Ingredients: • Groundnut Oil – 250 ml • Dried Chilli flakes – 1 tsp • Dried Birds Eye Chilli (unnakka Kandaari) – 5 – 8 nos Method: Heat Oil till bubbling. Remove from flame. Allow to cool completely. Toast dried Chilli flakes for 30 – 90 seconds in a hot pan, be careful not to […]

Ingredients: • 1/2 kg – Potatoes • salt to taste Method: Parboil the potatoes. Add salt while boiling. Strain the water out immediately after par boiling the potatoes. When they cool down, peel the potatoes. Cut into thin wafers. Arrange them in a polyethylene sheet or on a thali. Dry them in direct sunlight. Fry […]

Ingredients: • 2 cups – button Mushrooms (chopped) • 1/2 cup – Green peas • 1/4 cup – frozen Methi leaves • 1 – Onion (big and chopped) • 1 tsp – Fennel seeds (crushed) • 1 tsp – ginger-garlic paste • 1 tsp – chilli powder • 1 tbsp – coriander powder • Salt […]

Ingredients: • 2 tbsp Coffee Powder • 2 packets Glucose Biscuits • 1 tin Condensed Milk • 2 small cups Cream • 1 cup – Fresh Fruits (Bananas, Grapes, Mangos, Chikoos, Oranges) • Nuts and Cherries for taste Method: Heat 2 cups water, add coffee powder and cool slightly. Take a Borosil dish, mix the […]

Ingredients: • 3/4 cup – plain flour • 4 – Chicken breasts, skinned and boneless • Salt and pepper – to taste • 3 tbsp – oil • For Apricot Ginger sauce: • 1 – Chicken stock cube, crumbled • 200 g – dried Apricot • 2 cups – water • 1 tbsp – Ginger […]

Ingredients: • 12 – small Brinjals • 2 – Onion (big) • 3 – Tomatoes (small) • 1.5 tsp – Jeera • 8 to 10 – Red Chillies • 12 – Cashew nuts • Salt to taste • Coriander leaves Method: Add 3 to 4 tsp of oil in kadai. Add cashew nuts, jeera and […]

Ingredients: • 500g – small Potatoes • 3 tsp – zaika masala • 1 cup – Tomato puree • 1 tsp – Cumin seeds • ginger, chopped • 3 – green chilli, chopped • Coriander leaves • half cup – water • 1 tsp – oil Method: Wash the potatoes and place them in a […]

Ingredients: • 1 cup – Bengal Gram • 1 cup – Urad Dal skinned • 1 tsp – Cumin seeds • 2 stalks Curry leaves • 6 dry Red Chillies • 1/2 tsp – chilli powder (if required) • 1/2 tsp – asafetida • 1/4 tsp – Sugar • 1 tsp – salt (or to […]

Ingredients: • For coriander pesto: 2 cups – Coriander leaves • 1/2 cup – Parsley leaves • 3 tbsp – Almond powder • 5 – Garlic Cloves • 3 – Green chillies (chopped) • 1/4 cup – Olive oil • 1/4 cup – grated parmesan cheese • 1 tbsp – Lime juice • salt to […]

Ingredients: • Raw Mango – 1 • Jaggery – to taste • Fenugreek seeds – 1 tsp • Asafetida – 1/4 tsp • Turmeric – a pinch • Salt • Dry grated Coconut – 1/2 cup • Red Chilli powder -1/2 to 1 tsp Method: Peel the raw mango and grate it. Roast fenugreek seeds […]

Ingredients: • 2 cups- vanilla wafer crumbs • 6 tbsp – parkay margarine, melted • 1 – 14 ounce bag Kraft caramels • 1 – 5 ounce can evaporated Milk • 1 cup – chopped pecans, toasted • 2 – 8 ounce packages Cream cheese, softened • 1/2 – cup Sugar • 1 tsp – […]

Ingredients: • 2 – potatoes, scrubbed and boiled • 1 – small Cauliflower • 1 tsp – coriander, finely chopped • 5-7 – Mint leaves, finely chopped • 1 – green chilli, finely chopped • 1/2 tsp – chaat masala • salt to taste • 1/2 tsp – Lemon juice • 2 tbsp – oil […]

Ingredients: • For pastry: • 2.5 cups – all-purpose flour • 1/2 cup – shortening, cut into pieces • 1/2 tsp – salt • 6 tbsp – cold butter, cut into pieces • 4 – 8 tbsp – cold water • For filling: • 2 cups – Cranberries • 1 cup – superfine Sugar • […]

Ingredients: • 2 – medium carrots, well chopped • 1 – Onion chopped • 10 – Garlic cloves, chopped • 2 – green chillies, chopped • 1/2 cup – besan • 1/2 cup Wheat flour • Salt as per taste • Some green coriander, well chopped • 4 tsp – Mustard oil • 1 cup […]

Ingredients: • 12 – whole-wheat digestive biscuits • 200 gms – white chocolate • 200 gms – low fat Cream cheese • 100 gms – low fat creme fraiche • 100 gms – dark chocolate • 3 tbsp – melted Butter • 1 tsp – vanilla extract • Few wafer biscuits and fresh fruits to […]

Ingredients: • 250 g – Peanuts • 200 g – soft Jaggery • 2 tbsp – water • 1 tsp – Ghee Method: Dry roast peanuts till aroma exudes. Rub down in a thick cloth to remove papery skin. Blow out and clean skin. Coarsely crush peanuts or just keep them halved. Heat jaggery and […]

Ingredients: • 500 gm – Coriander leaves • 50 gm – Spinach leaves • 1 tsp – roasted sesame • 1 tbsp – grated fresh Coconut • 1 tbsp – roasted Khus Khus • 100 gm – besan flour • Salt – as per taste • 100 gm – bread crumbs • Oil -2 tbsp […]

Ingredients: • 1 cup – all purpose flour • 1/4 cup – cold margarine • 1 (8 ounce) pack – light Cream cheese, softened • 2 tbsp – heat-stable granular Sugar substitute • 1 (8 ounce) container – reduced-fat frozen whipped topping, thawed, divided • 1.5 cups – cold skimmed Milk • 1 (1.4 ounce) […]

Ingredients: • 160 g -flour • 100 g-butter • 40 g -cocoa powder • 397 g- condensed Milk • 1 tsp -baking powder • 1 tsp- vanilla essence • 1/2 cup -mixed crushed nuts • 2 tbsp- Milk Method: Preheat oven at 180 C. Grease baking dish. Sieve all dry ingredients. Cream butter and condensed […]

Ingredients: • 1 big – chicken, clean and cut into 12 pieces • 600 g – long grain rice, wash and drain • 960 ml – Chicken stock • 3 nips – garlic, chopped finely • 1/2 – Chicken cube (optional) • 2 – screw pine leaves, knotted (optional) • 2 tbsp – Chicken lard/oil […]