Ingredients: • 2 cups – chilled yoghurt, beaten • 3/4 cup – boondi (fried chickpea-flour balls) • Sugar to taste • 1 tsp – chaat masala • Chopped Coriander leaves to garnish Method: Combine 1/2 cup boondi with the chaat masala, yoghurt and sugar. Just before serving, top with the remaining boondi, garnish with coriander […]

Ingredients: • 1.5 cups – basmati Rice • 250 g – Cauliflower • 2 – medium sized Potatoes • 2 – medium sized Onions • 50 g – Green peas • A few cloves, Cinnamon stick, black pepper, big black cardamom, a Bay Leaf or two (everything whole) • Oil – 3 tbsp • Salt […]

Ingredients: • 1 cup – Onion (chopped) • 1/2 tsp – Ginger (chopped) • 1 pod – Garlic (chopped) • 1/2 tsp – Cumin (jeera) • Salt • 3/4 cup – Frozen peas • 1 cup – Methi leaves • Kasuri Methi crushed (optional, a few strands) • 1 – Green chilli • 1 tbsp […]

Ingredients: • 250 gms – Flour • 3 tbsps – Ghee • 1 tsp – salt • 1/2 cup – water approximately • 1/2 tsp – Onion seeds • Oil for deep frying • Flour for rolling. Method: Sieve flour and salt together. Rub in ghee. Add just enough water to make a firm dough. […]

Ingredients: • 2 cups – Rice • 1 cup – Sugar • 1/2 cup – water • 1/2 cup – Ghee • 1/2 cup – warm Milk • 2 – pineapples, peeled, cored and diced • 1 tbsp – Garam Masala • Boiling water • 1/2 tsp – Saffron • 1/2 tsp – salt • […]

Ingredients: • 1 Cup- Rice • 1 Cup- Toor Dal • 1/2 Cup- Finely grated Coconut • 4- Green chillies • Salt to taste • Oil Method: Soak equal quantities of rice and tuvar dal in water for about 5 hours. Grind them to a paste, fine enough to make the dose batter. Grind the […]

Ingredients: • raw Rice – 2 cup • Bengal Gram (chana) dal – ½ cup • red gram (thovar) dal – ½ cup • grated Coconut – ½ cup • grated Carrot – ½ cup • green chilies, minced – 1 tsp • curry leaves, finely chopped – 1 tbsp • oil – 2 tbsp […]

Ingredients: • 1.5 cups – firm, Tofu pieces • 1 – Tomato • 1 – large Onion cubed • 1/2 cup – bell peppers, chopped • 1 – sprig Curry leaves • 1/2 tsp – cumin • 1/2 tsp – Ginger finely chopped • 1/2 tsp – Red Chilli powder • 1 tsp – coriander […]

Ingredients: • 6 – baby Corn • 2 – Onions • 2 tsp – chilli powder • 2 tsp – coriander powder • 1 tsp – pepper powder • 1/4 tsp – Sugar • 2 tsp – Tomato sauce • 2 tsp – soya sauce • 2 tsp – oil • cashew nuts(optional) • Spring […]

Ingredients: • 1/2 cup – Toor Dal (washed and soaked for 30 minutes) • 1/2 cup – Rice (washed and soaked for 30 minutes) • 1 – onion, thinly sliced • 3 to 4 – green chillies, slit • 1 tbsp – coriander leaves, finely chopped • 1 stalk – Curry leaves • 1 tsp […]

Ingredients: • For the sesame Carrot lolly: Oil + extra to shallow fry – 30 ml • Mustard Seeds – 1/2 tsp • Chopped Green chilli – 2 tsp • Chopped Ginger – 2 tsp • Chopped Garlic – 1/2 tsp • Potatoes, put in cold water with salt and boiled for 35 mins – […]

Ingredients: • Tomatoes – 4 (medium sized) • Green chillies – 2 (Small) • Pepper Corns – 4 • Garlic – 3 to 4 Cloves • Coconut – 2 tbsp • Curry leaves – 4 to 5 • Mustard Seeds – 1/2 tsp • Jeera seeds – 1/2 tsp • Hing • Butter or Ghee […]

Ingredients: • 1/2 cup – gram flour (besan) • 1 cup – thin buttermilk • salt to taste • 2-3 pinches – Turmeric powder • 1 tbsp – oil • For seasoning: • 2 tsp – oil • 1 tsp – sesame seeds • 1/2 tsp – Mustard Seeds • 1 tbsp – Coconut scraped […]

Ingredients: • 1 – medium-sized onion, chopped • 3 to 4 – Green chillies • 1/2 cup – fresh coriander • 1 tbsp – Lemon juice • 1/2 tsp – Jeera • Sugar to taste • Salt to taste Method: Add all the ingredients and grind them together using water into a fine paste. Serve […]

Ingredients: • 2 Onions (diced) • 1 Tomato (chopped) • 2 cups – Tamarind extract • 1/2 tsp – Red Chilli powder • 1 tsp – Fenugreek seeds • 1/4 cup – Gingili oil • 5 Curry leaves • To Grind: • 2 tbsp – Coriander seeds • 1 tsp – Cumin seeds • 1 […]

Ingredients: • 2 cups – white beans (canned and drained) • 1 – Onion (chopped) • 3 – Tomatoes (chopped) • 2 – Garlic Cloves (minced) • 1 – Carrot (chopped) • 2 – Celery rib (chopped) • 1/2 tsp – dry Thyme leaves • 1 – Bay Leaves • 2 cups – vegetable stock […]

Ingredients: • Method: For the masala: Heat 1 tsp oil and lightly roast peanuts, besan/gram flour, red chilli powder, cumin and coriander powder, hing, curry leaves, dry desiccated coconut, amchoor powder, turmeric powder, sugar, chopped cashew nuts for about 5 mins. Remove from flame and allow to cool a bit, then add sugar and tamarind […]

Ingredients: • 1 cup – Rice (cooked) • 5 tsp – Oil • 1/2 tsp – Jeera • 1/2 tsp – mustard • 1 – Onion (chopped lengthwise) • Curry leaves • Coriander leaves • 1 tsp – Garam Masala • 2 – Red Chilli • 1/2 tsp – chilli powder • 1/4 cup – […]

Ingredients: • 2 cups – basmati Rice • 3.5 cups – water • 1 tsp – Jeera • 1 tsp – oil • Vegetables: • 1 – large Potato • 2 – medium Carrots • 2 – bell peppers • 3 – large Onions • 6 – Plum Tomatoes • 1/4 head – small Cabbage […]

Ingredients: • 500 gms – Paneer • 100 gms – capiscum • 2 tsp – Coriander seeds • 5 – whole Red Chillies • 1/2 tsp – dry Fenugreek leaves (kasuri methi) • 2 – chopped Green chillies • 2 tsp – chopped Ginger • 4 – chopped Tomatoes • 2 tbsp – chopped coriander […]