organize the recipes for ONE D meals. Most times of the week, especially for dinner we like to get done with just a dish that will be wholesome and nutritious. I am very pleased to present some recipes from the food bloggers who have presented some of their favorite foods for One Dish Meals.I thank all my friends for participating and making a good collection of One Dish Recipes.

Look forward to the ONE DISH EVENT in August. The rules for which will be published on the 1st of August 2008.

 

Fettucini, Wraps, Quesadilla’s, Linguine and more…

Mansi Desai of Fun and Food presents Fettucini in Almond Pesto
This Almond Pesto Fettucini is a welcome alternative to usual pasta recipes, and the Pesto can also be used as a light dressing for a pasta salad. Adding parsley adds an ever-so-mild kick to the pesto, which works great if you want to use this as a pasta sauce!

Deepika of Ammalu’s Kitchen presents Tamarind Tofu Wraps
What can you do with some left over Rajma and Coconut Rice, with addition of freshly grilled sweet peppers, zucchini and eggplant. You guessed it, its Tamarind Tofu Wraps. Check out the tamarind marinade and how she makes a quick wrap with all that you have got at home on a lazy weekend.

Vidhya of Vibaas-world.blogspot.com presents Spicy Macaroni and Veggie Quesadilla
It’s a spicy Macaroni. Vidhya likes to spice it up with some green chillies and add to that Indian touch. Don’t miss out the seasoning with mustard seeds, asafoetida, urad dal and turmeric powder

Vidhya also makes these simple quick quesadillas

Madhavi from Vegetarian Medley presents Linguine with Toasted Bread Crumbs
A simple yet delicious Linguine dish which has no sauce added. The best flavor comes from toasted bread crumbs, olive oil and don’t miss the cranberries, almonds and the herbs.

Divya Vikram of Dil Se presents Chile Releno Bake
A spicy and cheesy Mexican dish packed with some refried beans and chilies, surely makes it one of those quick to do recipes.

TBC of The Budding Cook presents Tortelloni in Creamy Tomato Sauce
Tortelloni are stuffed pasta, the same shape as tortellini, but larger. They are usually stuffed with Ricotta cheese and leaf vegetables, such as spinach. TBC’s tortelloni are really tempting and delicious to look at.

Soup the dishes

Usha of Veg Inspirations presents Spinach chickpea soup
A combination of vegetables and chick peas to make it a filling and nutritious meal. Dig into the recipe and you will find the combination of garlic, ginger, paprika, sesame powder and peanut powder really enhances the taste of a healthy soup pleasing your palates. Serve it with some warm crusty garlic bread.

Mythreyee of Paajaka Recipes presents Healthy tomato spring onion moong soup
A simple and healthy soup with tomatoes, green onions and the moong dal. It is so delicious and filling that it can be a great soup for weight watchers. Serve it with warm crusty bread.

Roma of Roma’s Space presents Chilly Chow
Chinese at its best, roma brings out the flavors from a whole lot of noodles and vegetables spiced up with some sauces like Vinegar, Soy sauce, Tabasco sauce and of course top it off with pepper. This dish serves like a soup like meal that can surely make a wholesome dish on a cold winter day.

Madhuram of Eggless Cooking presents Garden Vegetables and Navy Beans Vegan Soup
A simple to make but has a lot of flavors going in from the peppers, celery, garlic and oregano. The pasta that is added is cooked to perfection has the flavor of all the vegetables, tomatoes and herbs because it is cooked with it instead of plain salted water. A perfect dish for those cold days which can make a very satisfying meal.

Asha Aravind of Foodie’s Hope presents Thukpa
A popular Noodle-Based Soup with Vegetables (or meat) in the North East Region. The Buddhist Monpa and Sherdukpa tribes are more inclined to Burmese or Chinese influenced food and their popular dishes are Momos, Chowmein and Thupka. Oil and spices are sparingly used, chillies and ginger and sometimes fermented Bamboo shoots and fish are used for flavoring the soup.

 

Spice up the Noodles

Nidhi of Charche Chauke Ke presents American Chopsuey
American chop suey is quite a favorite of a lot of people and its quite wholesome and delicious too. Oven Roasted, non fried noodles are topped with a spicy tomato Asian sauce with some vegetables.

