Jeera aloo Jeera aloo Jeera Aloo is a typical vegetarian Indian dish which is often served as a side dish and normally goes well with hot puris, chapatti, roti or dal. Its main ingredients are potatoes ("aloo"), cumin seeds ("jeera") and Indian spices. Other ingredients are red chili powder, ginger, coriander powder, curry leaves, vegetable oil and salt. In its traditional form the dish is not hot, but it could be spiced up by adding powdered cayenne pepper. Other variations of the dish make use of sweet potatoes instead of regular ones. Jeera aloo is popular as a bachelors’ dish because it
Vegetable soups in Filipino cuisine Vegetable soups in Filipino cuisine Vegetable soups in Filipino cuisine, called "utan", "utan bisaya", "sinabawang gulay", "law-oy" or "laswa" in various regional Philippine languages, are vegetable soups usually served with steamed rice. The dish usually consists of leaves of "Moringa oleifera" (known in the Philippines as "kamunggay", "marunggay", "balunggay" and "malunggay"), okra, pumpkin or squash ("kalabasa" or "calabasa"), leaves of "Basella alba" ("alugbati"), the long, slender oriental variety of "eggplant" ("talong" or "tawong"), ginger root ("luya" or "luy-a"), tomatoes ("kamatis"), yard long beans ("sitaw", "batong" or "balatong"), taro root ("gabi"), scallion ("sibuyas dahon") and may contain Chinese cabbage or headed