Ingredients: • 150g – beans • 1/2 cup – thoor dal • 1/4 cup – Chana dal • salt, to taste • 3 or 4 – red chillies • Asafoetida • 2 tsp – oil • 1 tsp – mustard Method: Soak the dals in water for one hour. Cut the beans and cook it. […]

Ingredients: • 1/2 kg – baby Potatoes • 2 tbsp – Mint and Pumpkin seeds powder • 1 tsp – coriander powder • 1 tsp – Cumin seeds • a few Curry leaves • salt to taste • oil as needed Method: Cook the baby potatoes separately in water with enough salt until they turn […]

Ingredients: • 200 gms – Cauliflower florets • 1 tbsp – oil • 1 bunch – Onion • 6 Cloves – garlic, finely chopped • 1/2-inch piece – ginger, finely chopped • 3 tbsp – Maggi black pepper mix • 1/4 cup – water Method: Wash and clean cauliflower florets. Heat 1 tbsp oil in […]

Ingredients: • 1 – ripe Pineapple • 1/2 cup – chopped Dates • 2 tbsp – Tamarind pulp • 1/2 cup – Sugar or Jaggery • 1 tsp – Turmeric powder • 1 tsp – chilli powder • salt to taste • few – Curry leaves • 1 tbsp – oil • 3 – broken […]

Ingredients: • 1 small Carrot • 1 florrette Cauliflower • 1/2 Capsicum • 2-3 French beans • 1 Onion • 1 small piece Cabbage • 1/2 tsp – soya sauce • 1/2 tsp – each grated Ginger and Garlic • 1/4 tsp – crushed Red Chilli • salt to taste • 1/2 tsp – Sugar […]

Ingredients: • pre-boiled spaghetti (unsalted) (readily available in the markets) • 3 to 4 scoops – vanilla or Pistachio ice Cream • 1/2 cup – cold Milk • rose syrup or rooh afza (according to taste) • crushed ice • a few tbsp – preset jello (optional) • assorted fruits chopped (pineapple, peaches, Banana etc.) […]

Ingredients: • For salad: • 2 tbsps – finely chopped cucumber. • 1 tomato, finely chopped. • 1/2 green chilli, finely chopped. • 1 tbsp – finely chopped onion. • Coriander leaves, chopped. • 3 tbsp – peanuts, broken. • 1 tsp – desiccated coconut. • 1/2 tsp – grated ginger. • Salt to taste. […]

Ingredients: • 2 cups – sabodana • 2 big Potatoes • For Tempering: • ¼ cup – coarse Peanut powder (the Peanuts have to be roasted first and then coarsely pounded) • 4 tbsp – grated Coconut • 3 tbsp – finely chopped Coriander leaves • 2 tbsp – Ginger chilli paste • ½ tsp […]

Ingredients: • 1 cup – rava • 2 – Onion • 3 – Tomatoes • 3 Cloves – Garlic | 3 – Green chillies • 2 – Cardamom • 2 – Cloves • 1 small piece – Cinnamon • Oil, to fry • 1 tsp – mustard • 1/2 tbsp – Ghee • 1 tsp […]

Ingredients: • 250 g – long Green chilli peppers • 2 tbsp – roasted Peanut powder • 2 tbsp – grated fresh Coconut • salt to taste • 2 tsp – chaat masala • Oil for cooking • 100 g – Curd Method: Slit the chilli peppers from the sides and remove the seeds. Heat […]

Ingredients: • Toss together: • 1 cup – Paneer cubes (1/2″x1/2″) • 1/4 tsp- each Garlic & Ginger pastes • 1/2 tsp- pepper powder • 1/2 tsp- Lemon juice • salt to taste • Mix to a paste: • 2 tbsp- Corn flour • 2 tbsp- plain flour • 3 tbsp- water • salt to […]

Ingredients: • 3 tbsp (45-50 g) – grated Coconut • 6 Garlic cloves, chopped and crushed • 3/4 tsp – Red Chilli powder • 1/4 tsp – Turmeric powder • Mix all the above ingredients well and keep aside (do not mix with water) • 1 cup – kulithu (horse gram) • 2 tsp – […]

Ingredients: • 2 – radishes • 2 – green Capsicums • 1 – big Carrot • 1/4 cup – finely chopped green Onions • Salt as per taste • Freshly ground black pepper • 2 tbsp – Olive oil • 2 tbsp – Lemon juice Method: Grate radish, capsicum and carrot. Mix all the ingredients […]

Ingredients: • 1/2 kg – sun dried red berries • 250 gms – Jaggery • 1 tbsp – aniseeds • 1 tbsp – cumin seeds, boil and pound coarsely • 1/2 tsp – Fenugreek seeds • 1/2 tsp – Mustard Seeds • 1/2 tsp – nigealla seeds • 1 tbsp – chilli powder • 1 […]

Ingredients: • 1 bunch – Methi leaves • 1/2 cup – Toor Dal or Channa dal soaked in water for about 2-3 hours • 1 cup – fresh, grated Coconut • 1 – Green chilli • 1 tsp – Jeera • 1/2 tsp – Mustard Seeds • 3 to 4 – Curry leaves • 1 […]

Ingredients: • Oil – 2 tsp • Mustard Seeds – 1 tsp • Curry leaves – 1 sprig • Asafoetida Powder – a pinch • Tomatoes – 1 chopped. • Black pepper – 2 tsp • Cumin seeds – 3 tsp • Red Chillies – 3 large chillies • Turmeric powder – 1/2 tsp • […]

Ingredients: • 2 – medium size Onions • 6 to 7 – Green chillies • Tamarind • cumin • mustard • salt to taste Method: In a pan, take oil and add cumin, mustard, cubed onions, tamarind, salt and green chillies. Cover and cook on low flame till the onions are light brown. Once onions […]

Ingredients: • 1/2 cup – Urad Dhal • 1/4 cup – Channa Dhal • 1/4 cup – Horse gram (Kollu) • 8 Curry Leaf (washed and dried) • 1/2 tbsp – Black Sesame Seeds • 1/2 tbsp – White(washed) Sesame Seeds • 1 tsp – Asafetida • 10 Red Chilli or adjust to your taste […]

Ingredients: • 2 cups – Ridge gourd pieces • 1/4 tsp – Mustard Seeds • 2 – Dry Red Chillies • 1/4 cup – Ground Peanuts • Curry leaves • Salt • Oil Method: Heat oil in a kadai, add the mustard seeds, curry leaves and dry red chillies and let them crack. Add the […]

Ingredients: • 3 cups – water • 2 cups – boiled Milk • 1 cup – crushed vermicelli • 1 cup – Sugar • 2 tbsps – Ghee • 4 tbsps – sliced Cashewnuts • 2 tbsp – golden Raisins • 1 tbsp – all purpose flour • 1/2 tsp – Cardamom power • 2 […]