Ingredients: • For the cover: • 1 cup – Rice flour • 1.25 cups – water • A pinch of salt • 1-2 tsp – vegetable oil or Ghee • For the Jaggery Coconut filling (Vella poornam): • 1 cup – fresh coconut, grated • 3/4 cup – jaggery, powdered • A pinch of Cardamom […]

Ingredients: • 25 -spaghetti • 1 tbsp – oil • 1 -onion, finely sliced or Spring onion • 8 -garlic cloves, finely chopped • 8- French beans, cut into 1 – inch thin slices • 2- carrots, cut into 1- inch thin slices (or any other 1/2 cup – vegetables of your choice, like capsicum, […]

Ingredients: • 150 g – Cauliflower florets (12 florets) • 1 cup ( 200 ml ) – water • 1/2 tsp – salt • For Coconut paste: • 1 cup (75 g ) – coconut, grated • 5 – 6 dried Red Chillies, dry roast Red Chillies in 1/2 tsp – oil for 5 minutes […]

Ingredients: • For Sugar Snap Biscuits: • 100 gm – caster Sugar • 100 gm – Butter • 100 gm – goldklare syrup or golden syrup • 90 gm – plain flour • For spun Sugar basket: • Castor Sugar – 100 g • 100 ml – boiling water • 1/2 tsp – Lemon juice […]

Ingredients: • 2 cups – Maida • 3/4 cup – desiccated Coconut • 1 cup – Sugar • 1/2 tsp – baking soda • 1 cup – Butter • 1/2 tsp – Cardamom • A few – Raisins Method: Melt the butter, add this to the ingredients (except raisins) and mix well. Make small balls […]

Ingredients: • 1 cup – all-purpose flour • 1 tsp – baking powder • 75 g – Butter • 1 tsp – vanilla essence • 200 ml – condensed Milk • 1.5 cups – Milk • 1 tbsp – coco powder • 2 tbsp – Instant espresso powder • 1 tsp – ground Cinnamon • […]

Ingredients: • 3/4 kg. lady’s fingers • 3 tbsp – Mango powder (amchur) • 3 tbsp – Cumin seed powder • 1 tsp – chilli powder • 1/2 tsp – Turmeric powder • 3 tbsp – fresh coconut, grated • 1/2 cup coriander leaves, chopped • 1 tsp – caramelized Sugar • 4 tbsp – […]

Ingredients: • 1 can – Garbanzo beans/ Chickpeas • 1/3rd – the water from the can • 4 tbsp – Lime juice • 1 to 2 tbsp – Tahini (if available) • 2 Cloves – Garlic • 1/4 tsp – Cumin powder (optional) • a pinch – Red Chilli powder/ cayenne powder • Salt to […]

Ingredients: • For the filling: • Any leftover filling of your choice – veg or non-veg • For pastry: • 1 cup – all-purpose flour • 1 – Egg • 25g – cold Butter • 1/2 tsp – salt • 1 tsp – sesame seeds • 1/2 tsp – oil • 1 tsp – Butter […]

Ingredients: • Dosa batter – As much as required • 1 – Cauliflower, cut into bite-sized florets • 1 – Onion, chopped finely • 1 tbsp – Ginger-garlic paste • 2 – Tomatoes, chopped roughly • 1 tsp – Turmeric powder • 1 tsp – Chilli powder • 1 tsp – Coriander powder • 1 […]

Ingredients: • Sugar – 1 cup • Water – 1/3 cup • Milk powder – 1 cup • Cocoa – 4 tbsp • White Butter -1 tbsp. Method: Sieve the milk powder and cocoa powder together. Heat water and sugar in a heavy bottom pan, stirring constantly till it reaches one string consistency. Remove from […]

Ingredients: • 3 cups – Vegetables (Bottle gourd/Carrot/Cabbage) • Green chillies – according to taste • 1/2 cup – coconut, grated • Pepper – A few for flavour • Green gram – 200 g • Curry leaves – A few • Coriander leaves – Fresh bunch • Salt to taste • Mustard and Cumin seeds […]

Ingredients: • 2 tsp – oil • 1 – Bay Leaf • 1/2 tsp – Mustard Seeds • 2 – red chillies, broken • 2 – tomatoes, finely chopped • 2 tbsp – Raisins • 3/4 tsp – Kashmiri Red Chilli powder • 1 tbsp – jaggery, melted and sieved • 1/2 tsp – salt […]

Ingredients: • 1/2 cup – Cake Flour • 1/2 cup – all purpose flour • 1 cup – semolina • 1 cup – clarified butter, chilled • Method: Preheat oven to 275 degrees F. Sift together the cake flour, all-purpose flour, semolina and set aside. Beat the butter until it turns fluffy. Then beat for […]

Ingredients: • 1/2 cup – Pasta • 1 – Tomato chopped roughly • Garlic – 3 pods halved • 1/2 – Red bell pepper medium sized • 1/2 tsp – Chilli flakes • Italian Seasoning / Black Pepper a pinch • 2 tsp – Olive oil • Cheese for garnish • Salt to taste Method: […]

Ingredients: • 1/2 cup – Channa dal • 1/2 cup – Toor Dal • 1/2 tsp – Fennel seeds • 5 – Red Chilli • 1 cup – finely grated Beetroot • 2 – finely chopped Onion • 1/4 tsp – Asafoetida • Salt to taste • Few Curry leaves • Oil for Deep frying […]

Ingredients: • For the pastry: • 250 g – flour • A pinch salt • 125 g -diced unsalted Butter(I used salted Butter and omitted salt) • 1 tsp – cold water • 1- Egg • For the filling: • 15 g – unsalted Butter • 1/2 tbsp – Lemon juice • 65 g – […]

Ingredients: • 10 to 15 – Sambar Onion (pearl onion) • 8 to 10 – Garlic flakes • 1 – Tomato (medium size) • Tamarind, Lemon size • 1/4 tsp – Turmeric powder • 2 tsp – salt or as per taste • To grind: • 5 to 6 – Red Chillies • 1 tsp […]

Ingredients: • Small, round, tender Eggplant – 10-12 (cut into 4 with or without stem) • 1 cup – Peeled, small Onions • 1 cup – Chopped, Tomato • Peeled, Garlic pods – 20 • 1.5 tbsp – Tamarind paste – soaked in water • For masala powders: • 1/4 tsp – Turmeric powder • […]

Ingredients: • For the dough: • 250 g – flour • 130 ml – water • 50 g – melted Butter • 3/4 tsp – salt • For the floured butter: • 215 g -butter • 85 g – flour • For the cinnamon-sugar palmiers: • 1 cup – Sugar • 1 tsp – Cinnamon […]