Celebrate 

It’s a long time coming. I have been patiently waiting, like everyone who pre-ordered but that wait is over. And you all should be getting it your mail hopefully today. The book was conceived in 2019, got an agent and publisher that year and now it is here! And I am busy signing copies. yay

Gratitude | Mega Launch Giveaway

I loved creating this labor of love and I sincerely wish you all will love cooking from it. As a creator, I derive the most satisfaction from creating flavor packed vegan recipes and this collection of recipes should hit all the right places.

Here are 3 steps on how to spread your love of flavor and win doing it —

1. 5 recipes to try today, see previous post for the details.
2. Remake a recipe or simply share picture of the book you received! And post on social with #veganrichainstantpot.
3. That’s it, you get entered in my weekly draws where I am giving away multiples of what you see in this image. (Instant pot, exclusive vegan richa spice boxes!, instant pot accessories, nutribullet blender, spice tiffins(spice storage) and fave pasta bowls)

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These past few months can be labelled as he baked oatmeal months on the blog. Since I started making baled oatmeal, I’ve fallen in love with the texture and love to play around with the flavor options. Be it PB&J baked oatmeal, Pumpkin Baked Oatmeal or Banana Bread Baked Oatmeal.

Just a few everyday ingredients, No added Oil, no added refined sugar(omit candied ginger) and takes just 10 minutes to put together. Bake, slice and serve warm or cold! No gummy Oatmeal! Its fluffy and just the right amount of soft. Top the oatmeal with nuts or spices, and serve with maple syrup or whipped coconut cream.

Continue reading: Vegan Gingerbread Baked Oatmeal (No Oil)

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Scones are the sweet breakfast of choice in our house. No one seems to like pancakes much. Insert surprise emoji :). Some buttery, just lightly sweet scones, with fruits and masala chai however are Perfect.

These Scones need just 8 ingredients and 1 Bowl. Mix all the dry, add some chilled coconut cream and apple and mix to make a dough. Shape into a disc, brush with coconut cream so that the cinnamon sugar stays put. Sprinkle the cinnamon sugar mixture generously. Then slice and bake! There is no added Oil in these scones. The chilled coconut cream is enough fat for the amazing buttery flaky texture. Chill the coconut cream for longer for best results! For a lower fat scone, sub half of the coconut cream with chilled lite coconut milk. Lets make a double batch of these cinnamony scones.

Continue reading: Vegan Churro Scones – No Oil

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Lentil Sloppy Joes are a quick meal filled with protein and tons of flavor. They pair well with various condiments. Serve these with some pickled onion, slaw or other toppings. Serve them in wraps or sandwiches or over baked potato, baked fries or potato salad. Make a bowl with some veggies, dip and toasted bread!

Lentils come in various colors and have different cook times. They also vary in flavor. I use green lentils for these vegan sloppy joes as they are more hardy and don’t get mushy easily. They are cooked with onion,pepper, carrots, celery, seasonings such as taco, chili or bbq, and tomato. The result is this hearty flavorful saucy sloppy joes. You can vary the flavor with other herbs and blends, add more or less tomato to preference. Lets make these! As always, saucepan option is in the notes.

Continue reading: Vegan Lentil Sloppy Joes Instant Pot (Saucepan Option)

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Its a wrap! 2018 has been an year of ups and downs, in health, blogging, life and everything. My digestion issues meant I was eating less of legumes and you probably noticed that slight shift on the blog from a whole lotta chickpeas to more of mushrooms and tofu. I do make a lot of legume based meals, but with from scratch cooked beans rather than canned and also eat it only on the day they are cooked (no leftovers for me). So a lot of meals get out to the neighborhood! (if you are in seattle main area and would like some, ping me on fb. I don’t deliver, you pick)  

Blogging is now pretty competitive with all the amazing new blogs with great photography and content. The competitiveness of it as a business can get to one. My plan for 2019 is to continue to do what I love, i.e. develop amazing recipes, and then delegate and find help for the rest. There will always be people who can do things better in some ways, and stressing about it gets me nowhere. So lets just create and eat amazing food! 

What I also learnt is that you the readers have various interests when it comes to food. Quick recipes obviously always work. There are tons of those already out there, some on the blog and books too. And even though a good portion of my recipes use a few more ingredients and a few more steps, you choose to trust them and love the results! I am incredibly thankful that you do! Thank you for the support and love this year. Here is to many more! Wish you all a very Happy 2019!

