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LATA Plant Based Thursdays Group

Oil free cauliflower with black eye beans curry

Ingredients * Cauliflower  Black-Eye beans / lobia Onion – 1 Medium Size Tomatoes -3 Ginger/Garlic paste ( Optional) Curry Powder (Home made ) Turmeric powder Chili Powder Salt to taste Procedure 1. Sauté onions with no oil for 2 min, add ginger garlic paste(optional), tomatoes , cook until tomatoes become soft. Add soaked black-eyed beans […]

LATA Plant Based Thursdays Group

Oil free Upma

Ingredients Tempering/poppu/Tadka – Mustard seeds, urad seeds, chana dal, jeera Onion green chilli ginger carrots asparagus salt lemon Procedure Dry roast mustard seed , urad and chana dhal. Once popping is heard add jeera, onions, green chili, grated ginger, carrots and asparagus.  You can add 1-2 Tbsp of water at a time if onions are […]

Blog, Indian, Lunch/Dinner, Recipes

Beets Stirfry with Indian spices

By Dr Sirisha Potluri MD Oil free beets stir fry Ingredients Beets peeled and steamed,garlic thinly diced,turmeric,cumin seeds mustard seeds,curry leaves ,cilantro for garnish,red chilli powder,salt. Procedure In a thick bottom pan add mustard seeds, cumin seeds, and curry leaves, let them all saute for 5 minutes now add thinly diced beets, and saute for […]

Desserts, Recipes

Raw Vegan Brownies(4 ingredients)

By Dr Sirisha Potluri MD Raw Vegan Brownies!Ingredients:-1.5 cups raw walnuts-1 cup of raw almonds-2.5 cups pitted dates-3/4 cup cacao powder-1/4 tsp sea salt-2 tbsp cacao nibs for topping (optional)– pure vanilla extract. Method:-Combine 1 cup walnuts and the almonds in a food processor and process until finely ground-Add cacao powder and sea salt next […]

Breakfast, Lunch/Dinner, Recipes

Sweetpotato tofu flatbread

By Dr Sirisha Potluri MD Sweet potato, tofu and moringa leaves flat bread . Ingredients 3 cups of whole wheat flour and 2 boiled sweet potatoes, a half-block of tofu, 1-2 cups of moringa leaves, Red chili powder, turmeric, ginger-garlic paste, and salt to taste. Procedure Mix everything in the food processor and knead the […]

Hispanic, Lunch/Dinner, Recipes, Salads

Quinoa Salad Mexican Style

By Dr Sirisha Potluri MD Delicious quinoa salad Mexican style , Ingredients Black beans , corn, cilantro , cherry tomatoes, avocados, red onion , lemon juice , salt and taco seasoning( if you don’t have taco seasoning, we can use red chili powder, cumin seed powder too). Procedure Cook quinoa , 1:2 ratio water and […]

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Health Benefits of Plant Based Diet

By Dr. Sirisha Potluri MD A plant-based diet is a powerful and pleasurable way to achieve good health. Plant-based diet means no-meat, fish, poultry, egg, and dairy. Eating only food that comes from plant kingdom. Plant-based Diet can Keep your heart healthy, Lower blood pressure, Control of diabetes, Prevent Cancer, Increase immunity, Improve lung health, Improve arthritis pain and can help […]

Recipes, Snacks

Spicy Zucchini potato patties (Cutlets)

By Dr. Sirisha Potluri: Ingredients: • 1big grated zucchini • 2-3 boiled potatoes • 1 cup rice flakes , • 1big grated zucchini, • 3 tablespoons mint leaves, • 2 inches grated ginger, • 1 teaspoon cumin seeds • 2 tablespoons coarse peanut powder, • 1 tablespoon red chili powder, • 1-2 Tablespoons flax seeds […]

Indian, Recipes, Tea

Golden Milk

By Dr. Sirisha Potluri MD Turmeric is spice as good as Gold , that may help in treating and preventing many chronic diseases , like osteoarthritis, ulcerative colitis, lupus, prediabetes, Alzheimer’s to name few. Make sure to include this spice regularly in your plant based diet! Turmeric milk is a great drink to start the […]

Desserts, Recipes

3-Ingredient Chocolate Fudge

By Dr. Sirisha Potluri MD 3 ingredient chocolate fudge😋😋😋1 cup pitted dates1 cup raw pumpkin seeds ( soaked for few hours in water and drained )Vegan dark chocolate chips ( approximately 1 cup) enough to spread on the date and pumpkin seed mixtureVanilla extract for flavor ( I didn’t have it at home so didn’t […]

Recipes, Snacks

Stuffed Mushrooms

By Dr. Sirisha Potluri MD Ingredients: (Organic white button mushrooms, 1 tablespoon flax seed powder, red onion, 3-4 tablespoons of thinly diced spicy pickled jalapeños, Italian spices, salt to taste, 1 table spoons each of nutritional yeast, cashew paste , plant based yogurt ( won’t need much , just for binding) , bread crumbs to […]

Lunch/Dinner, Recipes

Sweet Potato Stew

By Dr. Sirisha Potluri MD IngredientsSweet potatoes ( I took both orange and Japanese variety )approximately 4-5Tomatoes 4-5Onions 1-2Cilantro- big bunchGinger-1-2 tablespoonsGarlic-4-5 clovesGreen chillis to tasteSalt to tasteThadkha( urad dal , mustard seeds , methi seeds etc)Chili powder and turmeric. In a big pan add , thadkha and sauté make sure it’s not burning as […]

Indian, Lunch/Dinner, Recipes

Cauliflower Lemon Rice

By Dr. Sirisha Potluri MD Lemon rice with riced cauliflower no oil recipe. IngredientsFrozen riced cauliflower or fresh cauliflower riced.Lemons ( zest the lemons and keep it ready) we need juice of 3-4 lemons ( depends on the quantity we are making )Cumin seedsMustard seedsTurmericBlack pepper powderDry red chili ( optional) can use green chilli […]

Breakfast, Desserts, Recipes

Steel-Cut Oatmeal w/ Flaxseed and Berries

By Dr. Sirisha Potluri MD Ingredients: Steel-Cut Oats, Berries, Flaxseed meal, Walnuts, any fresh fruit available (mangoes, bananas, etc.), Dates Procedure: For one cup of steel cut oats add 3 to 4 cups of water and cook in the instapot (high pressure setting) for 10 minutes. While cooking the oatmeal add 4-5 pitted dates Release […]