Hot Vegetable Recipes How-Tos
How To: Make a Pakistani-style samosa
This cooking video is of a Pakistani recipe showing you how to make a Pakistani style samosa. You will need a boiled potato, onion, coriander, red chili powder, zeera, salt, lemon juice, oil, four and onion seeds. (Amounts mentioned on video). Make the dough by adding the flour, oil and the herbs into a bowl and mix thoroughly as shown. Add water to get the right consistency. Mash the potato and add the remaining ingredients for the filling. Mix well. Make the samosa sheet using a piece of do...
How To: Make cream cheese mashed potatoes
Learn how to cook cream cheese smashed potatoes with Chef Milani. On this video-recipe you can see step by step how to do this easy and nice dish.
How To: Make a delicious creamed spinach
The great people at Food Wishes show you how to prepare a delicious and simple to prepare creamed spinach recipe. They take you through each of the steps needed to cook it with detail. Don't just read a list of instructions, watch as a chef cooks the food, so you can see the steps plainly. You will see how each ingredient is added, stirred, and cooked in detail, and you can stop or go back if you need. Watching this video will teach you how to prepare what is sure to be a favorite to whoever ...
How To: Prepare steamed vegetables
Prepare a healthy snack or side dish at home by steaming vegetables. Using gentle heat keeps veggies crisp and nutritious. Prepare delicious steamed vegetables with help from this how-to video.
How To: Make Thingming mushroom starters
Join chef Sarabjit Singh of Side Wok in Malcha Marg, New Delhi, as he prepares a nice and tasty spicy starter dish. Learn how to make Thingming mushroom starters.
How To: Make Pakistani onion or eggplant pakora (fritters)
Instructions on how to make onion or eggplant pakora. Ingredients are 3 tablespoons of ground flour, a quarter teaspoon of salt, a quarter teaspoon of chili powder. For the batter take red chilli powder, salt, and water to ground flour. Mix together well until at a medium thickness. Slice eggplant in medium to thick circular slices. Then dip the eggplant into the batter. In a pan add oil until hot. Then add the eggplant with batter until eggplants are golden brown.
How To: Make Pakistani phalli (green beans) aaloo sabzi
How to make, Phalli Aaloo Sabzi, (or for English speakers, this translates to Green Beans), has instructions from beginning to the serving of this Pakistani vegetable dish. There are more than beans to this dish, including onion, tomato, garlic, and assorted other middle eastern spices. This is quite a spicy dish, as it includes ground red pepper as one of the seasonings. The ingredients are all cooked in one pan which makes it quite simple, and a novice cook should have no problems making th...
How To: Make basic mashed potatoes for any flavor addition
Learn to make basic mashed potatoes with this video tutorial. Start by peeling and cutting 3 pounds of all purpose potatoes. Cut the potatoes into one inch chunks. Boil the potatoes in a 3 quart sauce pan over high heat in enough water to cover the potato chunks. After bringing the potatoes to a boil reduce the heat to low and cover the pan and let the potatoes simmer for 15 minutes. Make sure that the potatoes are fork tender. Drain the pan using a strainer and then return the potatoes to th...
How To: Make Indian brussels sprout subzi
Anuja and Hetal of Show Me The Curry demonstrate how to make an Indian vegetarian dish called Brussels Sprouts Subzi.
How To: Sear mushrooms
Michael Symon, chef/author, says the biggest mistake people make when pan-roasting or pan-searing mushrooms is to overcrowd the pan. This causes the mushrooms to steam and go limp. Here's what you should do instead:
How To: Make spinach enchiladas
Prepare a sour cream sauce that will serve as a topping for the enchilada. Begin by heating 2 tbsp butter and 2 tbsp flour. Do not allow the flour to brown. Add 1 cup of chicken stock and stir, making sure no lumps form. Add 8 ounces of sour cream and mix with a whisk to make a smooth, white sauce. Season with salt and white pepper. Once smooth, simmer the sauce on a very low flame.
How To: Use your leftover asparagus tips
Hetal and Anuja of Show Me The Curry think we are wasting too much asparagus. They give us tips on what to do with all the leftovers. -First make sure the tips are nice. -Wash it. -Take the thicker end at the bottom and simply snap it off. -Peel the outer edge of this piece. The outside is rough and chewy, but the inside is still good. -You can save this piece for later use, or throw it in soup. Follow these instructions to save asparagus and money!
How To: Carve a carrot creatively
You will need: a sharp knife, a steady hand, and patience. First carve 5 equally sized 1/4 spheres out of carrot.
How To: Make cabbage rolls
Take the leaves out and break them into pieces. Use a good knife. Start from the outer part of the cabbage to the center. Put all of the leaves into a pot and boil for half an hour. Arrange the pieces into rounded shapes. Put the ingredients, like onion, onto a tray and mix the ingredients into a sauce until the ingredients become juicy. Take the cabbage leaves, one by one, and put the sauce onto the cabbage leaves. Place the sauce in a circle in the middle of the cabbage leaves. Put the cabb...
How To: Make Indian tomato cut salan
Sanjay Kummah takes us through the process of making Tomato Cut Salan. # Cut the top off the tomatoes
How To: Make garlic asparagus
Make delicious garlic asparagus with this great video tutorial.
How To: Make refried beans
Re-fried beans is a good recipe to put on tacos it's a great inexpedience to put in Mexican dinner dish. You could have enchiladas with beans in them.
