Vegan Ventures, Round 2, Wrapup

As another year is drawing to a close, here I am wrapping up another edition of Vegan Ventures. I am amazed at the response this event gets, for two consecutive years. I challenged the bloggers to come up with a dish with no animal products whatsoever, and my inbox was flooded with amazing entries, from the very next day. One thing I noticed between last year and now is, in addition to increased response, more and more bloggers are geared toward conscious cooking. I was bombarded with wholesome recipes utilizing natural ingredients.

Vegan Ventures was an initiative to learn explore veganism. As a cook, who focuses on healthy and natural cooking, I found many healthy dishes can be made without any animal products. I enjoyed the challenge of veganising many of the vegetarian recipes. I understood that there were many bloggers with the same notion as I did. And so I made it into a food event occurring during November, the National Vegan Month.

I would like to express my appreciation to all the fellow bloggers who were kind enough to share their favourite vegan recipes with the rest of us. Many bloggers sent in multiple entries. A shout out to Priya of Easy N Tasty Recipes for sending 10 entries. This gallery has all the entries accompanied with their pictures.

Entries At A Glance

Lighter Delights

1. iDayz - Homemade Carrot Wine
2. Green Gourmet Giraffe - Black Bean Soup with Avocado
3. Asvadha - Kuzhi Paniyaram
4. Chitra Amma's Kitchen - Pomegranate and green gram salad (Madulam pachai payaru sundal)
5. Cuisine Point - Rave Dose
6. Cuisine Point - Ambade
7. Cuisine Point - Baingun Bhaja
8. Cuisine Point - Gojjavalakki
9. Saranya's Kitchen - Potato Vada
10. Veggie Monologues - Chickpeas Sundal
11. Monsoon Spice - Spicy Lentil and Roasted Butternut Squash Soup
12. Seduce your tastebuds - Black bean salad
13. Ahaar - Mixed lentil fritters
14. Appyayan - Tamarind Soup with Vegetables
15. The Well-Seasoned Cook - Pecan Salad
16. TriniGourmet.com - Falafel

Condiments

1. Edible Garden - Tomato Chutney
2. Escapades - Fiery Tomato Chutney
3. The Singing Chef - Dosakaya Pachadi
4. Cuisine Point - Tomato Gojju
5. Spice-club - Spicy cranberry chutney
6. Dil Se.. - Carrot Chutney
7. Kayal's Kitchen - Ridgeguard Chutney
8. One Page Cookbooks - 10 Simple Salsas
9. Veg Inspirations - Mini Pepper chutney
10. What's For Lunch, Honey? - Pear Cranberry Chutney with Star Anise
11. Neivedyam - Pom Salsa

Entrees

1. Himanizkitchen - Tofu-Spring Onion Pulao
2. Tasty Palettes - Bulgur Stuffed Tomatoes
3. ...and a little bit more... - Wild Rice Salad with Cashews and Lemon-Mint Dressing
4. Eggless Cooking - Curried Pasta and Vegetables
5. Appetizing Recipes - Vegetable Noodles
6. Appetizing Recipes - Schezwan noodles with mushroom
7. Spice Your Life - Healthy Sprouted Moong dal Pulao
8. My Diverse Kitchen - Indira's Lentil And Almond Burger Patties/ Cutlets
9. Will-O'-the-Wisp - Home made easy Masala Dosa
10. For Spicy Lovers - Lemon couscous
11. Greedy Gourmet - Spiced Chickpea, Carrot, Raisin & Cashew Rice Pilaf
12. My Spicy Kitchen - Chana Dal Khicdhi
13. Tasty Palettes - Tofu Fajitas
14. Tasty Palettes - Kadamba Saadam

Flatbreads and Breads

1. Priya's Easy N Tasty Recipes - Beetroot Sesame Buns
2. ...and a little bit more… - Semolina Bread Loaf
3. Priya's Easy N Tasty Recipes - Oats Spinach Parathas
4. eCurry - Poee: Mildly Spiced Goan Bread
5. Taste of Mysore - Onion Chapathi
6. The Cooker - Kneadless to Say it was wonderful
7. My adigemane - Masala Akki Roti (Masala Rice Roti)
8. One Page Cookbooks - 10 Simple Mexican Breads
9. Priya's Easy N Tasty Recipes - Vegan Avocado Brioche
10. Tasty Curry Leaf - Spicy SweetPotato Rolls
11. Tasty Palettes - Quinoa Carrot Paratha

Gravies and Curries

1. Chandrabhaga - Brussels sprouts in Gravy
2. Priya's Easy N Tasty Recipes - Mushroom Salna
3. Priya's Easy N Tasty Recipes - Lauki Chole
4. Priya's Easy N Tasty Recipes - Green Tomato Kura
5. Lisa's Kitchen - Chickpeas with Mango Powder (Amchoor Chana)
6. My experiments with food - Keera Molgootal
7. When My Soup Came Alive - Mixed Vegetable Curry
8. Spice and Curry - Banana blossom stirfry (Mochar Ghonto)
9. One Page Cookbooks - 1001 Simple Pappu ( Andhra's Lentil stew )
10. Krishnaarpanam - Tofu Mutter in Makhni gravy
11. Cilantro - Tofu Mutter Subzi
12. eCurry - Dum Aloo: Potatoes Simmered in Spices & Coconut Milk
13. Appyayan - Green Moong Tadka Dal
14. Appyayan - Dhokar Dalna ( lentil cakes in a gravy)
15. Appyayan - Aloo-Baingan Masala (Potato-eggplant curry)
16. Cooksister! - Savoy cabbage, courgette & runner bean stir-fry
17. Munchkin Mail - Tuscan beans with sage, and broccoli with garlic and soy
18. My Spicy Kitchen - Carrot Fry

Sweet Notes

1. Fun and Food - Vegan Thumbprint Cookies
2. Priya's Easy N Tasty Recipes - Eggless Oats Chocolate Chips Scones
3. Tongue Ticklers… - Porulvilangai Urundai
4. Priya's Easy N Tasty Recipes - Vegan Pumpkin Walnut Muffins
5. Priya's Easy N Tasty Recipes - Banana Almond Vegan Cookies
6. Make Life Sweeter! - Apricotina - dried apricot balls with pistachio filling
7. Eggless Cooking - Vegan Cranberry Nut Quick Bread
8. Eggless Cooking - Vegan Oatmeal Raisin Cookies
9. Eggless Cooking - Crispy Vegan Breakfast Bars
10. Kailas Kitchen - Beetroot Halwa
11. Sunita's World - Fig and nut cupcakes
12. Beauty and Bread - Banana cupcakes with peanut butter icing
13. Priya's Easy N Tasty Recipes - Vegan Peanutbutter Oatmeal Chocolate Cookies
14. Eggless Cooking - Brown Rice Pudding
15. Health Nut - Vegan Pomegranate bread
16. Neivedyam - Pomegranate fruit cups

Thank you!