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Day 13: Achaari Protein Vadas and a Food Styling Lesson
July 22, 2010 | 13 Comments
Achaar in Hindi = hot, spicy pickle.
Vada = fritter, usually fried. These are baked.
This morning while prowling around the kitchen I found some sprouts and a baby zucchini from our yard. I’m always trying to add pea and rice protein powder to stuff. That’s how this strange and surprisingly delicious dish was born.
Before throwing the ingredients in the blender, I plonked them on the table for a quick pic.
Cow pea (red chori/chauli/vanpayar) sprouts, baby zucchini, pea and rice protein powder.
My food stylist friend wasn’t impressed.
She emerged from somewhere, rearranged it, and walked off.
That’s better. I’m glad she didn’t try to rearrange the protein powder.
BAKED PROTEIN VADAS
Makes about 20
3 cups sprouts (chori or moong)
1 cup pea and rice protein powder
half cup chickpea flour (besan)
half cup nutritional yeast (or more besan)
Blend with
half cup chopped onion
1/3 cup chopped zucchini
2 green chillies
a small piece of ginger
2 cloves garlic
a heaping tbsp hot lime pickle
salt to taste
enough almond milk to pulse it in the blender
It should be a pliable mass that keeps its shape, but not too dry.
Add whatever spices you like. I made these in the morning and don’t quite remember everything I used. Here are some
some fresh chopped cilantro
black sesame seeds
ajwain (bishop’s weed)
coriander powder
cumin powder
cayenne powder
crushed black pepper
dried oregano
dried thyme
Shape into walnut-sized balls and flatten. Bake in a 350F oven on a cookie sheet lined with parchment or silicone for 20 to 25 minutes until crisp and golden on the outside. Turn it once midway if you remember.
Achaari Protein Vadas with Green stuff.
QUIZ
What are the two main ingredients in the green stuff?
Clue: One of them is highly toxic to me. Not that it matters, ‘cos I don’t eat scary vegan shyte.
ANSWER HERE.
Day 13 of 20 of the Eat to Live vegan detox plan.
MENU
July 22 (Day 13)
Breakfast:
Black tea with almond milk
Ragi porridge with banana, mandarin orange and almonds
Mid-morning:
a few sugar-free dark chocolate raisins
Lunch:
1 cup butternut squash in coconut sauce (Erissheri)
half cup beet-apple salad
Mid-afternoon:
Mocha Protein Shake
Dinner:
1 achaari protein vada with 1 tbsp green stuff.
1 cup pineapple
EXERCISE
Rest Day
- b.
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13 Comments
Of green stuff toxic to delta there are three I can think of – green garlic, green tomatoes and green grapes….and I definitely think there’s some avocado in there.
Looks like coconut chutney to me – coconut and mint/cilantro/chilies?
coconut and green chillies?
I love the name of the dish… So nutritious yet easy to make.
Lovely vadas. Love the addition of pickle. Mint and tofu chutney?
[...] Day 13: Achaari Protein Vadas and a Food Styling Lesson [...]
That Delta is a quick study. Such a short stay with you/Jai and she already has a photo/food stylist POV.
I agree though – I like Delta’s artlessly scattered look. Pretty good stuff from a stylist lacking opposable thumbs!
Bee, The Vadas look delicious!!! I am eager to try these, I have all the ingredients except pea and rice protein powder & almond milk…do u think I can skip these or do u recommend any substitutes for the 2. Thx.
use any flour and any liquid. unflavoured whey protein may work too.
[...] Day 13: Achaari Protein Vadas and a Food Styling Lesson [...]
Hi Bee and Jai,
I’m outting myself from the lurkers’ closet after being a serious fan for the past two years.
My husband and I love experimenting with our cooking, and tend to watch the nutritional value of what we eat. He has diabetes and my family has a strong history of cancer. So the incentive is there, some would say.
I loved your recipe for the black bean chocolate cake (among many others), and my husband loved your piece on oil. He hates canola oil and has been a crusader for unconventional fats for a while now- I can assure you, he slunk about with a pretty smug grin after reading your piece and the references to which you linked.
I’ve been looking for information on protein powders-isolates- (alternative to whey and soy)- and saw that you use rice and pea protein. Would you mind telling me what kind you use? Is there a particular brand or process that is better than others?
In fact, I would love to read a post on protein powder here.
Thanks, and please keep writing- and do ignore the occasional trolls who can’t seem to get that a blog is your space to say what you want.
we get a custom blend from trueprotein. 55% gemma pea, 35% non-GMO rice and 10% L-glutamine.
Thanks! Oh and I forgot to mention that I really appreciate the research that backs all your posts.