Ingredients: • 2 cups – whole meal self-rising flour • 1 cup – ripe Banana • 1/2 cup – Brown sugar • 100 g – Ginger • 100 g – Walnuts • 50 g – poly saturated margarine • 1 – Egg Method: Mash banana well. Finely chop ginger. Cream margarine and sugar until smooth. […]

Ingredients: • 2.5 cups Chicken pieces • 1.5 cups raw Rice • 2 – onions, chopped finely • 7-8 Curry leaves • 1 tbsp Lemon juice • 4 tbsp oil • 1 raw mango, grated • 2-3 Cloves • 1 Bay Leaf • Mix together: • 1/4 tsp Cumin seeds powder • 1 tbsp Coriander […]

Ingredients: • 3 – Carrots, chopped • 3 stalks – Celery, chopped • 200 g – Mushrooms, sliced • 1 tsp – Ground black pepper • 2 – Big tomatoes, cut into quarters • 4 tbsp – Cooking oil • 3 tbsp – Grated cheese • Salt to taste Method: Preheat the oven to 200C/400F/Gas […]

Ingredients: • 3/4 cup – water • 2 1/2 tsp – Corn flour • 4-5 tsp – Sugar • 1/2 tsp – essence • juice of 1/2 Lemon • few drops of color to match the essence. Method: Mix water, sugar and corn flour. Cook while stirring continuously. The syrup should coat the back of […]

Ingredients: • Oats – 2 tbsp • natural soya Milk – 1 cup, chilled • Banana – 1/2 cup, chopped • dried Fig 1, chopped • muesli (with nuts) – 2 tbsp Method: Cook oats in 1.5 cup of water and cool. Blend banana and Soya milk till smooth.( Add a tsp of sugar if […]

Ingredients: • 1 cup grated dhoodhi (bitter gourd) • 1 cup besan atta (gram flour) • 1/2 cup Rice flour • 2-3 green chillies, cut into fine pieces • a pinch of Haldi (turmeric) • Red Chilli powder • 1 tbsp Curd or juice of 1 Lemon • salt to taste • 1 tbsp Sugar […]

Ingredients: • 500g – plain flour/maida • 1 tsp – salt • 1 tsp – chilli powder • 1/2 tsp – baking powder • 200g – Butter or margarine • 200g – shredded cheddar cheese • 1/2 tsp – pepper powder • 1/2 cup – sour Curd or yogurt • oil for frying Method: Mix […]

Ingredients: • Wheat flour – 1 medium size glass • Rice flour – 1 medium size glass • Groundnut – 50 g • Bengal Gram – 1 glass • Horse gram – 1 glass • Poppy Seeds – 10 g • Chana ke dal – 50 g • Til – 10 g • Jaggery- 250 […]

Ingredients: • 8 bread slices, crusts trimmed • 8 Cream cheese portions • 1/4 cup – celery, finely chopped • 2 tbsp – chopped Parsley • 2 tbsp – chilli sauce • oil for frying • ketchup Method: Moisten a slice of bread with water. Press and flatten each slice between the palms of your […]

Ingredients: • 200 g – sweet Corn (boiled) • 8 – bread slices • 1 – onion, medium, finely chopped • 1 – capsicum, big, finely chopped • 1 – tomato, medium, finely chopped • 50 g – fresh Cream • 2 tsp – Butter • 3 tsp – Sugar • 300 g – Curd […]

Ingredients: • 2 cups – crunchy cookies • 1 cup – crushed Almonds or Cashewnuts • 3/4 cup – Butter • 2 cups – paneer, ground to a paste • 3/4 cup – ground Sugar • 2 cups – Mango pulp • 2 tinned Mango pieces, sliced • 2 tbsp – gelatine, softened in 1.5 […]

Ingredients: • For the pancake: • 2 cups – flour • 1.5 cups – warm water • 1 cup – Milk • 3/4 tsp – dried Yeast • 1 tsp – salt • 2 tsp – Sugar • For the ashta: • 1 cup – Milk • 1 tbsp – Sugar • 2 tsp – […]

Ingredients: • 1 cup – Rava (medium coarse semolina) • 1 cup – Rice flour • 1/2 cup – All-purpose flour/Maida • 3-4 – Green chillies, finely chopped • 2 – Onion • 1 tsp – Cumin seeds • 1-inch grated – Ginger • 2 sprigs – Curry leaves, finely chopped • Water as required […]

Ingredients: • For caramel syrup: • eggs – 3, separated • Sugar – 1/2 cup • boiling water – 1/3 cup • For cake: • self-rising flour – 3 cups • Butter – 1 cup • Brown sugar – 1/2 cup, packed • vanilla – 1 tsp • caramel syrup – 1/2 cup • Milk […]

Ingredients: • 160g – semi-sweet chocolate • 2 tbsp – Milk • 1/2 cup – nuts, chopped • 1 tsp – Vanilla/almond essence • Greased plate to keep the chocolates Method: Place milk and chocolates in a pan. Boil twice while stirring slowly. When the mixture is blended well, remove the pan and add vanilla […]

Ingredients: • 6 bread slices (soak and squeeze out water in the brackets) • 100 g – Cabbage (finely chopped and dipped in salt water for 10 minutes) • 1/2 tsp – Turmeric powder • 1/2 tsp – cumin • 1 tsp – each of coriander and chilli powder • a pinch each of Hing […]

Ingredients: • 250 g – yogurt • 10 – Almonds • 6 – Figs • 150 g – Sugar • Ghee – 1 tbsp • Water – 350 ml • a few dry rose leaves Method: Whip the yogurt in a mixer. Soak the almonds in water, remove the skin and prepare a paste. Heat […]

Ingredients: • 3- Karela (Chinese or Indian variety) • 1 tsp – salt • 1/2 tsp – Red Chilli powder • 1 tsp – oil (optional) Method: Cut karela into thin rounds (as thin as possible but not necessarily too thin). Mix with salt and red chilli powder and leave aside for 20 mins. Spread […]

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: • 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. […]