How To: Make stuffed grape leaves
In this video, Patty Marino aka "the garden girl" shows us the right way of making stuffed grape leaves.
How To: Make bibimbap (mixed rice) with Gwyneth Paltrow
Enjoy a delicious Korean dish called Bibimbop with a Japanese twist! Join Gwyneth Paltrow and Chef Lee Gross in Paltrow's GOOP kitchen to learn how to make bibimbap (mixed rice, or roughly translated to "mix it up").
How To: Butcher a pig
In this twelve part (graphic) video tutorial, see how an enormous pig is butchered and taken apart for eating. Butcher Dave Meli from the Healthy Butcher breaks the hog carcass into primal cuts, then goes from there, making useful every part of the pig possible.
How To: Remove seeds from canned tomatoes
CHOW member Eric Higgins uses whole canned tomatoes to cook. As their seeds spoil the food by giving a bitter taste, he gives us step-by-step instructions to remove them using a salad spinner.
How To: Cook artichoke
Artichokes can be a delicious treat with a butter sauce or other dipping sauces. You don’t have to be a blue ribbon chef to prepare artichokes. Just keep these few tips in mind.
How To: Peel skin off tomatoes
Check out this short video tutorial from Rouxbe on how to peel tomatoes. This video will support your cooking experience and will provide you with additional relevant information during your culinary time peeling skin off tomatoes.
How To: Dice onions and shallots
Learn how to dice any kind of onion or shallot. First cut the ends off of the onion, being sure to remove only a little bit of the root end. This is so the onion stays together when chopping. Make vertical cuts in the onion starting from the opposite end of the core. Then make horizontal cuts only cutting 3/4 of the way through. Then cut across to dice the onion.
How To: Make red curry butternut squash
A recipe for Red Curry Butternut Squash from Chef John of Food Wishes. Chef John is dedicated to bringing the best in recipes and cooking survival tips to the screen, but he has outdone himself with this dish. It comes highly recommended! Garnish with green onion and you're set!
How To: Make stuffed eggplant
Chef, Rachel Allen shows us how to make a summery side dish: Baked Aubergine, also known as eggplant. For this recipe you will need: egg plant, olive oil, onion, garlic, tomatoes, dried chili flakes, salt & pepper, sugar, pine nuts, and mozzarella cheese. The stuffed eggplant will take about twenty to thirty minutes to cook. Bon appetite!
How To: Boil potatoes
Preparing a potato is very simple: just add water! (and boil...) This video shows you how to boil a potato so you can munch away on all your favorite potato-related treats.
How To: Cook asparagus
If you're interested in learning how to cook asparagus, check out this video. Asparagus can be quite tasy when cooked right!
How To: Prepare vegetables for Christmas dishes
Cooking for the holidays invariably means preparing a lot of food for a lot of people. This includes vegetables like carrots, onions, and squashes. Luckily the Tesco Food Club is here to help. They've got Aiden Byrne showing us the shortcut techniques that restaurants take. You can apply these shortcuts to your own home as well, and save yourself some time and sanity.
How To: Make perfect and creamy mashed potatoes
Everyone can agree on one thing: mashed potatoes are delicious. But they can be kind of ticky to make perfectly. You can end up with gluey mashed potatoes, potatoes that don't taste quite right, or you could forget the cream. CHOW is here to help with their You're Doing It All Wrong series to help you rectify your mashed potatoes issues.
How To: Make kimchi on Nyam Nyam with Nari Kye
Nari Kye takes you on a super-fun adventure with the introduction of that national Korean food staple, kimchi. Using cute graphics, a mini-chef's hat, Nari explains how to make authentic kimchi, and then shows you an easier way to make kimchi. You'll be able to munch on kimchi all year long! For more on Korean food, search for Korean food on WonderHowTo.
How To: Make roasted Brussels sprouts with truffle oil
Learn how to make roasted Brussels sprouts with this cooking video. This easy and delicious roasted Brussels sprouts recipe is brought to you by Tess Gittleman on How2Heroes. Search How2Heroes on WonderHowTo for more cooking videos.
How To: Make candied yams
Enjoy this tasty side dish as a sweet treat any time of the year. You Will Need
How To: Pickle vegetables
It's easy to make a peck of pickled peppers – or any other vegetable – with this basic recipe. You Will Need
How To: Freeze vegetables
The USDA recommends that adults eat 2 to 3 cups of vegetables a day. Make it easier to enjoy the taste of fresh garden vegetables year round by freezing them.
How To: Cook Brussels sprouts
Brussels sprouts with hot orange sauce is a sweet green that makes for a gorgeous presentation on the side of any holiday plate.
How To: Make garlic mashed potatoes with red peppers & cheese
Whole red potatoes mashed with garlic and cheese? Pass the bowl please!
How To: Make maple glazed butternut squash
Maple glazed butternut squash is great during the holiday season, and the dark rum in this recipe makes it a worthy addition to any party table.
How To: Make potatoes au gratin
Potatoes au gratin are a favorite all season long. This creamy and cheesy casserole is a great side to any meal. It's a perfect side dish for your table!
How To: Make roasted winter vegetable medley
Roasted winter vegetable medley will add a dramatic feel to your harvest table. By roasting root vegetables together, you bring out all the best flavors that this winter vegetable medley has to offer.