Ingredients: • 1 – big Banana • 3 tbsps – instant Vanilla pudding mix • 2 cups – Milk • A pinch of grated Nutmeg • Sugar – 1 tbsp Method: Blend all ingredients. Top with whipped cream. Serve chilled. Recipe courtesy of Padma

Ingredients: • 2 cups – Kaddu grated (green pumpkin) • 1 litre – Milk • 1/2 tin – condensed Milk • 1 cup – Sugar • 1 tsp – vanilla essence • 1/2 cup – saboodana (this should be soaked in water for 10-15 mins) Method: Boil the milk. Add grated kaddu and cook on […]

Ingredients: • 15 – litchis, peeled and deseeded • 1/3 – medium muskmelon, peeled and diced • 2 or 3 drops – vanilla essence • 2 tsp – Sugar • 2 or 3 pinches – salt • 500 ml – chilled water Method: Discard any brown parts of the litchi flesh. Put all the ingredients […]

Ingredients: • Maida or American flour – 3 cups • Salt – to taste • Water – 3 cups • 1 – coconut, scraped • Sugar – 2 tbsp Method: Mix flour with a little salted water, should be like chapatti dough. Roll out using flour on a board like you would to make a […]

Ingredients: • Mutton pieces – 1/2 kg • Tomato – 500 gm, chopped • Onion – 500 gm, sliced • Button Mushrooms – 200 gm • Coconut – 1.5 cup, ground to smooth paste • Vegetable oil – 6 tbsp • Cloves – 2 • Cardamom – 2 • Cinnamon – 5 cm • Mace […]

Ingredients: • 1 kg – Chicken • 2 tbsp – Garlic • 100 gm – Ginger • 1/2 tsp – ajinomoto • 300 gm – Onions • 1 tbsp – Vinegar • 1 tbsp – chilli powder • 1/4 tsp – orange-red color • 1 tbsp – soya sauce • 1 lime, Lemon juice • […]

Ingredients: • 1 cup – moong dal. • 6 – green chillies, slit sideways. • 1/2 tsp – Turmeric powder. • Method: Pressure cook the dal and set it aside. Soak the tamarind in 1 cup of water and extract the juice. Set aside. Heat 2 tsps oil, add all the ingredients for tempering. When […]

Ingredients: • 10 – small Potatoes • 3 tbsp – Mustard oil • Salt to taste • 1/2 tsp – Sugar • 2 tbsp – Tomato puree • 1 – Onion • 2 Cloves – Garlic • 6 – Cashew nuts • 1/2 tsp – Turmeric powder • 1/2 tsp – chilli powder • 1/2 […]

Ingredients: • Sea Prawns – 2 lbs. • 2 cups of Coconut milk. • 1 large potato, diced into 1 inch cubes. • 1 tsp Ginger Garlic paste. • 1 medium sized onion, finely chopped. • 1 tbsp chilli powder. • 1 tbsp Turmeric powder. • Salt, as required. • Mustard oil, as required. • […]

Ingredients: • 250 g – Pumpkin • 15 – Almonds (blanched and peeled) • 1 litre – Milk • 1/2 cup – Sugar or to taste • 1/2 tsp – Cardamom powder Method: Peel the pumpkin and cut into big cubes. Steam till very soft and mash well. Grind the almonds with 1/2 cup of […]

Ingredients: • For dough: • 2 cups -all purpose flour (maida) • 2 tbsp- sooji (sanna rava) • 4 tbsp -ghee • Water for mixing • To apply on the dough: • A little – Milk • A small ball – cotton • Oil for deep fry • For the filling: • 1.5 cup – […]

Ingredients: • 1 kg – Chicken • 3 – Onions • 1/2 tsp – Fenugreek seeds • 1 tsp – Turmeric powder • 1 tbsp – Tamarind paste • 1 cup – grated Coconut • 5-6 – roasted Red Chillies • 1 tbsp – roasted Coriander seeds • 1 tsp – roasted Cumin seeds • […]

Ingredients: • 1/2 kg – Pork • 3 – Onions (chopped) • 2 – Potatoes • 3 tbsp – Bamboo shoots • 2 – whole Garlic (in paste form) • a few Green chillies • 2 tsp – Mustard oil • salt to taste Method: Heat the oil in a pressure cooker. Add 1 onion […]

Ingredients: • 6 – Chicken Drumsticks • 3 tbsp – Honey or golden syrup • 1 tsp – mustard powder • 2 tsp – pepper powder • 2 tbsp – Vinegar • Salt – to taste Method: Warm the honey or golden syrup till slightly runny then turn off the heat. Stir in the vinegar, […]

Ingredients: • 3 – big Cucumbers (cut 1.5 cm in length with skin and deseed it) • 2 – Carrots (cut 1.5 cm in length) • Ingredients (A): • 2 – Red Chillies (slit in the middle) • 2 – Green chillies (slit in the middle) • 10 – Shallots to cut • 10 – […]

Ingredients: • 2 Chicken stock cubes (dissolved in 3 cups of hot water) • 4 white fish fillets (Cod or Haddock) • 3 tbsp – seasoned flour to coat the fish • 2 tbsp – oil, for deep-frying • 2 tbsp – Pine Nuts • 3 onions, sliced • 2 cups – rice, rinsed • […]

Ingredients: • Instant cappuccino powder – 1 tsp • Milk – 1 cup • Orange juice – 2 tsp • Orange zest – a pinch • Brown sugar (Demerara) -1 tsp • Whipped Cream – 1 tsp Method: Stir in a spoon of instant cappuccino powder and a spoon of Demerara sugar to a cup […]

Ingredients: • Bread slices – 10 • Besan -1 cup • Coriander leaves – a bunch • Green chillies – 4 • vegetable oil • salt • water Method: Cut the coriander leaves and green chillies to fine pieces. Make a batter of the besan with water and add the cut coriander leaves and green […]

Ingredients: • 2 cups – cooked Chicken meat. • 1 cup – fresh Pineapple pieces. • 3/4 cup – muesli. • 1/2 cup – Celery stalk, sliced. • 1/2 tsp – curry powder. • salt to taste| For dressing: • 5 tbsp – fresh curds. • 2 tbsp – Pineapple juice. • 1 tbsp – […]

Ingredients: • 1/2 kg – Mutton liver or Chicken liver. • 2 – onions. • 2 – green chillies. • 1/4 – piece ginger. • 3 pod – garlic. • 1 tbsp – pepper powder. • 1 tbsp – coriander powder. • 1/4 tsp – turmeric. • Coriander leaves. • 2 tbsp – oil. • […]