Here are the popular recipes from the year with a few of my favorites that were not as popular and also some recipes that have been consistently loved from the archives! What did you try from the blog this year that you were not sure about but turned out amazing? Let me know in the comments.

Continue reading: 20 Best Vegan Recipes 2018 from VeganRicha.com

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Biscuits are a must side with gravy or other toppings for large holiday meals. They can be buttery and flaky without all the butter or even vegan butter! After making my no oil pumpkin scones, I used the similar process for these biscuits!

Chilled coconut cream and sweet potato mash or regular potato mash replace the butter, Mix it all in until the flour is like breadcrumbs. Then add your vegan buttermilk and done.

These Amazing Biscuits need 1 Bowl, 7 Ingredients, take just 15 mins of active time, and use simple methods. You can freeze the shaped biscuits to bake later to get warm biscuits when wanted!.

Continue reading: Oil-free Vegan Biscuits 1 Bowl

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Make this Cajun blend to rub with oil on veggies and bake them. Add some nutritional yeast and breadcrumbs when roasting veggies to keep the heat in control. 

Make this Cajun Cauliflower over Garlic Pasta, or use in these Spiced Sloppy lentils, sprinkle over baked Sweet Potato fries, Or this Cajun Tofu Bowl.

Continue reading: Cajun Spice Recipe

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Rotis are an important part of an Indian home cooked meal in many regions in India. Freshly made flatbread served with the dals, veggie sides, and curries. Rotis are the carrier of all the amazing food. Rotis, also called Chapati, phulka, rotli, vary in terms of thickness and some additions to the dough. In general, the flatbreads served are made of whole wheat dough (called atta), they are rolled out into thin flatbreads that are cooked on a hot griddle or tava and puffed either on the tava or on the flame. Often the rotis will puff up fully to make a balloon filled with hot air. 

Indian Restaurants here (in the US) rarely offer the traditional Rotis. The flatbreads generally offered are Naans, parathas and tandoori Roti which is somewhat like Naan. The thin light fluffy traditional Rotis or chapatis can sometimes be found in a few restaurants that offer home style food. 

Back home in India, Mom has her Roti making oiled out and scheduled perfectly so there were always fresh rotis during meals. She also had helpers to roll them out, cook and serve on occasion. In my house here, we generally end up eating premade rotis from the Indian store. The whole process of making a smooth dough, rolling the dough out and standing for the half hour to make them on a hot tava used to be just about achievable on some days before I had balance issues, and then it just wasn’t possible. 

Rotimatic is a robot that kneads, rolls out, cooks and serves fresh rotis, Its a neat white box where you fill up the flour, water and oil containers and press a few buttons. A few minutes later, you get hot roti flatbreads! 

And it obviously became a sensation when the prototype rolled out a few years back. Everyone wanted this machine to reduce the hours and effort spent everyday to make rotis. See the end of the post to find out how to order one. 

Continue reading: Rotimatic – Roti (Indian flatbread) Automated

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2017 Q1 is packed and done and I am ready for q2 to move on quickly so I can head into sunshine and some break. New Posts, Updates, Book work made up q1. I added some new categories like Instant Pot and One pot meals and tagged the Recipes that now have Videos. Posts on the blog will keep getting updated with the categories over the next few weeks. The coming few months like this first quarter, are going to be shuffling a lot of the Book 2 work and the blog work. You might see more lag times in responding to comments on social media. Ping me again on more responsive options as facebook or email.  

Here are all the Recipes/Posts from the first quarter. If you make any of these, please do leave me a comment about how it turned out, how you served it, suggestions or changes if any that worked well. Your comments help me learn on the job! 

What were your favorite recipes so far from 2017? What were a bit out of the comfort zone ?. I know I would do the General Tso’s Sandwih differently. For Easter Recipe, see here. Scroll below to read about what other things we are working on this year. 

Continue reading: Best of the First Quarter 2017

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Another month comes to an end. This month has been eventful in terms of the kind of recipes that were posted. This month was also about regrouping, getting back in the rhythm of blogging, recipe development and other work after the extended summer vacation with family. 

Continue reading: Best of September , Trends and Things

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