Ingredients: • 1.5 cups – Rice • 1/2 cup – husked green gram • Salt • 1/4 tsp – Turmeric powder • 7-peppercorns • 2- green Cardamoms • 1 tbsp -oil • 5 cups – water Method: Take the rice and husked green gram together in a vessel, wash well and soak for 15 minutes, […]

Ingredients: • Tur dal – 1 cup • Oil – 2 tbsp • Onion – 1 • Ginger paste – 1/2 tsp • Garlic paste – 1 tsp • Tomato(diced or paste) – 3 tbsp • Tamarind – 6-8 pieces (not paste) • Red Chilli powder – 1 tsp • Turmeric – 1/2 tsp • […]

Ingredients: • 1- sponge cake • 1 liter – ice Cream • 3 – Egg whites • 3 tbsp – Sugar • 1 tsp – vanilla essence Method: Remove centre from the top of the cake, leaving a shell at least 3/4 inches in thickness. Fill with ice-cream and cover with meringue made by beating […]

Ingredients: • 1/2 cup – Millet • 1 cup – Thoor dal • 1 tbsp oil • 1/4 tsp – Turmeric • 1 tsp – Ghee • 2 tsp sambar powder • 1 cup – mixed vegetables • 1/4 tsp – Mustard Seeds • 1/4 Urad dhal • 10 – Cashewnuts • Few Curry leaves […]

Ingredients: • 3 cups – water melon chunks • 1 tsp – grated Ginger • 2 tbsp – Lime juice • 4 tbsp – Sugar • 1/4 tsp – salt Method: Blend all the above ingredients together in a mixer/blender till smooth. Chill in the refrigerator then serve in tall glasses with chunks of water […]

Ingredients: • 250 g – baby Corn • 100 g – Curd • 1 tsp – ginger-garlic paste • 1 tsp – Red Chilli paste • 1/2tsp – Garam Masala powder • pinch – cumin powder • pinch – Cardamom powder • Chilli powder – to taste • pinch – black salt • Salt – […]

Ingredients: • 1 Tin – Condensed Milk • 1 big Packet – Marie Biscuit • 1 tsp – Cocoa powder • 1 tsp – Chocolate Powder • Condensed Milk 1 Tin • Cocoa powder 1 tsp • Chocolate Powder 1 tsp • 100 gm – Crushed Coconut Method: Crush the biscuit and add cocoa powder […]

Ingredients: • 100 g – Paneer • 175 g – Coconut powder • Method: Method to make paneer: Boil milk, add vinegar solution and stir it. Drain into a muslin cloth. Press out excess water. Place cloth under heavy weight for 1 hour. Method to make paneer balls: Take out paneer and put in a […]

Ingredients: • Stuffing: • 2 cups – freshly grated Coconut • 1 cup – Jaggery (grated) • 1 tbsp – Poppy Seeds • 1 tsp – Cardamom powder • one pinch Nutmeg (optional) • 2 tbsp – water • Cover: • 1 cup – Rice flour • 1.25 cup – water • pinch of salt […]

Ingredients: • 1/2 kg – Wheat flour • 1.5 kg – Sugar • 1.5 kg – Ghee • 1 cup – water • A tsp – Milk • A little – Kesar Method: Mix wheat flour with water to make a soft liquid batter. Add sugar, mix well so as to obtain a dosa-like batter. […]

Ingredients: • 1 cup – tomato, finely chopped • 4 – green chillies, slit • 2 tbsp – Lime juice • 2 tbsp – coriander leaves, chopped • 2 tbsp – Ghee or oil • 2 tsp – garlic, chopped and crushed • 1 tsp – mustard • 1/2 tsp – Cumin seeds • 1/2 […]

Ingredients: • 1 cup groundnuts • 6 dry Red Chillies • 2 tsps Urad Dal (black gram) • 1/2 tsp methi/fenugreek • 1/2 tsp Mustard Seeds • 1 pinch of Hing (asafoetida) • 1/2 tbsp Canola or other vegetable oil • 1 tsp Tamarind paste • Salt to taste Method: Fry the groundnuts (not in […]

Ingredients: • 1/2 kg – minced Meat • 1 – big onion, sliced • 1 – tomato, chopped • 4 – small potatoes, chopped • 1 – big bunch of Methi leaves, cleaned and chopped • 2 tsp – Tamarind juice • Chopped coriander leaves, a few • 2 tbsp – oil • Grind to […]

Ingredients: • 3 – zucchini, peeled sliced diagonally • 1 – green chilli, finely chopped • 1 flake – garlic, finely crushed • 1/2 inch piece – Ginger grated • 1 tbsp – Coriander leaves finely chopped • 1 stalk – Curry leaves • 2-3 pinches – Asafoetida powder • 2 pinches – Turmeric powder […]

Ingredients: • 250 g – Chicken sausages • 2 cups – Rice • 5 – Onions • 4 – Tomatoes • 1/2 tsp – Ginger paste • 1/2 tsp – Garlic paste • 1/2 tbsp – Haldi • 1/2 tsp – Red Chilli powder • 1 tsp – dhaniya powder • 1 tsp – Jeera […]

Ingredients: • 180 gms. tiger Prawns (cleaned) • 35 gms. somen noodles (cooked) • 20 gms. Zucchini (sliced) • 15 gms. beansprouts • 20 gms. snowpeas, cut in 3 • 20 gms. soya-ginger sauce • Salt and pepper to taste • For the Soya Ginger Sauce: • 25 cl. Soya sauce • 10 cl. Chicken […]

Ingredients: • Lemon sized Tamarind • 1 tsp – Rice flour • 1 tbsp – tur dal • 4 tbsp – vathal – either Manathakkali or Sundakkai (vathals are dried in sun) available in all grocery stores • Salt to taste • 1 tsp – Jaggery • 1 tsp – Mustard Seeds • 1 tsp […]

Ingredients: • 1/2 cup – thick Tamarind pulp • 1/2 cup – jaggery, grated • 1/2 tsp – cumin seeds, crushed • 1 – green chilli, finely chopped • 1 tbsp – coriander leaves, finely chopped • 1/2 cup – onions, finely chopped • 1/2 tsp – chilli powder • 2 pinches – black salt, […]

Ingredients: • 2 cups – matar, boiled • 1 cup – paneer, fried • 2 – potatoes, boiled and cubed • 1 cup – Coconut • Saunf, a little • 3-4 – Cloves • 1-2 – Cinnamon sticks • 4 – Kaju 4 • 1-2 – onions, chopped • 1 – tomato, chopped • Ginger […]

Ingredients: • 1 cup – long grain Rice • 1 cup – Coconut Milk • 1 tbsp – broken cashew bits • 3 green chillies, slit • 1 stalk Curry leaves • 1/2 tsp each of cumin and Mustard Seeds • 1 tsp – Urad Dal • 2 tbsp – grated fresh Coconut • 1 […]