Ingredients: • 300 g – Refined flour or Maida • 50 g – cocoa powder • 400 g – Sugar powdered • 300 g – Butter • 5 – eggs • 2 tsp – Nescafe • 1 tsp – vanilla essence • 2 level tsp – baking powder Method: Sift the cocoa powder, Nescafe, flour […]

Ingredients: • For Filling: • Black gram (urad) dal – 1 cup • Onion – 1/2 cup, finely chopped • Green chillies – 3, finely chopped • Ginger – 1 tsp, minced • Black Peppercorns – 1/2 tsp, crushed • Coriander leaves – 1 tbsp, chopped • Cooking soda – 1/2 tsp • Salt to […]

Ingredients: • 500 gms – mutton, cubed and pricked • 2 tbsp – oil • 1 cup – onions, chopped finely • 8 – Green chillies • 8 – whole Red Chillies • 1 tbsp – Garlic cloves, chopped • 1 tbsp – ginger, chopped • 4 – black Cardamom • 2 – green Cardamom […]

Ingredients: • Champagne • 30 ml – Creme de cassis Method: Pour the Cream de Casis into the Champagne Flute. Add the Zampa Soiree Rose. Recipe courtesy of Grover Zampa Vineyards

Ingredients: • 2 cups – fresh grated Coconut • 1 cup – besan • 3 cups – Sugar • 1 cup – Milk (raw or boiled cow Milk) • For Flavouring: • 1/2 cup – Ghee • 1/2 tbsp – Cardamom powder • Roasted Cashewnuts in Ghee (optional) Method: In a heavy-bottomed vessel or kadai, […]

Ingredients: • 4 – Potatoes (cubed) • 1/2 tsp – Turmeric powder • Chilli powder as needed • 4 Green chillies (split) • 1/2 of a medium sized – Tomato (chopped finely) • 3 Cloves • 1/2 a stick – Cinnamon • 2 Cloves – Garlic • 1/2 inch piece – Ginger • 2 tsp […]

Ingredients: • 2 cups – Thin Coconut Milk (fresh or canned) • 1 cup – Dates (deseeded and chopped into small pieces) • 1/2 cup – Whole Milk (optional) • 1-2 tbsp – Jaggery (powdered) • 1 tsp – Ilaichi (cardamom) powder • 3-4 tbsp – Cashew nuts Method: Keep aside a few pieces of […]

Ingredients: • 2 cups – dry whole green moong dal • 2 – potatoes, boiled and cut into small pieces • 1 – large red onion, chopped finely • 1/2 cup – plain yogurt • 4-5 tbsp – Imli chutney • Salt, to taste • 1 – green chillies, finely chopped • Handful of cilantro, […]

Ingredients: • 1 kg-minced Meat • 1/4 tsp-cayenne pepper • 1 tsp-salt • 1/4 tsp-ground Cinnamon • 1/4 tsp-ground Cardamoms • 1/4 tsp-ground Cloves • 4 hard boiled eggs, shelled • Flour • 3 tbsp-oil • For the Curry: • 2 medium onions, thinly sliced • 1 tsp. Turmeric • 1 tsp. salt • 3 […]

Ingredients: • 1 cup – thick Poha • 6 tsp – Sugar or 8 tsp Jaggery • 2 cups – Milk • 1/2 cup – fresh grated Coconut Method: Pour 1 cup of milk into a deep dish or serving bowl. Soak the poha in it for at least 15 mins. When the poha is […]

Ingredients: • 2 cups – Black Whole Urad Dal • Salt to taste • 1 – Onion (finely chopped) • 3 – Green chillies (chopped finely) • 1 cup – Grated Veggies (carrot, zucchini, Potato and broccoli) • 1 tsp – Ginger (chopped) • Few Curry leaves (chopped) • 3 tsp – Coriander leaves (finely […]

Ingredients: • 1.5 cup – Maida • 1/2 cup – Jaggery • 1/4 tsp – Cardamom powder • 1 tbsp – Ghee • 1 cup – water • Ghee to deep fry Method: Heat the water and jaggery till all of it dissolves in the water. Strain and cool a bit. Mix the cardamom powder […]

Ingredients: • Corn Tortillas – 4 • Crushed soya nuggets – 1/2 kg • 1 – Onions, chopped • 5 pods – Garlic, chopped • 2 – Green Chillies, chopped • 1 tbsp – Taco Masala Powder • 1 tbsp – Olive oil • Garnish: • 4 tbsp – Lettuce, chopped • 2 tbsp – […]

Ingredients: • 4 – eggs • 2 cup – Milk • 1 cup – Sugar • 1/2 tsp – vanilla essence Method: Boil the milk and cool Beat the eggs well Take a baking dish and caramelise a little sugar in 1 tsp water by heating on a stove to form a thin brown layer. […]

Ingredients: • 2 cup – besan • 2 cup – rava • 4 cup – Wheat flour • 5 to 6 cups – powdered Sugar • 1 tbsp – cardmom powder • 2 to 3 cups – Ghee • Charoli Method: In a deep pan, heat 2 to 3 tbsp ghee and fry rava on […]

Ingredients: • 1 kg – Carrots • 750 ml – full Cream Milk • 250 g – Sugar • 5 – Cardamoms • 10 – Almonds • 10 – Pistachios • 12 – Cashewnuts • Saffron Method: Boil the carrots till they are soft. Grind the boiled carrots along with the cardamoms to a fine […]

Ingredients: • 500 g – Fresh, tender Bottle Gourd (lauki) • 100 g – Almonds, crushed coarsely • 600 ml – Milk • 1/2 cup – Sugar • 1/2 tsp – Cardamom, powdered • 10 to 12 strands – Saffron • 1 tsp – Ghee. Method: Wash and grate the bottle gourd. Then squeeze out […]

Ingredients: • 1.5 kg – chicken, dressed • 175 gms – Ghee • 250 gms – Curd • 115 gms – khoya, grated • 115 gms – fresh Coriander leaves chopped • 115 gms – green Coconut for extracting Milk • 6 gms – ginger, scraped and ground • 6 gms – garlic, ground • […]

Ingredients: • For the pie crust: 1 cup – plain flour • 1/3 cup – margarine • 1/2 tsp – salt • 1.5-2 tbsp – cold water • For the filling: 1/3 cup – plain flour • 2 – Egg yolks, beaten • 5-6 drops – vanilla essence • a dash of salt • 2 […]

Ingredients: • 1/2 kg – Chicken (skinned and cubed with bones) • 2 inch cube – White Butter • 2 tbsp – Pepper (freshly and coarsely ground) • Salt to taste • 1 tsp (heaped) – Garam Masala Powder • 1 tsp – Kasoori Methi (crushed) • 3 tbsp – Fresh Coriander leaves (chopped fine) […]