Ingredients: • 1/2 kg – chicken, cut into small pieces • fresh yogurt – 2 cups, whipped • Garlic – 6 Cloves (ground) • Ginger – 2 inches (ground) • Onion – 1 large (half sliced and half ground) • Light Butter – 4 tsp • Green chilli – sliced according to taste • salt […]

Ingredients: • 1 cup – besan • 1/2 cup – fine semolina • 1/4 tsp – Green chillies (finely chopped) • 1 tsp – Ginger paste • 1/2 tsp – sesame seeds • 1/2 tsp – Fennel seeds (crushed) • 1/4 tsp – fruit salt (Eno) • 1/4 tsp – black pepper (crushed) • 1/2 […]

Ingredients: • 400 g – Mango puree • 500 ml – Yoghurt • Sugar to taste • diced Mango to garnish • a few drops of vetiver essence Method: Put the ingredients for the lassi, except the diced mango pieces, in a blender. Make a smooth puree. Garnish with dices of mango and serve chilled.

Ingredients: • 3/4 cup – mung lentils, cooked until tender • 1 tbsp – canola or other vegetable oil • 1 tsp – Mustard Seeds • 1 tbsp – grated Ginger • 1 tbsp – minced Garlic • 1 tbsp – coriander powder • 1 tsp – Red Chilli powder • 1/2 tsp – Turmeric […]

Ingredients: • 500 g – potatoes, peeled and cubed • 2 – Onions sliced into thin rings • 1 tsp – grated Ginger • 1 tsp – garlic, crushed fine • 1/2 tbsp – coriander, finely chopped • 1 tsp – ajwain seeds • 3/4 cup – gram flour • 1 tsp – Red Chilli […]

Ingredients: • 1 kg – chicken, cut into medium pieces • 2 tbsp – oil • 3 – potatoes, peeled and cut into quarters • 1 tsp – pepper Corns • 1 – tomato, chopped • 1/2 tsp – chopped Ginger • 1/2 tsp – chopped Garlic • Salt – to taste • 3 – […]

Ingredients: • 150 gms – mava (khoya) • 3 cups – Milk • 1.5 cup – Sugar • 3 tbsp – Ghee • 1 tbsp – Almonds (crushed coarsely) • 1 tbsp – Pistachios (crushed coarsely) • 1 tbsp – Charoli (crushed coarsely) • 150 gms – kharak (dry dates) Method: Soak the dry dates […]

Ingredients: • 1 cup – Kesar Mango pulp • 1/2 cup – low fat Cream • 1/4 cup – Sugar • A few drops – Mango essence • 1 tbsp – agar agar powder or gelatin powder • A few dry Cranberries Method: In a pan, heat the cream in simmer with sugar and agar […]

Ingredients: • 50 gm wheatgrass (harvested on 7th day) • 3 Spinach leaves, cleaned and washed • 2 tbsp Mint leaves, washed • 200 ml water • 1/2 tsp Lemon (optional) • 1/2 tsp Sugar (optional) Method: Wash and clean the greens. Chop and grind with 200 ml water till very smooth and blended. Strain […]

Ingredients: • 3 – ripe, medium-sized mangoes (finely chopped) • 1 cup – Pumpkin (cut into small pieces) • 7 cups – sour Curd (finely churned) • 1/2 cup – grated Coconut • 6 – Green chillies and 1 Red Chilli (broken into 2 pieces) • 1 tbsp – Mustard Seeds • 1/2 tbsp – […]

Ingredients: • 75 gms. Wholemeal flour • ½ tsp. bicarb of soda • 50 gms. Bran • 4 tbsp. Honey • 25 gms. Melted Butter • 2 eggs, beaten • 300 ml. Milk • 100 gms Carrots, grated Method: Mix together honey, butter, eggs and milk. Sieve all the dry ingredients into another bowl. Mix […]

Ingredients: • 250 gms – Bhindi • 1 – Onion • 1 – Tomato • 1 – Tomato puree • 1 tsp – Garam Masala • 1 tsp – Red Chilli powder • 1 tsp – Dhania powder • 1/2 tsp – Aamchur powder • 1 tbsp- Ginger Garlic paste • Lemon grass paste or […]

Ingredients: • 200g – almonds, soaked, peeled • 120g – sugar, powdered • Few drops of yellow colour Method: Grind almonds to a very fine paste. Mix sugar and almond paste, in a heavy pan. Cook the paste, while stirring continuously. Take care not to let it stick to bottom and burn. Cook till a […]

Ingredients: • 5 to 6 – fresh carrots, peeled • 1/2 – apple, peeled • 1/2 – Tomato • 1 tsp – Lemon juice • 1 stalk – Lemon grass • 1 sprig – Mint leaves, finely chopped • 1 tbsp – Basil leaves, finely chopped • 1/4 tsp – ginger, crushed • 2 tbsp […]

Ingredients: • 3 cups – pumpkin, skin removed and flesh cut roughly into 1/2-inch cubes • 1 -medium onion, finely chopped • 3 Cloves – garlic, minced • 2 – Serrano or jalapeno chillies, finely chopped (use less if you like less heat, or take out the seeds and ribs) • 7-8 – medium-sized sage […]

Ingredients: • 175 g -caster Sugar • 175 g- unsalted Butter • 250 g -self raising flour • 3 -medium eggs • 1- lemon, finely grated zest Method: Preheat oven at 180 C. Grease cake tin. Cream sugar and butter well. Add eggs one by one and cream well. Add flour cautiously. Mix well and […]

Ingredients: • For Hot and Sour Veggies: • 1 – carrot, sliced thinly into half circles • 8 to 10 – beans, sliced obliquely into fingers • 1 sprig – Spring onion with greens finely chopped • 1 floret – broccoli, broken into small bits • 1 – small capsicum, sliced thinly • 1 – […]

Ingredients: • 2 -large Tomatoes chopped • 1 tsp – pepper powder • 1 tsp – chilli powder • 1 tsp – cumin powder • 1/2 tsp – Turmeric powder • 1/2 tsp – coriander powder • Salt • 1/2 cup – Tamarind juice extracted from a small ball of Tamarind or • 2 tsp […]

Ingredients: • 250g – Pumpkin cubes • 1/2 cup – Sugar • 3cups – water • Few strands of Saffron • 1/2tsp – Cardamom powder Method: Prick the pumpkin cubes with a fork. Blanch the pumpkin cubes in boiling water. Strain and set aside. Dissolve sugar in water and bring to a boil. Add the […]

Ingredients: • 450 ml – Egyptian Rice • 200 gms – lean Mutton mince • 100 ml – Butter Ghee • 1 chopped Onion • 600 ml – Chicken stock • 200 ml – pine seeds • 2 tsp – Cinnamon powder • 1 tsp – white pepper powder • 2 tsp – allspice. Method: […]