Ingredients: • 1 cup – Basmati Rice • 1 cup – Onion (chopped) • 1 cup – Pineapple pieces • handful – Peas • Salt • 1 tbsp – Oil • 2 tbsp – Ghee • To fry in a drop of oil or Ghee and grind: • 4 – Cloves • 1 tsp – […]

Ingredients: • 4 – medium-sized, firm Capsicums • 1/2 cup – Corn kernels • 1/2 cup – peas • 1/2 cup – cheese, grated • 1/2 tsp – garlic, crushed • 1 – green chilli, crushed • 1 slice – day-old bread • 1 tbsp – Butter • salt to taste Method: Cut top off […]

Ingredients: • Rava or sooji – 1 cup • Ghee – 1 cup • Sugar – 1 cup • Cardamom – 1 tsp • Cashews – 10-15 pieces Method: Roast Rava or sooji until it turns golden brown. Let it cool for few minutes and grind to a very fine powder (like atta). Heat the […]

Ingredients: • Glassware: A short jar • 90 ml – Gin  • 60 ml – White wine  • 10 gm – Fresh Turmeric Paste • 15 ml – Fennel syrup • 30 ml – Freshly made lemonade • Gondoraj to balance taste • Marigold flower to garnish Method: To prepare the Turmeric paste, pound fresh […]

Ingredients: • 1.5 cups – long grain rice, washed & soaked 30 minutes • 1/2 cup – black eyed beans, soaked overnight • 1 onion, finely chopped • 1 tomato, finely chopped • 1/2 tsp – sambhar masala • 1 tsp – Red Chilli powder • 1/4 tsp – Turmeric powder • 1 stalk Curry […]

Ingredients: • 1.5 cups – basmati Rice • 1.5 cups – potatoes, diced • 1 cup – Green peas • 1 cup – carrots, diced • 2 Cloves • 1 stick Cinnamon • 1/2 tsp – Cumin seeds • 1/4 tsp – Asafoetida • 1/2 tsp – Turmeric powder • 1 tsp – Red Chilli […]

Ingredients: • 4 slices – brown bread • 1 cup – soya granules • 1 Onion – chopped • 1- capsicum, chopped • 1 tsp – green chillies, chopped • 1 tsp – garlic, chopped • 1 tbsp – oil • 2 low fat cheese slices • 2 tbsp – Tomato ketchup • Salt Method: […]

Ingredients: • 175 g – Carrots • 175 g – white Cabbage • 125 g – Bean sprouts • 1 Onion • 2 Cloves – Garlic • 1 – fresh root ginger, peeled • 4 Celery sticks • 4 tbsp – oil • 2 tsp – soya sauce • 2 tsp – Vinegar • 1 […]

Ingredients: • For dhoklis: • 1 cup – Wheat flour • 1 tsp – Red Chilli powder • Salt – to taste • 1/2 tsp – Cumin seeds • 1/2 tsp – Garam Masala powder • 1 tsp – Ghee • Water – as per need • For dal: • 1/2 cup Toor Dal • […]

Ingredients: • 2 cups – jaggery, powdered • 1 1/2 cups – Rice flour • 1 cup – Bengal Gram (chana) dal • 1/2 cup – green gram (moong) dal • 1/4 cup – Ghee • 1/2 tsp – Cardamom powder Method: Roast both the dals till they turn golden brown. Cool and powder the […]

Ingredients: • For the chhole masala: Ghee – 2 tbsp • Cumin seeds – 1 tsp • Onions, chopped – 280 gms • Ginger paste – 4 tsp • Garlic paste – 1 tbsp • Chilli powder – 2 tsp • Tomato paste – 150 ml • Chickpeas, soaked overnight and boiled with 1.5 tsp […]

Ingredients: • 2 cups – rolled oats • 1.5 cups – All-purpose flour • 1 cup – Banana puree • 3/4 cup – Maple syrup • 1 tsp – Baking soda • 1 tsp – Baking powder • 1/2 cup – Butter (melted) • 1/2 cup – Milk Method: Mix flour, rolled oats, baking powder […]

Ingredients: • Boiled rice-1 cup • Tur Dal-1/4 cup • Urad Dal-1/4 cup • Channa Dal-1/4 cup • Moong Dal-1/4 cup • Curd-1/4 cup • Ginger-a bit • Green Chillies-3 • Black Pepper Powder-1 tsp • Salt-to taste • Oil-1 tsp • Ghee-1 tsp • Cashew nuts-a few Method: Soak rice and dals in water […]

Ingredients: • 1 – coconut, grated • 3 to 4 – small Onions • 1 tsp – coriander leaves, finely chopped • 1/2 tsp – chopped Green chillies • 1.5 tsp – Tamarind pulp • 5 – Curry leaves • 1/2 tbsp – Cumin seed powder • A pinch – black pepper powder • 1 […]

Ingredients: • 250 g – Garlic Cloves (outer husk removed) • 120ml – til oil • 1 tsp – Haldi • 1.5 tbsp – Red Chilli powder • Juice from 4 medium limes • 1.5 tbsp – salt • 2 tsp – mustard powder (dry fried and powdered) • 1/2 tsp – Methi powder (dry […]

Ingredients: • 100 g – thick poha. • 100 g – pasta. • 50 g – rajma. • 1 tbsp – Pasta sauce. • Salt to taste. • 1 cup – coriander or Parsley leaves. • oil for cooking. Method: Soak the poha. Boil the pasta and rajma separately. Heat 1 tbsp oil in a […]

Ingredients: • 1 – medium sized Onion • 1/2 tsp – Coriander leaves • 1/4 tsp – cumin • 1/8 tsp – black pepper • 1 red – chilli • 1/2 tsp – Urad Dal • 1/2 tsp – Tamarind paste • A little of Curry leaves • 1 tsp – oil • Salt to […]

Ingredients: • 1/2 kg – Beetroot • 1 tsp – Mustard Seeds • 1 tbsp – black gram dal • 1 tsp – Cumin seeds • 2 – Red Chillies • A pinch of Asafoetida • Salt to taste • Oil for frying Method: Wash and peel the beetroots using peeler and slice them. Heat […]

Ingredients: • 2 cups – Basmati Rice • 4 cups – Coconut Milk • 1 tbsp – Urad Dal • 3 tbsp – split yellow moong dal • 6 – dry Red Chillies • A few sprigs – Curry leaves • 3 tbsp – salted Peanuts (crushed lightly) • Oil as required • Salt to […]

Ingredients: • Almonds – 50 • Bread slices – 3 • Milk – 500 ml • Powdered Glucose – 20 tsp • Saffron Method: Soak the almonds in hotwater for 30 minutes. Peel them, add half-a-tumbler of water and grind them well. Remove crusts from the bread slices. Pour 6 tbsp of milk over them […]