Ingredients: • 500 g – Dates • 1 cup- Milk • 500 g – Sugar • 8-10 – Almonds • 5 tsp – Ghee Method: Remove seeds from dates Add milk and cook the dates till soft. Add sugar and ghee Stir continuously for 20-25 minutes Once the mixture thickens, add pieces of almond, pour […]

Ingredients: • 3 – large Sweet Potatoes • 4 – large carrots, peeled and chopped into big chunks • 1 tsp – chopped Mint • 1/2 tsp – all spice powder or Garam Masala • 1 tsp – chilli powder • salt and pepper to taste • 2 tsp – Lime juice • 2 tbsp […]

Ingredients: • 1/4 kg – ladies finger/okra/bhindi • 1 – Onion • 2 – Tomato (medium size) • Lemon size – Tamarind • 5 – Garlic • 2 – Red Chilli • 1 tsp – Mustard Seeds • 1 tsp – Cumin seeds • a pinch – asafetida • 1 tbsp – black gram dal […]

Ingredients: • 100 g – Fresh Cream • 100 g – Icing Sugar • 1/2 tsp – Vanilla essence • 1/4 tsp – Lemon/orange food colour • 2 tbsp – Lime juice/orange juice • 1- Cake. Method: Whip the fresh cream, icing sugar, vanilla essence, lemon, food color and lime juice/ orange juice until creamy. […]

Ingredients: • 1 cup – Maida (all-purpose flour) • 1/2 cup – Rice flour • 1/2 tsp – Cardamom powder (or powder 3 to 4 Cardamom seeds) • 1/2 cup – jaggery, powdered Method: Add the jaggery to approx. 1/4 cup of water. If you have trouble breaking the jaggery, placing them in the water […]

Ingredients: • 1/4 lb – Mussels, cleaned • 1/4 lb – Cockles or clams, cleaned • 1/4 lb – Squid, sliced into 1/4″ rings • 1/4 lb – Swordfish (or tuna), bite size pieces • 1/4 lb – Fresh Prawns • 1 – Large ripe Tomato – diced • 1 – Medium Onion – diced […]

Ingredients: • 1 tbsp – Mango jam • 200 ml – beaten Yoghurt • 1/2 tsp – Clove powder • 1/4 cup – crushed ice Method: Blend a spoon of softened jam into a glass of beaten yoghurt. Pour the mixture over crushed ice in a glass. Sprinkle clove powder over it. Recipe courtesy of […]

Ingredients: • 1/2 cup – Toor Dal • 1/2 – onion, cut • 1 – tomato, cut • 1 tsp – rasam powder • 1/2 tsp – chilli powder • 2 tsp – Sugar • 1/4 cup – Lemon juice • salt to taste • Little Turmeric powder • 4 tsp – Coconut powder • […]

Ingredients: • 2 cups – plain flour • 1 cup – Sugar (finely powdered) • 1 cup – Butter • 2 – eggs • 1/2 tsp – dried Ginger (finely powdered) • 2 pinches – Cinnamon powder • 1/2 tsp – Orange peel, grated • 1/2 tsp – baking powder • 1 tbsp – caramel […]

Ingredients: • 1 cup- packed golden Brown sugar • 1/4 cup- light Corn syrup • 1/2 tsp- salt • 4 tbsp- unsalted Butter • 1 tsp- vanilla extract • 1/2 tsp- baking soda • 8 cups- popped unflavoured popcorn • 2 cups- roasted unsalted peanuts, or Almonds Method: In a large glass measuring cup, combine […]