Ingredients: • 2 cups – beans, cut diagonally or left whole • 1 – medium onion, sliced thinly • 4 to 5 Cloves – garlic, chopped into very small pieces • 1 tsp – chilli paste • 1 to 2 tbsp – soy sauce( as per taste) • Method: If you are using frozen beans, […]

Ingredients: • 1 kg – pabda fish • Salt to taste • Turmeric powder – 1/2 tsp • 1 bunch – Coriander leaves • 200 g – Mustard oil • 1 tsp – black cumin • 3 – green chillies, slit • For Grinding: • 25 g – yellow Mustard Seeds • 25 g – […]

Ingredients: • 1 cup idli Rice • A fistful of mudakathan keerai • 1/2 tsp Fenugreek seeds • Salt – as needed Method: Soak rice and fenugreek seeds together for 3 hours. Grind rice and keerai along with salt. Allow the batter to ferment for at least 8 hours overnight. Next morning, pour the batter […]

Ingredients: • 1 cup – Sugar • 3 tbsp – Corn flour • 1 litre – Milk • 2 tsp – vanilla essence • 1 cup – fresh strawberries purred Method: Mix the corn flour, vanilla essence and salt in a little water. Boil the milk and sugar. When boiling mix in the corn flour […]

Ingredients: • 1/2 Kg- Pomfret. • 5 Garlic cloves. • Small size Ginger. • 6 green Chillies. • 1 cup- Coriander leaves. • 1/2 tsp- Turmeric powder. • 2 tbsp- grated Coconut. • 1 Onion. • 1 Lemon sized Tamarind. • 1 tsp- Coriander powder. • 1 tbsp- Vegetable oil. • Salt to taste. Method: […]

Gujarat is very popular for its food and the desserts. Doodhpak is one the most famous cuisine of Gujarat and there are so many verities of this dessert dish. Normally, doodhpak is a kind of rice pudding because it is made from rice and milk. But you can’t savor it on your fasting days. So […]

Ingredients: • 1 cup + 2 tbsp. – Wheat flour • 1/2 cup – rolled oats • 3 cups – water • 1 tbsp. – vegetable oil • 1 tbsp. – Flax seeds • 1 tsp – salt • For the Tofu filling: • 1 cup – Tofu (cut in 1/2 inch cubes) • 1 […]

Ingredients: • 250 gms – Whole Wheat flour • 2 cups – chopped Fenugreek leaves • 2 tbsp – Dry Fenugreek leaves • Salt to taste • 2 tbsp – Oil Method: Knead all ingredients with water into a pliable dough, keep aside for 30 mins. Divide the dough into 4 equal size balls. If […]

Ingredients: • Carrots – 3 • Cashewnuts – 15 • Ghee – 1 tbsp • Milk – 5 glass • Sugar – 3/4 glass • Cardamom – 6 • Water – 1 glass Method: Grate the carrots. Fry them in 1 tbsp of ghee till the raw smell goes. When it cools, grind it with […]

Ingredients: • 200 g – whole masoor dal (red lentil de-husked) • 4 – Garlic Cloves (chopped) • 3 – Green chilli (chopped ) • 4 – Tomato (chopped) • 1/2 pinch – asafetida • 1/2 tsp – Nigella seeds • 1/2 tsp – Cumin seeds • 1/2 tsp – Brown Mustard Seeds • Spices: […]

Ingredients: • 1 – ripe Mango • 1.5 cup – Mascarpone Cheese • 2 tbsp – Thick Yogurt • 10 gms – Agar agar pack • 8-10 – Digestive biscuits • 3-4 tbsp – Melted Butter • 1 Cup – Water Method: Take digestive biscuits. Crush them using a roller to form crumbs. Add melted […]

Ingredients: • 1/2 cup – Rajma • 1/2 cup -moong dal (green) • 1/2 cup -white peas • 3 -onion cut into small pieces. • 1/2 cup -tomato cut into small pieces • 1/2 cup -tomato puree • 1/2 tsp – Turmeric powder • 1/2 tsp -chilli powder • 1/2 tsp -curry powder • 1/2 […]

Ingredients: • 4 medium potatoes, peeled • 2 green chillies, finely chopped • 8 to 10 papads • 1.5 level tsp – chilli powder • 2 tbsp – finely chopped fresh Coriander leaves • 1.5 level tsp – Garam Masala • 1.5 level tsp – Sugar • 2 level tsp – chick pea gram flour […]

Ingredients: • 1 cup – shell type Pasta • 1 tbsp – idli podi • 1 tsp – Mustard Seeds • 1 stalk – Curry leaves • 2 – Dried red chilli • 1 tbsp – oil • Salt, to taste Method: Cook the pasta in boiling water, drain and keep separately. Heat oil in […]

Ingredients: • 1 cup – Channa dal • 1/2 cup – tur dal • 3 – Red Chillies (or to taste) • 1 tsp – Fennel seeds • 1/2 tsp – Asafoetida • 1/2 tsp – chaat masala (optional) • 1/2 tsp – Garam Masala (optional) • 1 cup – Drumstick leaves • 1/2 cup […]

Ingredients: • 1 cup – gram flour • Pinch soda bicarb • 1 tsp – hot oil • Salt to taste • Oil for deep frying • 1 stalk – Curry leaves • 1/2 tsp – Red Chilli powder • 2-3 pinches – Turmeric • 3 pinches – citric acid, powdered • 1 tbsp – […]

Ingredients: • 1 cup – radish pieces, chopped • 1 cup – Spring onions chopped (separate white and greens) • 1/8 tsp – Red Chilli powder • 1.5 tbsp – white sesame seeds • 1 small – Star anise • 2 – Green chillies slit • 1 spring – Curry leaves • 1 tsp – […]

Ingredients: • 1 litre – Milk • 1/2 cup – basmati Rice • 1 cup – Sugar Method: Caramelise 1 tbsp of sugar in a pressure cooker. Add 1/2 cup of hot water. Now add the milk and rice. When the milk starts boiling well, close the cooker and cook for 25 minutes. Allow it […]

Ingredients: • 340 g – plain flour • 1.4 tsp – ground Cinnamon powder • 1/4 tsp – ground Nutmeg powder • 1/2 tsp – mixed spice • 75 g – Butter • 180 g – soft Brown sugar • 180 g – sultana • 180 g – black Currants • 150 g – Raisins […]

Ingredients: • Honey dew melon pieces – 1/2 cup • Banana – 1 • Low fat yogurt – 1 cup, chilled • 2 tsp Honey Method: Blend all the ingredients together. Serve chilled