Shilpa of Aayi’s Recipes presents Vegetable and noodle stir fry
These noodles are prepared differently with vegetables and a blend hot sauce, Worcestershire sauce, and soya sauce. It is sure to make a quick and satisfying meal.

Nags of For The Cook In Me presents Vegetable Curry Noodles
A perfect dish where you can make those Maggie movement into a Vegetable Curry Noodles. Go ahead and read the recipe for the Vegetable Curry Noodles, just the photos will make you drool and want to make some for yourself.

Rice Galore

Archy from Archy’s Recipe Book presents Palak Rice
A perfect way to get that Spinach into your diet along with the delicious blend of spices she has added into the rice to heighten the flavor.

Uma from Essence of Andhra presents Easy Vegetable Rice
A simple vegetable rice which is delicious, but also healthy and quick. Enrich yourself with the broccoli, cauliflower carrots, green peas blended with subtle spices tingle your palates. A comfort dish, served with some potato wafers and raita.

Sireesha of Mom’s Recipies presents Schezuan Veg Fried Rice
Schezuan Fried Rice is a delectable blend of spicy flavors that are sure to tease your palate. Szechuan cuisine, Szechwan cuisine, or Sichuan cuisine is a style of Chinese Province originating in Sichuan Province of South Western China.

JZ of Tasty treats presents Spiced Basmati Rice with Peanuts and Coconut rice
Spiced Basmati Rice with Peanuts with Peanuts – a Betty Crocker Favorite. JZ likes to call it Masala Baath. A Maharastrian dish containing fried rice with the crunchy peanuts and the slight spicy flavor imparted by the addition of garam masala and chilies. A sure dish to try out when you want something different in your menu!

Spiced Basmati Rice With Peanuts

JZ is on a rice making spree, that she has presented one of the favorite South Indian comfort foods. The additions of Cashew nuts, red chillies and coriander leaves, heighten the flavor of coconut rice

Coconut Rice

EC of Simple Indian Food presents Mint Pulav
A very different rice flavored with Mint and blended with subtle spices. Can make a quick meal if you have left over rice. Serve it with a raita of your choice and some pickles.

Cham of Spice-club presents Soya Vegetable pulao
A creamy rice mixture cooked with vegetables and soya to boost your protein level. Lazy or tired after a busy day, lunch box idea, run out of vegetables, don’t have time for an elaborate meal, want to please a crowd, whatever reason you bring, only one satisfying idea: pull your big pot out, time to put few ingredients together and cook without any pressure a complete satisfying meal.

Vani of Illatharasi presents Coconut Milk Rice
A perfectly flavored rice made with coconut milk, vegetables and subtle spices. What more, it gets its additional flavor from saffron which enhances the taste of the entire dish. This dish could be served just as such or with some onion raita with green chillies.

 

Ramya of Ramya Cooks presents Arisimparuppu
ArisimParuppu,which means nothing but Arisi(Rice) + Paruppu(Dhal) together is one of the traditional recipes followed by people from Kongunadu. It could take over a form of spiced kichadi which is typical to Northern India.

SriLekha of Me and My Kitchen presents Tamarind Rice and Temple Rice
These are specialities of southern India which are all time favorites as well. They are prefect ONE D meals to a South Indian palate. Try these and few more which SriLekha presents in her site, you will surely not go wrong.

Tamarind  Rice

Temple Rice

Sheetal of Sweety My Kitchen presentsDalia Upma and Red rice with soya nuggets
Dalia or cracked wheat upma mildly spiced with some vegetables is a wholesome nutritious meal.

Dalia Upma

Red rice are again mildly spiced with the addition of soy protein can enhance the nutritional value of this dish.

 Red Rice

Kalva of Curry In Kadai presents Bisibela Bath aka Vegetable Khichdi and Spicy Whole Wheat Noodles
YUMM another popular South Indian One Dish Meal, bisibela baath is getting increasingly popular the world over. Packed with lentils, rice and vegetables, makes it very wholesome and nutritious. Serve it with some onion raita and papad or chips.

