Ingredients: • 1 cup – Dates • 3/4 cup – Walnut • 1 tsp – baking soda • 1/2 tsp – baking powder • 1 cup – Milk • 1/2 cup – Maida • 1/2 cup – Sugar • 1/4 cup – oil/butter • Kaju (Optional) Method: Grind dates and walnuts coarsely. Mix them in […]

Ingredients: • 300g- plain flour or Maida • 1/4 tsp – salt • 250g – Butter • 250g – Sugar (powdered) • 300g – mixed dried fruit (chopped into small pieces and soaked in rum for 2 months) • 1 tsp – finely grated Orange rind • 3 eggs, beaten well • 1/2 cup – […]

Ingredients: • Maida – 3/4 cup • Sugar – 4.5 cups • Milk powder – 3 cups • Cashewnuts, chopped – 3/4 cup • Cocoa powder – 3 tsp • Ghee – 6 tsp • Butter – 450 gms Method: Fry the maida and cocoa powder in 6 tsp of ghee. Melt the sugar in […]

Ingredients: • 3/4 cup -soft Brown sugar • 1/4 cup – Cream • 60 g – Butter • 1 cup – chopped macadamia • 1/2 cup – shredded Coconut • 90 g – Butter • 1/2 cup – caster Sugar • 2 – eggs • 1 tsp – vanilla essence • 1 cup – all […]

Ingredients: • 500 g – Mutton pieces • 2 – onions, chopped finely • 4 tbsp – oil • ?cup – chopped coriander • 2 – hard-boiled eggs, sliced • 1 – cup Curd • For ground paste: 1/2 inch – Ginger • 7 – Garlic pods • 2 – Dried red chilli • 1/2 […]

Ingredients: • 1 cup – semisweet chocolate chips • 1 tbsp – shortening • 6 cups – assorted fresh fruit pieces (whole strawberries, grapes, mandarin Orange segments, cherries) Method: Line a jelly roll pan with waxed paper. Heat chocolate chips and shortening in 1-quart saucepan over low heat, stirring frequently, until smooth. Remove from heat. […]

Ingredients: • 1/2 cup – Corn syrup • 1 – Egg white • 1 tsp – Lemon juice Method: In saucepan over high heat, heat corn syrup until boiling. In a bowl, beat egg white with lemon juice till frothy; gradually blend in boiling corn syrup and beat till stiff peaks forms, about 4 minutes. […]

Ingredients: • 1 cup- chocolate chips or buttons • 2 tbsp- Butter • 2 cups rice, Wheat or any other cereal • 1/2 cup jelly beans, to decorate • 1 cup Coconut powder, tinted with any food colouring Method: Keep a basket mould with foil paper well-pressed. Keep aside. Place a large pan or double […]

Ingredients: • 200 g tin condensed Milk • 240 g cups plain flour • 1 tsp baking powder • 1/2 tsp baking soda • 2 tsp icing Sugar • 1/2 cup butter, melted • 1/2 tsp vanilla essence • 100 ml Milk • 100 ml soda water Method: Sieve flour, baking powder, baking soda, sugar, […]

Ingredients: • 50 g – Channa dal • 50 g – urad dal, white • 50 g – moong dal, yellow • 25 g – Curry leaves • 15 – Black Peppercorns • 10 – dry whole Red Chillies • 4 tsp – Coconut powder • 4 tsp – Coconut oil • 1/4 tsp – […]

Ingredients: • 2 cups – basmati Rice • 1/2 kg – Chicken • 4 cups – water • 1 – Onion large • 1 – Tomato large (or 2 small) • 8- Green chillies (or according to taste) • 1/2 tsp – Garam Masala (optional – can be used if you desire spicy dishes) • […]

Ingredients: • 2 – eggs • 1/2 tsp – Cardamom powder • 1/2 tsp – Nutmeg powder • 1/8 tsp – salt • Sugar as per taste • 2 cups – ice-cold Milk Method: Separate eggs. Beat egg yolk with salt. Whip milk with sugar, cardamom and nutmeg powder till frothy. Add egg yolk to […]

Ingredients: • Milk – 1/2 litre • Onion – 1, medium-sized • Ghee – 3 tbsp • Red Chilli powder – 2 tsp • Salt to taste Method: Heat oil and fry the chopped onion until golden brown. Add chilli powder and cook over low heat for a while taking care not to burn it. […]

Ingredients: • 1 kg – Bombay ducks / cat fish / shark / lep (cleaned, cut and washed) • 7 – Cloves of garlic, mildly crushed • 3 tbsp – Coconut oil for tempering • 1 -tomato, sliced finely lengthwise • For wet ground masala : • 2 – big Onion chopped • 1/2 tsp […]

Ingredients: • 3 cups – very fine gram flour • 2 cups – Sugar • 3 cardamoms, powdered • 1 tbsp – Raisins • Ghee for frying Method: Mix the gram flour with water and make a thick batter. Make syrup – one thread consistency – out of sugar and add powdered cardamoms. Sieve the […]

Ingredients: • 1 cup fine semolina • Sugar as required in recipe • Ghee 1 to 1.5 cups, as required in recipe • 1/5 tsp. citric acid powdered • 1/2 cup blanched, peeled Almonds halved • 1/4 cup green Pistachios halved • 1/2 tsp Cardamom powder • Saffron as desired • food color red/green/yellow, as […]

Ingredients: • Rice flakes (poha) – 1/2 cup • Sugar – 1/2 cup • Ghee – 2 tbsp • Cashews – 5 • Cardamom – 1/4tsp • A pinch of Saffron colour Method: Heat the kadai with 1 tbsp ghee. Roast the cashews and keep them aside. Roast the rice flakes until golden brown in […]

Ingredients: • 1 cup – basmati Rice • 15 – french beans, sliced in to inch-long pieces • 1/2 cup – peas, shelled • 1 – carrot, peeled and sliced into inch-long strips • 1 – green capsicum, sliced into long slivers • 2 – green chillies, chopped • 12 – cashews • 12 – […]

Ingredients: • 250 g – black button supari (betel nut), pounded coarsely • 100 g – ajwain (carom seeds) • 50 – rock Sugar (misri or khansari) • 20 – Cardamoms • 10 g – dill seeds (suva) • 15 – Cloves • 1/2 – nutmeg, crushed • 1/4 tsp – black salt • 2 […]

Ingredients: • 1/4 kgs – Karela • For stuffing paste and gravy: • 1/2 cup – Grated Coconut • 2 tsp – Besan • 2 tbsp – Powdered groundnut • 2 tsp – Red Chilli powder • 1/2 tsp – Coriander seed powder • 1/2 tsp – Cumin seed powder • Lime juice of one […]