Ingredients: • 1 cup – basmati Rice (washed and soaked for 30 minutes) • 1 cup – shelled Green peas (fresh or frozen) • ½ cup – small soya chunks • 2 Onions (finely sliced) • 1 tsp – Cumin seeds • 2 piece Cinnamon • 2 black Cardamoms (peeled) • 5 to 6 green […]

Ingredients: • 1 kg – firm, just ripe, Tomatoes • 1 kg Sugar • 2 tbsp Lime juice • 1 tsp Lemon or Orange peel • 3 sticks Cinnamon • 4 Cloves Method: Blanch the tomatoes in hot water and remove the skin. Cut into quarters and simmer together with the sugar, cinnamon, cloves, lime […]

Ingredients: • 1 cup – Spinach chopped fine, boiled, drained • 2 cups – tied Curd • 2 cups Milk • 1 tsp- cumin powder • 1 small green chilli, grated • salt to taste • 2 tsp – ground Sugar • 1/4 tsp- black salt powdered • 1/2 tbsp- coriander, chopped finely Method: Tie […]

Ingredients: • 2 piece of bread slice • 1 tbsp-grated cheese • 1 tbsp-grated panner • 1-chopped Green chilli • 1 pod- Garlic • 1/2 inch-ginger • 1 sprig- daniya patha • 1/2 cup- besan batter • 1 tsp-chat masala • salt to taste • oil to fry Method: Roll bread like chapati. Mix cheese, […]

Ingredients: • 250 g – tur dal • 1/2 tsp – Methi seeds • 2 tsp – chopped, Coriander leaves • 8 Red Chilli • 1 tsp – Jeera • 8 pepper Corn • 1 small onion, chopped • 2 tsp + 1 tbsp – oil (or less) • 1 tsp – thick Tamarind paste […]

Ingredients: • Carrots – 4 (grated) • Moong dal – 1/4 cup, soaked in water for 1/2 hour • Coconut (grated) – 2 tbsp • Mustard Seeds – 1 tsp • Urad Dal – 1 tsp • Hing Asafoetida – 1 tsp • Green chillies – 2 (slit) • Curry leaves and Coriander leaves for […]

Ingredients: • 1 big – Raw banana • 1 cup – Curd (should be sour to taste) • Turmeric powder, a pinch • 5-6 – dry Red Chillies • 1 tbsp – urad dhal • 5-6 tbsp – oil • Salt to taste Method: Peel the banana and cut into slices. In a bowl, soak […]

Ingredients: • 2 – onion, medium (cut fine) • Lime sized – tamarind, soaked in enough water to cover it fully • 5 – dry Red Chillies (or according to taste) • 2.5 tsp – split or whole black gram lentil (urad dal) • 1/4 tsp – Asafoetida (hing) • 2 tsp – oil • […]

Ingredients: • 250 g – chopped ripe Papaya • 2 tbsp – Sugar • 2 tbsp – rose water • 500ml – water Method: Grind the chopped papaya, using water, in the mixer. Add rose water and sugar. Then grind again Pour into a glass and add crushed ice Enjoy this healthy drink. Recipe courtesy […]

Ingredients: • For Dough: 2.5 cups – Wheat flour. • 1 stalk – curry leaves. • 3 – green chillies. • 1 – sprig Mint leaves. • salt to taste| For Filling: • 1 cup – green peas, boiled. • 3 – green chillies. • 1 tbsp. – Coriander leaves finely chopped. • 1 inch […]

Ingredients: • 2 cups – fresh Bean sprouts • 1 sprig spring onions, finely chopped • 1 small capsicum, finely chopped • 2 green chillies, finely chopped • 1 tbsp – coriander leaves, finely chopped • 1/2 tsp – ginger, finely chopped • 1/4 tsp – garlic, finely chopped • 1 tbsp – Vinegar brown […]

Ingredients: • 1.5 cups – Rice • 1/2 cup – husked green gram • Salt • 1/4 tsp – Turmeric powder • 7-peppercorns • 2- green Cardamoms • 1 tbsp -oil • 5 cups – water Method: Take the rice and husked green gram together in a vessel, wash well and soak for 15 minutes, […]

Ingredients: • Tur dal – 1 cup • Oil – 2 tbsp • Onion – 1 • Ginger paste – 1/2 tsp • Garlic paste – 1 tsp • Tomato(diced or paste) – 3 tbsp • Tamarind – 6-8 pieces (not paste) • Red Chilli powder – 1 tsp • Turmeric – 1/2 tsp • […]

Ingredients: • 1/2 cup – Millet • 1 cup – Thoor dal • 1 tbsp oil • 1/4 tsp – Turmeric • 1 tsp – Ghee • 2 tsp sambar powder • 1 cup – mixed vegetables • 1/4 tsp – Mustard Seeds • 1/4 Urad dhal • 10 – Cashewnuts • Few Curry leaves […]

Ingredients: • 1 cup – tomato, finely chopped • 4 – green chillies, slit • 2 tbsp – Lime juice • 2 tbsp – coriander leaves, chopped • 2 tbsp – Ghee or oil • 2 tsp – garlic, chopped and crushed • 1 tsp – mustard • 1/2 tsp – Cumin seeds • 1/2 […]

Ingredients: • 1 cup groundnuts • 6 dry Red Chillies • 2 tsps Urad Dal (black gram) • 1/2 tsp methi/fenugreek • 1/2 tsp Mustard Seeds • 1 pinch of Hing (asafoetida) • 1/2 tbsp Canola or other vegetable oil • 1 tsp Tamarind paste • Salt to taste Method: Fry the groundnuts (not in […]

Ingredients: • Lemon sized Tamarind • 1 tsp – Rice flour • 1 tbsp – tur dal • 4 tbsp – vathal – either Manathakkali or Sundakkai (vathals are dried in sun) available in all grocery stores • Salt to taste • 1 tsp – Jaggery • 1 tsp – Mustard Seeds • 1 tsp […]

Ingredients: • 1/2 cup – thick Tamarind pulp • 1/2 cup – jaggery, grated • 1/2 tsp – cumin seeds, crushed • 1 – green chilli, finely chopped • 1 tbsp – coriander leaves, finely chopped • 1/2 cup – onions, finely chopped • 1/2 tsp – chilli powder • 2 pinches – black salt, […]

Ingredients: • 1 cup – long grain Rice • 1 cup – Coconut Milk • 1 tbsp – broken cashew bits • 3 green chillies, slit • 1 stalk Curry leaves • 1/2 tsp each of cumin and Mustard Seeds • 1 tsp – Urad Dal • 2 tbsp – grated fresh Coconut • 1 […]

Ingredients: • 500 g – Cottage cheese • 300 g – peas boiled and mashed • 2 cups – Wheat flour • salt • Turmeric powder, a pinch • 1 tsp – Red Chilli powder • 1/2 tsp – amchoor/dry Mango powder • chopped, coriander • 1 Green chilli Method: Crush the paneer and add […]