Ingredients: • 2 cups – fresh Bean sprouts • 1 sprig spring onions, finely chopped • 1 small capsicum, finely chopped • 2 green chillies, finely chopped • 1 tbsp – coriander leaves, finely chopped • 1/2 tsp – ginger, finely chopped • 1/4 tsp – garlic, finely chopped • 1 tbsp – Vinegar brown […]

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: • 1/2 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: • 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: • 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: • 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 […]

Ingredients: • 500 g – Cottage cheese • 300 g – peas boiled and mashed • 2 cups – Wheat flour • salt • Turmeric powder, a pinch • 1 tsp – Red Chilli powder • 1/2 tsp – amchoor/dry Mango powder • chopped, coriander • 1 Green chilli Method: Crush the paneer and add […]

Ingredients: • 500 gms – squid • 1/2 tsp – Turmeric powder • 1/2 tsp – Red Chilli powder • 1 tsp – salt • 1/2 cup – water • 2 – onions, finely sliced • 1-inch piece – ginger, finely chopped • 10 Cloves – garlic, finely chopped • 2 – green chillies. slit […]

Ingredients: • 500 g – potatoes, small brinjals, broad beans, lilwa, Yam and Fenugreek dumplings • 2 tbsp – Canola Oil • 1 tsp – chopped Green chillies • 1/2 tsp – coriander powder • 1/2 tsp – Red Chilli powder • 1 tsp – cumin powder • 1/4 tsp – Turmeric powder • 1/2 […]

Ingredients: • Onions – 4 (Big) • Tomatoes – 4 (Big) • 1 tsp – Ginger-garlic paste • 1 tsp – Haldi powder • 1 tsp – Chilli powder • Salt according to taste • 2.5 tsp – Jeera powder • 1 tsp – Garam Masala • 1.5 cup – Cold Milk • 10 to […]

Ingredients: • Thick Curd- 3/4 cup • Rice Flour- 1 tbsp • Pepper and Jeera- 1 tbsp each • Mustard -1 tbsp • Curry leaves -1 stem • Turmeric – A pinch • Oil- 5 tbsp • Ladyfinger -6 • Salt to taste Method: Pour 3 tbsp of oil in a kadai and deep fry […]

Ingredients: • Papayas – 2 large (raw, cut in cubes) • Oil – 2 tsps • Salt – To taste • Kalo Jeera – 1.5 tsp • Green chillies – 5 • Haldi/Jeera powder/Dhania powder – 1 tsp each • Red Chilli powder – 1/2 tsp • Bengali Garam Masala Powder – 1.5 tsp Method: […]

Ingredients: • Store bought Roasted Peanuts or roasts your own Peanuts – 2 cups. • 1 tsp of Turmeric. • 1/2 tsp of Asafetida. • 1 tsp of Red Chilli Powder. • 1/2 tsp of Black Pepper Powder. • 1 tbsp of Oil. • Salt to taste. Method: Peanuts without skin should be roasted and […]

Ingredients: • 400 g- Paneer • 1 – Onion, chopped into chunks • 1 – Tomato, chopped into chunks • 1- Capsicum, chopped into chunks • 1/2 tsp- Ginger, grated • 1/2 tsp- Garlic, crushed • 1 tsp- Coriander leaves, finely chopped • 1/2 tsp-Green chilli sauce • 1/2 tsp- Soya sauce • 1 tsp- […]

Ingredients: • 1 cup – Tomato puree • 1/2 cup – baked beans • 1 – Capsicum chopped • 1 – Spring onion with greens chopped • 1 – Celery stick chopped • 1 – Tomato chopped • 1 slice – bread toasted and broken to bits • 1 tbsp – Tomato sauce • 1 […]

Ingredients: • 5-6 – medium Potatoes • 1 cup – grated or crushed Paneer • 4-5 – Green chillies • 1 inch – Ginger • 2-3 Cloves – Garlic • 1 – crushed Red Chilli • 1 sprig – Spring onion finely chopped • 1 tbsp – Butter or Ghee • 1 tsp – soya […]

Ingredients: • 400 gms – purple Yam (kanda in telugu), peel and rub with some salt, cut into 1 to 1.5-inch pieces • 2 medium-size onions, cut into small pieces • 2 green chillies, cut into pieces • salt • 1 tbsp – coriander powder (dry fried and powdered) • 6-8 Cloves garlic, peeled and […]