Ingredients: • 2 – 3.5 pounds – Beef (or any stew meat), cut into large bite-sized pieces • Peanuts (equal amount as meat) – Roasted, shelled, and skinned and crushed (optional) • Banana leaves – as needed • Salt • Cayenne pepper or red pepper – to taste • Juice of 2 Lemons • Chile […]

Ingredients: • 450 g – spaghetti • 1 – Onion • 2 – Cloves Garlic • 3 tbsp – Olive oil • 6 – Tomatoes • 1 tbsp – Brown sugar • For Meat balls: • 450 g – Meat • 2 slices – white bread • 1 – Onion • 1 tbsp – Parsley […]

Ingredients: • 1 cup – Barley flour • 1.5 cup – whole Wheat flour, plus extra for dusting and rolling • Barley water to knead the dough • Salt to taste Method: Blend the flours and salt together and stir well. Add enough barley water to knead the dough. It should be soft and pliable. […]

Ingredients: • 1kg – Chicken • 25 – Green chillies • 1/2 cup – Chinese chilli sauce • 1/2 cup – soya sauce • 2 – Capsicum • 1 – Onions • 2 tsp – Corn flour • 2 tsp – ginger-garlic paste • – 2 tsp – Chicken masala powder • 1 tsp – […]

Ingredients: • 1 – bread slice • 1 – Egg • a little Butter Method: Make a perfect circle in the centre of the bread. Add some butter on a non-stick pan and toast the bread. Add the egg such that the yolk sits inside the hole in the bread. Using a fork, spread the […]

Ingredients: • 1 cup – Raw Rice • 1/4 cup – moong Dal • 10- 15 Cashew nuts (half split) • 2tbsp – Ghee • 1 tsp – Oil • 5-7 cups – water • Ginger, small piece (finely chopped) • Tempering: 1/2 tsp – Mustard Seeds • 4-5 Peppercorns crushed • 1/2 tsp – […]

Ingredients: • 2 cups – Rawa • 1 cup – Yoghurt • 1/2 cup – water • Chopped vegetables (onion, tomato, capsicum) • 1 – grated Carrot • 1/4 bowl – peas • Coriander • salt & pepper to taste Method: Mix rawa, curd and water. Keep aside for at least 1 hour for fermentation. […]

Ingredients: • 1/2 cup – Pasta (Of your choice) • 1 – Tomato, chopped roughly • 3 pods – Garlic, halved • 1/2 – Red Bell Pepper (Capsicum), medium-sized • 1 tsp – Chilli flakes • A pinch – Italian Seasoning / Black Pepper • 2 tsp – Olive oil • Cheese for garnish (mozzarella) […]

Ingredients: • 1 – Beetroot medium sized, grated • 2 – potatoes, medium sized, boiled • 1/2 cup – Bread crumbs • 1/4 tsp – Green chilli paste • Salt to taste • Oil for cooking Method: Peel and mash the potatoes. Mix all the ingredients in a bowl. Add bread crumbs to form a […]

Ingredients: • 100 g – Goondh (edible gum) crushed, not too fine. • 125 g- Desiccated, Coconut grated • 125 g- Almonds, crushed, not too fine • 100 g- Ghee • 150 g- Sugar • 1/2 tbsp- Wheat flour • 1/2 tsp- Cardamom powder. Method: Heat the almonds, coconut, cardamom in a large shallow dish […]

Ingredients: • 2 liter – full fat Cream • 3/4 cup – Sugar • 10 -almonds • 10 -pistachio • 1/2 tsp – Cardamom powder • 1/4 tsp – Saffron • 1 tsp – rose water Method: Soak, peel and chop almonds and pistachio. Soak saffron in hot milk and crush to make a paste. […]

Ingredients: • 1 cup – Maida • 1/2 tsp – baking powder • 2 tsp – Lemon rind • 1/2 tsp – vanilla essence • 1/2 cup – margarine or Butter • 1/2 cup – powdered Sugar • 2 eggs, separated • 1/2 cup – Milk • 1 tbsp – Lemon juice • For Topping: […]

Ingredients: • 1 cup -raw Rice flour • 1.5 cup – water • 1/2 tsp – Ghee – oil • 1/2 tsp – salt • 2 tsp – extra oil to grease idiyappam machine and bamboo mould • 1/4 cup – grated Coconut ( optional ) Method: In a deep bowl, boil water with salt […]

Ingredients: • 1 cup – Corn flakes • 1/2 cup – grated Coconut • A small piece – Jaggery • A pinch of Cardamom Method: Mix all the ingredients and pulse in a mixer for a few seconds. Can be served as an evening snack. Recipe courtesy of Remani

Ingredients: • 750 g – Chicken breast fillets • 2 tbsp – Ghee or oil • 2 – large onions, finely sliced • 2 – red chillies, seeded and sliced • 1 tsp – grated Ginger • 1/4 tsp – Saffron strands • 1 tsp – hot water • 1/4 tsp – ground white pepper […]

Ingredients: • 250g – lobster Meat • 5g – Red Chillies • 2 Cloves Garlic • 1 inch – Ginger • 2 Tomatoes • 1 Cardamom • 3 peppercorns • 1 Bay Leaf • 1 Clove • 1/2 tsp – cumin • 1/2 tsp – Mustard Seeds • 1 pinch – Turmeric • 2 Onions […]

Ingredients: • 3 cups – low fat Milk • 1 cup – apple, grated • 1/4 tsp – Cardamom (elaichi) powder • 25 g – Sugar free • A pinch – Nutmeg (jaiphal) powder Method: Bring the milk to boil in a heavy bottomed pan and simmer it for 10 to 12 minutes. Add the […]

Ingredients: • 1 – beetroot, medium sized • 2 or 3 – Green chillies • 1/2 cup – Coriander leaves • 1/4 tsp – Mustard Seeds • 1 pinch- of Asafoetida • Juice of half a Lemon • Salt to taste • 1 tsp – oil Method: Remove the skin and grate the beetroot. In […]

Ingredients: • 5 kg – Carrots (gajar) • 500 g – Vinegar • 100 g – Red Chilli powder • 500 g – Jaggery • 500 g – Mustard oil • 250 g – salt • 100 g – Turmeric (haldi) • 150 g – Mustard Seeds (rai) • Water to boil Carrots Method: Wash […]

Ingredients: • Method: Mix all the masalas, except asafetida, and stuff the slit ladyfinger. Heat oil in a wide pan, splutter mustard, add asafetida and arrange ladyfingers in the pan, so that they get cooked uniformly. Cover with a lid for 2 mins. Then, turn them over and cook for a little while. Take care […]