Bisibela Baath

In Whole wheat noodles Kalva, gives the noodles a Indian Chinese flavor. The addition of bell peppers, green chillies, potatoes, cabbage and many more, make it nutritious and wholesome.

Spicy Whole Wheat Noodles

Alka keswani of Sindhi Rasoi presents Methi Vegetable Pulao
Vegetables and fenugreek leaves and a subtle blend of spices, Alka brings a version of the pulav, which looks delicious and healthy. Serve it with papad, pickles and some raita.

notyet100 of Asan Khana presents Tehari
A Bangladeshi dish usually made with meat, notyet100 brings Tehari with some vegetables. A not common among the food lovers, but is surely going to gets it notability, as the dish looks perfectly delicious. Packed with all the nutrients from the vegetables makes it a wholesome meal.

Classic Kichadi’s

Dee Shankar of Vegetable Platter presents Masala Khichdi
Khichdi is a dish made from rice & lentils. It is considered as India’s comfort food as most people love this simple yet tasty dish. You can add any vegetables of your liking along with rice & lentils. It is widely prepared in Gujarat, Maharashtra & West Bengal regions of India. It tastes best when served hot along with Ghee & masala papad. Gujarati’s serve it with hot Kadhi.

Kamalika of Dedicated to Janaki Patti presents Kootanchoru
This dish is Kamalika’s favourite from her home town Tirunelveli. It’s a one pot meal with required nutrients in the form of vegetables and protein in the form of lentils. Serve it with potato chips, some pickle and yogurt.

Jayasree of Kailas Kitchen presents Broken Wheat Kichadi
Jayshree likes to call this dish it a spicy version of Pongal. But surely, a dish which is eaten by most only during sick times, is getting increasingly popular by health enthusiast to include it in their diet. Broken wheat is packed with fiber and nutrients, combined with lentils and vegetables add to the proteins as well.

Bhawana of Tastes Of India presents Khichdi A Complete Food
Can any think of making a good looking Khichadi – Bhawana has surely come up with one of those with some creamy raita. She has the Khichadi packed with some vegetables and a whole set of lentils like Tuvar dal, Masoor dal and Moong dal.

Swati of Chatkhor presents Bihari Palak Khichdi
The famous bihari khichadi with spinach looks absolutely delicious. Khichadi is the comfort food for most Indians on a lazy day when you don’t feel like cooking. And that’s exactly how Swati feels. Swati has kicked up her khichdi with some soy granules, some vegetables and spiced it up with cardamom, cinnamon, a host of other powders, not to forget the protein enhancers – masoor dal and moong dal.

Paratha’s, Pav Bhaji’s, Dal Dholkli’s…

Skribles of Food with a Pinch of Love presents Dal Chawal Paratha
A perfect way to use the left over moon dal and rice. A perfect way to add some protein and carbohydrates to your diet and packed into your lunch/ snack box. Serve it with some yogurt and pickle.

Sia of Monsoon Spice presents Zucchini Paratha and Bombay Pav Bhaji
Zucchini Paratha can make a perfect meal for a day you truly want to try something different. The blend of green chillies, garlic onions to the zucchini surely makes heightens the flavor of zucchini. Surely fit well into a lunch/snack box.

Bombay Pav Bhaji is an all time favorite street food which is popular the world over. A blend of vegetables spiced with pav bhaji masala, chaat masala which is typically store bought is sure to tease your palates. It is typically served with butter toasted pav buns.

Arundathi of My Food Blog presents Dal Dhokli
Dal Dhokli is an all time Gujarati favorite usually savored on a cold or a rainy day. It makes a very delicious and satisfying meal. You can call it the Indian pasta in a lentil sauce. Like Sambar or Lasagna or even Mac and Cheese, every home has their own twist on the recipe - some load it with lots of ingredients and many are simple. Some others are simple but have lots of toppings. Whichever way it’s served, it’s always delicious.

Richa of As Dear As Salt presents Ragda Patties
An all time favorite Indian Street Food, which is savored by Indians all over the world. Mildly spiced potato patties, topped with the ragda and the various chutney is sure to tease your palates. A perfect meal for a rainy or a cold day.

Filed under: Events

 Print This Recipe

---