Ingredients: • 3 tsp – Tea or tea bags • 3 cups – Boiling water • 2 tbsp – Lemon juice • 1 cup – Orange juice • Soda or Lemonade • 1/2 cup – Sugar or Honey • Fresh Mint leaves and slices of Lemon Method: Pour boiling water over tea or tea bags […]

Ingredients: • Methi seeds -1/2 cup • Onions – 4 (Cut finely) • Tomatoes – 3 (Cut finely) • Jaggery – 1 tbsp • Goda Masala (bedekar) – 1 tbsp • Oil – 1 tbsp • Salt to taste. Method: Soak the methi seeds overnight. Next morning remove water and transfer the seeds to a […]

Ingredients: • For the pastry: • 120g – plain flour or wholemeal flour • 60g – Butter • 1 – Egg yolk • 1/4 tsp – baking powder • 1 to 2 tbsp – ice cold water • For the filling: • 3 – Potato (medium sized), cooked and mashed • 1 – Onion (medium […]

Ingredients: • Tamarind, a small ball • 5 pods – Garlic • 1 tsp – cumin • 1/2 tsp – black pepper • 1 – Tomato • Salt to taste • Coriander leaves • Curry leaves • 1/4 tsp – Turmeric powder • 250 ml – water • 1 tsp – oil • 1/2 tsp […]

Ingredients: • 3 tbsps – Ghee / oil • 1 – large onion, thinly sliced • salt to taste • 1 tsp – Red Chilli powder • 2 tsp – freshly ground Coriander seeds • 2 tsp – kasoori Methi • 3 Cloves – garlic, ground • 3/4 cup – smoothened Yoghurt • 2 tbsp […]

Ingredients: • 500g semolina • 125g Butter • 1 can (400 g) – sweetened condensed Milk • Finely chopped Almonds • 3 tbsp Sugar • 5 tbsp Milk powder • 2 tbsp baking powder • juice from 1 Orange • water Method: Preheat oven at 180 degrees. In a large bowl, cream condensed milk, sugar […]

Ingredients: • 2 cups – idli batter • 1/2 cup – finely sliced Coconut • 1/2 cup – finely chopped Coriander leaves • 1/2 tsp – finely chopped Green chillies • Salt to taste • Oil to fry Method: Add all the ingredients except oil to the idli batter. Heat the oil in the kuzhi […]

Ingredients: • 4 cups – raw Rice • 1 cup – Urad Dal • 1 tsp – salt • oil as required Method: Soak the rice and dal separately and wash well after a few hours. Separately grind the rice and dal using the required quantity of water. Mix the rice and dal along with […]

Ingredients: • 1 – Eggplant (big, chopped) • 1 – Onion (chopped) • 2 – Tomatoes (pureed) • 5 – Garlic Cloves (crushed finely) • 1/2 tsp – Mustard Seeds • 1/4 tsp – Urad Dal • Salt • Oil • 3 – Curry leaves • To Grind: • 1 tbsp – Coriander seeds • […]

Delicious Lauki(ghiya) delicacy made in cashewnut paste without onion Ingredients: For Kofta 2 1/2 cups (500 gm) lauki or ghiya (bottlegourd) 3-4 tablespoon besan (gram flour) dry roasted 1 teaspoon red chilli powder 1/2 teaspoon ajwain (carom seeds) 1/4 teaspoon garam masala powder (optional) 1 teaspoon oil Pinch of soda-bi-carbonate (baking powder) Salt to taste […]

Ingredients: • 1 bunch – Palak • 1 tbsp – Tamarind paste • Salt – to taste • 1.5 tbsp – Chilli powder • 4-5 tbsp – Oil • Seasoning: • 1/2 tsp – Mustard- • 1/4 tsp – Fenugreek powder • 1/4 tsp – Asafoetida Method: Wash and grind palak to slightly coarse paste […]

Ingredients: • 500g – Cottage cheese cubes • 2 – diced Potatoes • 1/2 cup – diced Carrots • 1/2 cup – Green peas • 2 tbsp – clarified butter/ghee • 1 – chopped Onion • 1 inch stick – Cinnamon • 4-5 – green Cardamoms • 2-3 – Bay Leaves • 2 cups – […]

Ingredients: • Ingredients for rasam: • Three extracts of Coconut Milk from 2 cups of freshly grated Coconut • Freshly ground rasam powder • 1/2 cup – tur dal (red gram dal) • 1 pinch – Turmeric powder • 1 small Lime sized ball – Tamarind • 1.5 tsp – salt • Curry leaves, a […]

Ingredients: • 1.5 cup – ground dry Pumpkin or Cake Flour • 1.5 cup – maize/tinned Corn drained • 3 eggs • 1.5 cup – Milk • 1.5 tbsp – oil • 1 tin Cream style Corn • 3 tsp – baking powder • 4 cups – self raising flour • pinch of salt Method: […]

Ingredients: • 2 cups – Urad Dal (skinned) • ½ tsp – Cumin seeds • 8 black pepper Corns • 8 to 10 green chilies (finely chopped) • 1€ piece Ginger (finely chopped) • oil for deep frying • salt to taste Method: Soak the dal in water for 3-4 hours. Drain out the water. […]

Ingredients: • 1 cup – moong dhal • 1 cup – Cucumber • Green chillies chopped • 1/2 – Onion • 1 – Tomatoes • Coriander leaves chopped • oil for seasoning • 1/2 tsp – Jeera • 1/2 tsp – mustard • salt to taste • 1- Lime • 1/2 tsp – Turmeric powder […]

Ingredients: • 250 gms. – peas, boiled, drained. • 2 – Potatoes boiled, chopped into cubes. • 1 – small tomato, chopped. • 1 – small capsicum, chopped finely. • 1 stalk – curry leaves. • 1 tsp – coriander leaves, finely chopped. • 1 – Green chilli slit. • 2 tbsp – fresh curds, […]

Ingredients: • 1 cup – semolina (not too fine) • 3-4 cashews, broken • 1 tsp – udad (black) dal • 1/2 tsp – each cumin and Mustard Seeds • 1 stalk Curry leaves • 1 tsp – coriander, chopped • 3 green chillies, chopped • 1 Onion chopped, coarsely • 2 tbsp – oil […]

Ingredients: • 1 cup – Paneer • 3 – bread slices • 1/2 – Potatoes (just for binding) • 1 – Onion finely chopped • 2 tbsp – Coriander leaves • 1 tbsp – Tomato sauce • 1/2 – tbsp rava • 1/2 tsp – Turmeric powder • 1 tsp – chilli powder • oil […]

Ingredients: • 500 g – Paneer • 1.5 cups – Tomato sauce • 2 – onions, cut and peeled into flaps • 2 – capsicums, diced • 1 – Tomato • 1 tbsp – Ginger – Garlic paste • 3/4 tbsp – soya sauce • 1 tbsp – chilli sauce • 1 tbsp – white […]