Welcome
Welcome to Veggie Platter—a collection of easy and delicious vegetarian and vegan recipes inspired from India and around the world.
My name is Suma, and I am originally from Bangalore, India’s “Garden City” and Silicon Valley—a food lover’s paradise where traditional South Indian flavors come together with a vibrant, modern culinary scene. I’ve lived in the United States for the past 28 years and now call Illinois, my home.
I started Veggie Platter as a way to preserve and document the cherished recipes that have been passed down through generations in my family. My mother and mother-in-law have been my greatest sources of inspiration, passing along recipes, traditions, and the love of cooking that continue to shape my kitchen today.
Alongside these treasured family recipes, I also share recipes I’ve created myself, as well as dishes I’ve discovered, learned, and enjoyed over the years from both real and virtual kitchens. What began as a way to preserve family memories has grown into my personal recipe journal—a place where I share the flavors and traditions of my South Indian roots, along with vegetarian and vegan recipes from around the world that have been tried, tested, and enjoyed in my kitchen.
For me, Veggie Platter is more than just a collection of recipes. It is a celebration of food, family, tradition, and the joy of discovering and sharing new flavors.
Thank you for dropping by and hope to see you soon. Please leave a comment at veggieplatter2006@gmail.com if you have any questions.
18 comments:
Hi!
I just stumbled upon your blog while looking for idli pictures. it was a delight to read your posts. I would like to add your link on to my blog reading list. Could i please do so?
My blog address is www.madhurimadas.blogspot.com.
Congratulations again on this appetising blog!
Hi Suma,
You have a nice blog with a lot of variety of dishes. I think I was inspired by blogs like yours to start one of my own.Hope you will visit my blog & post ur suggestions.
Haii ..YOU have a nice blog with awesome recipes. Great
THANK YOU so much for posting these recipes. I grew up eating Indian food because my best friend growing up was Indian....I never thought I'd actually try making the dishes myself until I became Vegan and found it very difficult to make meals that I enjoy. Now that I have realized that there are many vegan options in Indian food, I am turning my kitchen around. I'm very happy to have found your blog because your pictures offer much inspiration and your recipes seem easy to follow--I cannot wait to try one of your dishes! Thank you so much for offering your recipes to the internet-- very much appreciated. =)
There are so many recipes on here that I'd like to try. I'm glad I found your site through foodbuzz!
hi, your recipes are awesome. you should consider making a book out of them.
Hi Sumagaru;
I love your blog very much. I would like some clarification on the the milk being used in your recipes... Is it cow's milk?
Best wishes;
Gangka (varnasi79@yahoo.com)
Thank you Gangka.
I use cow's milk.
thanks so much for such a lovely blog... i have a small request - it's difficult to find any purely vegetarian bakery recipes such as cupcakes and cookies (made without eggs) - could you please share some such... thanks a lot.
lots of best wishes n regards,
Wow, so much food.. so many posting. Good work Suma.
I have recently started a cooking blog www.vatsalas.com. I am thinking of adding a blogroll. If I do, can I add yours to my reading list?
Thanks,
SS
very useful post. thanks for sharing such tips..
Hi Suma,
I love your blog. It's wonderful. You and I share similar background when it comes to food. I can imagine the delicious cooking of your mother and how it inspires us to continue that tradition. I look forward to trying your recipes.
Best,
Anupama
http://mitholimdo.wordpress.com
Your blog has some Fab recipes! Glad to have found it. I am not a vegetarian but it has tempted me to try a few. Liked you on facebook too!!
Thank you amazing blog, do you have twitter, facebook or something similar where i can follow your blog
Sandro Heckler
I cant find a link where i can subscribe to this blog, webmaster how can i follow your blog?
Teddy Tschicke
Hi Suma,
Your Blog is very organized with many easy recipes, Just loved way you articulate them, I have added yours to my reading list.
Thank for wonderful pics and recipes.
I am new to blogging..appreciate if you can just share some tips on mine too:)
Hi
I love the simplicity of your recipes...typical home made food with just few ingredients and best part is they don't involve too many masalas or garlic.please keep posting more recipes and I would love to see how you would handle any Indo Chinese recipe.Please post it.I am sure you will modify it so beautifully well in ur simple way and yet make it delicious without adding too many spices.
Thanks
Thank you so much for your blog. My father and mother are from AP and my mother has some roots in Karnataka. It's been many years since I've lived at home and I have been homesick for my mother's cooking but she doesn't always know how to relate recipes to me. This is a great supplement to what she tells me. Seeing the terms in Telugu and Kannada brings back that nostalgia factor and maintains my connection with the languages and the recipes maintain my connection to my roots when a busy lifestyle and conveniences in the U.S. can lead you to become distant with them.
Thank you again.
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