Ingredients: • 1 chicken, prepared as for roasting, but the legs must be slightly scored • 2 teacupful – dhye (sour curd) • 1 dessertspoonful – ground corianders • 1.5 teaspoonful – ground chillies • 1 saltspoonful – ground all spices • 1.5 teaspoonful – ground Turmeric • 1 salt spoonful – ground Cinnamon • […]

Ingredients: • 110 gms – Flour • 2 tbsp – Butter • 3-4 – eggs • 1 cup – Water • 1/2 cup – grated Cheese • 1/2 tsp – Chilli powder • Salt to taste • Oil for deep frying Method: Put butter and water into a vessel and bring to boil. Remove from […]

Ingredients: • 300 g – fish fillets • 2 tsp – chopped Mint • 1 tsp – pepper powder • Salt to taste • 2 tbsp – Tomato sauce • 2 – Green chillies chopped finely • 1 tsp – Butter • 1 Egg – beaten • 3 tbsp – oil • 3 tbsp – […]

Ingredients: • 100 g- long beans (karamani, chowli, snake beans) • 150 g – yellow Pumpkin • 150 g – Ridge gourd • 150 g- Gherkins (kovakkai, tendli) • 150 g- Sweet Potato • 1 cup- grated Coconut • 2 green chilies, slit • 3 red chilies • 2 tsp Urad Dal • 2 tsp […]

Ingredients: • 1 kg – Red dry chilli • 1 tsp – oil • For preserving: Small blocks of Asafoetida or salt Method: For a deep colour but a not too spicy taste, choose the long, shiny, thick, dried chillies. Sun them till crisp. Break off stalks and discard. While pounding add a tsp of […]

Ingredients: • 1/2 cup – Uncooked Rice • 1 tbsp – Urad Dal • 1 tsp – Rava/ Sooji • 1/4 cup + 1 tbsp – Jaggery • Ghee to taste • 1/4 tsp- Cardamom powder • 2 tbsp – Coconut, grated. Method: Soak the rice, urad dal and rava for 2 hours. Drain the […]

Ingredients: • 1 tsp – Ghee • 1 cup (100 g ) – broken Wheat • 225 ml – thin Coconut Milk • 1 cup (90 – 100 g ) – melted and sieved Jaggery • 125 ml – thick Coconut Milk • 2 pinches Cardamom powder • 1 tbsp – Ghee • 1 tsp […]

Ingredients: • 1 small bunch Spinach (palak) • 1.5 cups – Curd • For Masala: • 1 chilly, finely chopped • 2 tbsp – chopped Coriander leaves • salt to taste • To Temper: • 1 tsp – oil • 1 tsp – Cumin seeds Method: Chop spinach finely. Wash thoroughly. Partially boil the spinach […]

Ingredients: • 6 – potatoes, medium • 4 to 6 Cloves – garlic, chopped • 1/2 tsp – Red Chilli powder • 2 tbsp – Lemon juice • 1 tsp – mixed herbs • 4 tbsp – Olive oil • salt to taste Method: Preheat oven to 180 C. Cut potatoes into wedges without removing […]

Ingredients: • 200 g – Chicken (breast and leg pieces or boneless) • 1/2 kg – onion, cut into thin long slices • 1 – big bunch of Coriander leaves • 7 – green chillies, cut into small pieces • 6 – elaichi • 10 – kishmish • 5 tsp – ginger-garlic paste • 1 […]

Ingredients: • 6 – stalks of Celery chopped finely • 1 – Onion chopped finely • 2 – soup cubes • 2 tbsp – oil • 2 tbsp – Butter • Salt to taste • 1 tbsp – ground pepper • 2 tsp – chopped mint. Method: Heat oil in a pan and saute the […]

Ingredients: • 1 tbsp – oil • 1 – onion, finely sliced • 1/2 tsp – Red Chilli powder • 1/4 tsp – Turmeric powder • 1/2 tsp – coriander powder • 3 -potatoes, boiled and mashed • 1/2 tsp – salt • 1/2 tsp – Garam Masala powder • 1 – cheese cube, finely […]

Ingredients: • Chicken wings – 8 • Flour – 1 cup • Egg – 1, lightly beaten • Celery stalk – 1 tbsp, finely chopped • Garlic – 1 tsp, minced • Red Chilli sauce – 2 tsp • Oil to deep fry • Pepper to taste • Salt to taste Method: Mix all the […]

Ingredients: • 2 cups – Cake Flour • 2.5 tsp – baking powder • 1/2 tsp – salt • 1/2 cup – Sugar • 1/2 cup – Butter or margarine • 1/2 cup – chopped Walnuts • 1/2 cup – sliced dates, washed and dried • 1/2 cup – Milk • 1 – Egg • […]

Ingredients: • 4 lb – Chicken pieces skinned • 3 tbsp – Lemon juice • 3 – Garlic Cloves minced • 1.5 tsp – soya sauce • 1/2 tsp – fine herbs • 1.5 tsp – Turmeric • 1/4 tsp – freshly ground pepper • 3/4 tsp – ground Ginger • 3 cup – plain […]

Ingredients: • 1/2 kg – minced Pork • 2 big – chopped Onions • 1/2 tsp – Turmeric powder • 1 tsp – chopped Garlic • 2 – green chillies, chopped finely • 2 tbsp – oil • salt • 2 tsp – pepper powder • 2 – potatoes, boiled and chopped into small pieces […]

Ingredients: • 7-8 leftover papads, roasted • 1/4 tsp Red Chilli powder • 1/4 tsp Cumin seed powder • 1 tsp ghee, melted Method: Roast papads or make them crisp by warming if already roasted. Crush to a coarse mixture like crushed cornflakes. Add chilli powder, cumin powder and mix. Add ghee and mix well […]

Ingredients: • 1 cup – besan flour • 3 cups – Sugar • 1 cup – Ghee • 1 cup – grated Coconut • 1 cup – Milk • A pinch of Cardamom powder Method: Mix all the ingredients together. Pour it into a non-stick thick bottomed vessel and cook on a low flame. Keep […]

Ingredients: • 4 eggs • 1 cup – sliced Mushrooms • 5 tbsp – Butter • 1.25 cup – Cream • salt and pepper to taste Method: Beat the eggs well together and season with salt and pepper. Beat again and gently stir in the cream. Melt 3 tbsp of butter in a frying pan […]

Ingredients: • 2 cups – Gram flour • 1/2 cup – Rice flour • 1/2 cup – rolled oats (grind as fine powder) • 1 tbsp – Butter (melted) • 1 tsp – Cumin seeds (crushed) • 1/2 cup – Potato puree • Salt • Oil for Deep Frying Method: Take the rice flour, gram […]