Mango Avocado Guacamole/ Chutney

It's mango season and also avocado season. How can you not mix them both?!

This is my mother's idea. Using a raw mango and a not fully ripe (yes, I am to blame for that I couldn't wait to cut open the damn avocado) avocado we made this dip / chutney. I got lucky here because if the avocado is not ripe enough it tastes like socks, not that I've tasted socks.

You need

1 RIPE Avocado

1 RAW Mango

1 Green Chilli

Salt

1/2 a tomato cut in to tiny pieces

1/2 an onion cut in to tine pieces (I avoided the onions)

Some Coriander to garnish

Put the avocado, mango and chilli in the blender. Blender in to a fine paste. Add the salt, tomato and coriander and give it a stir.

Done!

Serve with chips, in rolls, or eat it as is!

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Banana Rajgira Pancakes

If you haven't tried rajgira I suggest you try it now! Also known as Amaranth, it is a grain that has been growing in India for centuries. It can be made in to rotis, cakes, cookies and pancakes. It has an intense nutty flavour that's hard to miss and blends in easily.

This is my brother's favourite breakfast pancake.

You need:

1 cup whole wheat flour

1/2 cup rajgira flour

1 teaspoon cinnamon

1 banana

1/2 cup sugar

water / soy milk

1 teaspoon ground flaxseed

Put the flours, cinnamon and sugar in the bowl. Mash the banana in to a pulp and add it in. Mix the ground flaxseed with 2 tablespoons of water and whisk it till it becomes gooey almost like an egg.

Mix everything together with some water or soy milk till it gets to almost a dosa batter consistency.

Heat a flat pan / tawa and spoon some batter on to it. Cover it if possible and flip it after a few minutes.

Serve with fresh fruit and some jaggery / maple syrup

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Mango Thai Curry

I enjoy making Thai Curry specially the green curry because it's so easy and everyone at home loves it. This time I added some fresh ripe mango to the paste and it turned out even better.

For the gravy you need

A coriander-mint chutney made with ginger, garlic and green chillies

Pulp of one ripe mango

Blend the two together.

1 chopped onion

2 cups fresh coconut milk (always better if you've made it fresh) Or 1 tetra pack of store-bought coconut milk

Turmeric

3 fresh basil leaves

1 leaf of lemon tree if available

3-4 lemon grass

Steamed & cut vegetables of your choice like:

Potatoes

Lady Fingers

Red Pumpkin

Cauliflower

Yams

Carrots

Beans

Raw Vegetables of your choice like :

Green, Red or Yellow Pepper

Mushroom

Saute the onions in little bit of water and when they turn translucent add the green paste with mango. Add the turmeric, basil, lemon tree leaf and lemon grass. Add a quarter cup of the coconut milk and let it simmer for a few minutes. Add the raw vegetables and stir it around a bit.

Add in the rest of the coconut milk and let it simmer for 5 minutes. Put in the steamed vegetables and let it come to one boil.

If you use the ready made coconut milk you will need to add water since it is much more thicker.

Add in some salt and pepper and serve hot with brown rice.

The mango adds a sweetness and gives it a nicer colour.

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Vegetarian Eggs anyone?

I got a call asking me if I sell vegetarian eggs through The Green Stove. I really didn't know how to react. First I thought someone wanted an egg replacer, but the voice on the other end didn't really wait for me to ask.

So then I didn't think much about it till I read today's Times of India. ('Egging you on' page 23). I can't find it on the TOI website but I'm sure you won't miss it if you read TOI in Bombay.

The article goes on to give the health 'benefits' of eating eggs and also on the side has a tiny write up about how, by feeding vegetarian feed to chicken, the eggs can be termed 'vegetarian' and sold to vegetarians as a vegetarian product. Also goes on to say that the egg was not going to be fertilised anyway meaning the chick isn't going to come out of that egg so what's the harm in eating an unfertilised egg?

Can someone tell me how the reproductive fluid of another animal be sold as being okay for vegetarians just because they're feeding it vegetarian feed?

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Tangy Mushroom Sauté

I had about half a packet of mushrooms left after a previous night's dinner and still wanted more. So I just sautéed some mushrooms with a little bit of water and salt, added in some capsicum and a split green chillie and finished it off with lots of pepper and lemon. It's really quick and yum...

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