Ingredients: • ½ packet flakey pastry • ½ cup flour • 1 cup chopped vegetables • 1 bunch spinach, chopped • ½ onion, chopped • 2 flakes garlic, chopped • 2 ½ cups flaked boiled fish • 2 tbsp. thick white sauce • 1 tsp. dry or fresh herbs • 1 tbsp. Butter • Salt […]

Ingredients: • 5 to 6 – puris • For gravy: 1 – Potato (small) • 1 cup – fresh/frozen peas • 1 – medium Onion (chopped) • 6 Cloves – Garlic • Ginger – 1/2 inch • 3-4 – Green chillies (medium) • 1/2 cup – Coriander leaves • 1/2 cup – Mint leaves 1/2 […]

Ingredients: • tender French beans – 250 gm • mustard – ½ tsp • asafetida – ¼ tsp • grated Coconut – ¼ cup • green chilies 2, slit • Sugar – ½ tsp • oil – 2 tsp • Curry leaves few • salt to taste Method: Remove the top and tail of beans, […]

Ingredients: • Milk – 500 ml • Sugar – 1/2 cup • Green Cardamom – 5 • Bay Leaves – 2 • Ghee – 4 tbsp • Saffron – 1 pinch • Rose water – 6 drops • Basmati Rice – 1/2 cup Method: Wash the rice, drain and fry in a tbsp of ghee […]

Ingredients: • 1/2 cup – Arhar Dal. • 1 – Onion, chopped lengthwise. • 1 – Large potato- chopped into big cubes| For masala: • 1 tsp – Jeera. • 3/4 tsp – Dhaniya seeds. • 1/2 tsp – Methi seeds. • 5 to 6 – Black peppers. • 1/2 tsp – Hing powder. • […]

Ingredients: • 1-pomfret. • 2 -tbsps oil. • Salt. • 2 tbsps – mustard paste. Method: Clean the fish and cut into two. Marinate the pomfret in the freshly prepared mustard paste with 1 tbsp oil. No need to refrigerate. In a frying pan, heat the oil and put the marinated fish and 1 cup […]

Ingredients: • For the filling: • 2 cups – Chicken (cooked and shredded) • 4 – onions, (finely chopped) • 6-8 – green chillies, finely chopped • 1 tbsp – Ginger Garlic paste • 1/4 tsp – Turmeric powder • Salt to taste • 1 cup – Coriander leaves • For the samosa cover: • […]

Ingredients: • 4 Chicken breasts, skinned • 12 oz. couscous • For vegetable soup: • 1 ½ pints Chicken soup • 6 oz. chick peas, soaked for 12 hours • 2 small white turnips, peeled • 3 carrots, scraped • 3 courgettes • 1 green or red pepper, cored and seeded • 2 leeks, trimmed […]

Ingredients: • 700 g – chicken, cut into medium-sized pieces • 100 g – sour Curd • 2 tsp – Chicken tandoori masala • 1 tsp – Ginger paste • 2 – onions, medium sized, chopped • Garlic – 3/4 sticks, as paste • 10 – cashewnuts, as paste • 2-3 – cloves, powdered • […]

Ingredients: • 1/2 kg – breast of Chicken • 3 cm – Ginger • 1 – Spring onion • 1/4 tsp – pepper • For the sauce: • 2 tbsp – sherry • 1 tsp – Sugar • 9 – drops Vinegar • 2 tbsp – sesame oil • 2 tbsp – soy sauce • […]

Ingredients: • 1/2 cup – fine vermicelli • 2 tbsp – Sago grains • 1 cup – water • 1 litre Milk • few drops Saffron colour (optional) • 1/2 cup – Sugar • 1 tbsp- halved cashews • 1 tbsp- Raisins • 2 tsp- Ghee • 1/2 tsp – Cardamom powder • 1-2 drops […]

Ingredients: • 1 cup – thick Poha (washed and drained) • 2 – ripe and juicy Tomatoes (chopped) • 1/4 cup – Green peas (frozen) • 1/2 tsp – Garam Masala powder • 1 tsp – Ginger (grated) • 2 – Bay Leaves • 2 – Cloves • 1 – Cinnamon stick • 2 – […]

Ingredients: • 8 tbsp drinking chocolate • 2 cups water • 4 tbsp cocoa powder • 2 tbsp Corn flour • 10 tbsp Sugar Method: Mix all the ingredients in a pan and keep stirring, till it boils and the sauce coats the back of the spoon Cool and store in the refrigerator Serve hot […]

Ingredients: • 4-5 Tomatoes • 2 eggs • 2-onion • 4-pods of Garlic • 2-green chillies • 1/2 tsp coriander powder • 1/2 tsp cumin powder • Pinch of Turmeric powder • Mustard oil for frying • Salt to taste Method: Chop tomatoes, onions, and green chillies finely. Crush the garlic pods. Heat oil in […]

Ingredients: • 8 – slices bread (preferably round) • 1 can – Tuna • 1 – onion, sliced • 1/4 cup – Celery • Salt as per taste • 1/4 tsp – black pepper powder • 4 – Cheese slices Method: Drain the tuna and chop into pieces. In a bowl, add tuna pieces, salt, […]

Ingredients: • 1 – large Onion sliced • 1 – small Coconut shredded coarsely • 2 tsp – Coriander seeds • 1 tsp -cumin seeds • 1 – large Garlic Clove Method: Roast dry masala over griddle. When crisp, grind till coarsely crushed. Heat oil, fry onions till light pink and tender. Add all other […]

Ingredients: • 250 g – Paneer • 2 big – Onions • 2 big – Capsicum (smile mirch) • 2 tsp – soya sauce • 1 tsp – Vinegar • 2 – Green chillies • salt and black pepper to taste Method: Cut onions and capsicum into long pieces. Fry 2 tbsp vegetable oil in […]

Ingredients: • 1 – sponge cake • 1 tub – vanilla ice Cream • 1 cup each – grapes, pineapples, raisins, strawberries, apples, mangoes and Banana • Sugar to taste Method: Mix all the chopped fruits in a bowl with sugar and 1 scoop ice-cream. Cover it and keep it in the refrigerator for 1-2 […]

Ingredients: • 125 g – Butter • 1 cup – caster Sugar • 1 cup – water • 1.5 cup – self raising flour • 1/3 cup – cocoa powder • 1 tsp – bicarbonate of soda Method: Grease a 23 cm dish. Combine butter, sugar and water in a large bowl Cook on high […]

Ingredients: • 1/2 cup – yoghurt, beaten • 1 cup – coriander leaves, chopped • 2 Green chillies • 1 tsp – grated Ginger • Salt and Sugar to taste Method: Grind all the ingredients except yoghurt to a fine paste. Mix with yoghurt and chill.