Ingredients: • For dough: • Wheat flour – 6 cup • Water as needed • Salt • For filling: • Grated Coconut – 1 cup • Gram flour – 1/2 cup • Curry leaves – a few sprigs • 3- green chillies, finely cut • Mustard-1 tsp • Oil • Salt – 1/2 tsp Method: […]

Ingredients: • 1/2 cup – grated Coconut • 2 tsp – soft Jaggery • 1 cup – Rice flour • pinch – salt. Method: Mix the coconut and jaggery together. Make a dough with the rice flour and little water. Make small balls with the dough. Flatten a ball, place a little of the coconut […]

Ingredients: • 3 cups – Wheat flour • 2 tbsp – sesame seeds • 2-3 tsp – Red Chilli powder • 1/2 cup – Curd • salt to taste • oil for frying Method: Tie the wheat flour in a big muslin cloth. Place in a strainer type vessel. Put it in a steamer with […]

Ingredients: • 4 tbsp – Strawberry crush • 1 – Orange • 4 cups – soya milk, chilled • 4 tsp – Sugar • 4 scoops – vanilla ice Cream • 6 tbsp – Orange squash • 2 cups – crushed ice Method: Peel and remove pith from orange segments. Peel off outer covering and […]

Ingredients: • 3 – Beetroots • 2 – Potatoes • 4 tbsp – roasted Peanut powder • 2 – green chillies, chopped • Oil, mustard, Asafoetida (hing), turmeric, cumin (all in small quantity) • Salt to taste • Chopped fresh Cilantro (coriander) and grated Coconut to garnish Method: Peel and chop beetroot and potatoes into […]

Ingredients: • 24 slices -bread • 4 tbsp- Tomato sauce • 3 cups -curd • salt • 3 tsp-sugar • 2-onions big • 2 -potatoes big • 2- Tomatoes big • 1 cup- bhel sev • 1/2 cup- Tamarind sauce • 1/2 cup- Coriander leaves • 1 tsp -chilli powder • 1 tsp- Jeera powder […]

Ingredients: • 100 gm – Paneer • 1 tbsp – Full Cream • 1 tsp – Ginger- Garlic Paste • 2 tbsp – Chopped bell pepper • 1 – Chopped Onion • 2 tbsp – Chopped Tomato • 1 tbsp – Chopped Broccoli • 1 tbsp – Chopped Mushrooms • 1 tbsp – Boiled Corn […]

Ingredients: • Prawns – 300 gm • Ginger(ground) – 5 gm • Cornflour- 2 tbsp • Egg -1 • Salt- as per your taste • Oil – 3 tbsp • For the Sauce: • Tomato Puree- 1 tbsp • Onion- 1(big) • Garlic(chopped) – 1 tsp • Green chilli – 1 • Chilli Sauce- 2 […]

Ingredients: • 1 cup – Peanuts • 1 cup – melted and sieved thick Jaggery • 1/4 tsp – dried Ginger powder (chukku podi) • 2 tsp – oil or Ghee Method: For the peanuts: Heat an iron kadhai or pan. Dry-roast the peanuts on medium to low heat until crisp (15-18 minutes). Keep aside […]

Ingredients: • Condensed Milk -1 tin • Cocoa powder – 1/2 cup • Butter – 50 g • Chopped and roasted Nuts – 100 g • Sugar – 3/4 cup Method: Pour the condensed milk into a thick pan. Add butter, sugar, cocoa and nuts to the pan. Stir constantly on low heat till the […]

Ingredients: • Fresh lychees – 2 cups, peeled • Unsweetened Apple juice – 1 cup • Ginger – a thin slice Method: Remove the seeds from lychees and place in a sauce pan. Pour apple juice on them. Add ginger slice and simmer gently for 3-4 minutes. Cool and place in the refrigerator. Serve cold.

Ingredients: • 1/2 kg – mixed vegetables (peas, cauliflower, French beans or any seasonal vegetables) • 1/2 cup – fresh Coconut (scraped) • 1 large bunch each – Mint and Coriander leaves • 3 – Green chillies (chopped) • 1/2 inch piece – Ginger • 2 Cloves – Garlic • A few peppercorns • 1/2 […]

Ingredients: • 1.5 cups – All-purpose flour • 1/2 cup – Butter (room temperature) • Method: Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F. Line a baking sheet on a baking tray and keep aside. Whisk the butter and confectioner’s sugar together until creamy. Add the flour, vanilla extract, milk and gently mix until it forms […]

Ingredients: • 1/2 cup – bread crumbs, firmly packed • 15g – Butter • 1 – medium onion, finely chopped • 2 tbsp – plain flour (maida) • 1 cup – Milk • 3 tbsp – Tomato paste • 1 tbsp – basil, finely chopped (optional) • 3 – Egg whites • 2 – Egg […]

Ingredients: • 1 cup – plain Rice • 1 cup – parboiled rice. • 1/4 cup – white Urad Dal • 1/2 tsp- Methi (fenugreek) seeds • 1 /2 tsp – soda bicarbonate • 1/2 cup – Curd • 10-12 tsps. – Ghee or oil as preferred • water for grinding Method: Wash the rices […]

Ingredients: • 1/2 cup – Maida • 1/2 cup – cocoa • 1/2 tsp – baking powder • 1/3 cup – Butter • 1 tsp – vanilla essence • 2 – eggs • 1/3 cup – chocolate chips • 1/3 cup – walnuts, finely chopped Method: Sift the maida, cocoa and baking powder together. Melt […]

Ingredients: • 500 g – Pork (meat-lard: 50:50 proportion) • 3 bunches – lai xaak • 1 – large Tomato • 1 – large Onion • 1 – whole Garlic (big) • 15 – dry chillies • 2 tsp – Mustard oil • salt to taste Method: Make a paste of tomato, garlic and dry […]

Ingredients: • 1.5 cups – whole-wheat flour • 1.5 cups – all-purpose flour • 2 tbsp – vital Wheat gluten flour (optional – use it if you can because it gives the bread a great texture and a better rise) • 1.5 tsp – active Dry yeast • 1/2 tsp – baking soda • 1 […]

Ingredients: • 1 cup – whole Wheat flour • 2 cups – all purpose flour • 1 cup – lukewarm Milk • 1 tbsp – yellow cornmeal • 1/4 cup – warm water (110 degrees F/45 degrees C) • 1 (.25 ounce) package – active Dry yeast • 2 tsp – white Sugar • 1 […]

Ingredients: • Rice – 1 cup • Mung dhal – 1/4 cup • Powdered Jaggery- 1.25 cup • Powdered Cardamom – 6 • Cashewnuts – 8 • Raisins – 8 • Ghee – 10 tsp Method: Dry roast mung dhal till brown in colour. Wash rice and dhal and pressure-cook till it becomes soft. Heat […]