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Join me in exploring a collection of my favorite Mediterranean recipes, perfect for your next gathering! These dishes, including Homemade Pita Bread, Falafel, Tabouleh, Hummus, Baba Ghanoush, Tzatziki, Mujaddara, and Aish el Saraya, are tried, tested, and party-approved. 

Vankaya Ulli Karam Recipe (Eggplants In Spicy Onion Gravy) is a delicious version of eggplants that is made in Andhra households. This recipe is traditionally made from small eggplants that are locally available in Andhra and tastes so different from Gutti Vankaya Recipe of Andhra, which is a slightly trickier recipe than this. You can create same recipe with pointed gourd and ivy gourd too, instead of brinjals.

Serve Vankaya Ulli Karam Recipe along with Steamed Rice, and Moong Dal Rasam/Pesara Pappu Charu Recipe and Black Chickpea Salad Recipe for a complete meal.

If you like this recipe, try more Similar Recipes such as:

1. Andhra Style Vankaya Kothimeera Karam Recipe
2. Vankaya Pulusu Pachadi Recipe
3. Andhra Style Vankaya Verusenga Stir Fry Recipe

Indo Japanese Rice Cakes Recipe is a deliciously smooth appetizer which is light crispy on the outside and smooth on the inside. The cooked rice is seasoned with simple salt and pepper and a dash of soy sauce with crunchy onions and capsicum to make these rice cakes. 

Serve the Indo Japanese Rice Cakes Recipe as an appetizer along with Spicy Vegetarian Thai Noodle Bowl Recipe followed by a dessert of Tender Coconut Ice Cream Recipe. 

Try our other Appetizer recipes:

1. Cheese Garlic Cracked Bread Recipe
2. Spicy Lemon Chilli Paneer Tart With Curry Leaves Recipe
3. Open Bean and Veggies Burrito Muffin Recipe

Pitta or Pita Bread is a round pocket bread that is predominant in the Mediterranean and Middle Eastern Cuisines. Traditionally called as khubz (ordinary bread) it is similar to the Indian flat puffed flatbread (Phulkas ) which is also a bread of the common man. It can be made in various shapes and sizes, although if you are going to use it as a pocket for filling then the circular shape is preferred.  

Traditionally and even now in most middle eastern countries, the bread is prepared in the tannur which is similar to the brick oven or the modern tandoor. Pita bread is baked in the oven at very high temperatures (450F / 250C) causing the flattened bread to puff quickly, retaining moisture and softness. Different countries use the bread differently, some along with dips, some use it to fill in with pockets and others bake such that there are no pockets.

Note: here is the Instant Active Dry Yeast I am using for these recipes. Always keep the opened yeast in the freezer section. 

Serve the delicious Pita Bread along with Tabbouleh, Falafel and Hummus for lunch or dinner.

Here are few more homemade bread recipes for you to try:

1. Turkish Pide Recipe - Crusty Bread with Sesame Seeds
2. Homemade Pita Bread Recipe - Quick and Simple Recipe
3. Manakish Zaatar (Traditional Lebanese Spiced Pita Bread)

An Indonesian Meatball Noodle Soup, Mee Bakso Recipe is a complete meal in itself.  Loaded with vegetables, chicken meatballs and noodles. This comforting flavourful meal is all you need to be served for dinner on a monsoon evening. 

Flavoured with ginger and garlic, the soup gets its flavour from the raw chicken meatballs that are cooked in this broth, which makes the base of the soupy meal. 

Serve Mee Bakso along with Chinese Tacos (Salad Taco with Hot and Sweet Vegetables) -Fusion Recipe, followed by a dessert of Greek Yogurt Chocolate Mousse Recipe. 

Try our other soup recipes: 

1. Hearty Vegetable Tortilla Soup Recipe
2. Lemon Coriander Soup Recipe

Karwar NKGSB style Vataane Ananasaa Shaak Recipe- Pineapple & Whites Peas Sabzi is a delicious gravy from the NKGSB cuisine is the, Vataane Ananasaa Shaak Recipe, which is a Sweet And Sour White Peas And Pineapple Sabzi. Safed Vataane refer to dried white peas and ananas means pineapple.

Safed Vataane Ananasaa Shaak is another gem from the NKGSB cuisine of Karwar. This cuisine makes a lot of use of seasonal fruits like raw mangoes, ripe mangoes, ambade, pineapple, jackfruit, etc. in the daily cooking. Also, coconuts, coriander seeds and dry red Byadgi chillies make an important part of the base of this community’s cooking.

Did you know: Pineapple is tropical fruit that are rich in vitamins, enzymes and antioxidants. They help build the immune system, build strong bones and aid digestion. In addition to all this, pineapples are low in calories too! The benefits of pineapples are many!

Dried peas are rich in soluble fiber, potassium which helps reduce blood pressure, important vitamins and have virtually no fat. They help in lowering cholesterol too!

A delicious combination of these healthy foods with still more nutritious coconut and jaggery makes this vegetable high on the health quotient!

Serve this Karwar NKGSB style Vataane Ananasaa Shaak Recipe- Pineapple & Whites Peas Sabzi along with Dhaba Style Spicy Ghee Rice Recipe Made From Whole Spices and Spring Onion and Peanut Raita Recipe for a simple weekday lunch. 

If you like this Shaak Recipe, take a look at some more such recipes: 

1. Batata nu Shaak Recipe
2. Fansi Muthia Nu Shaak Recipe
3. Bengali Style Shaak Bhaja Recipe 

Sri Lankan Muttai Appam Recipe is an authentic appam made with the addition of an egg in the center of the appam.  The only preparation here is to soak and grind the appam batter and allowing it to ferment. It tastes great with any South Indian curry and can be made for your everyday meals.

Sri Lankan Muttai Appam Recipe also can be serve for a weekend breakfast with any chutney or sambol of your choice. The egg in the Sri Lankan Muttai Appam is not cooked completely and it has a runny center. 

Serve Sri Lankan Muttai Appam Recipe along with Sri Lankan Chicken Curry Recipe or Sri Lankan Egg Curry Recipe, finish off with a dessert of Watalappan Recipe for a complete Sri Lankan meal.

Try our other Sri Lankan Recipes: 

1. Sri Lankan Beans with Coconut Recipe
2. Srilankan Style Sambol Recipe
3. Srilankan Prawn Curry Recipe