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Ingredients: Chicken: 1/2 Kg (cleaned and washed) Plain Dahi / Yogurt / Curd: 1 Cup Ginger-Garlic paste: 2 Tsp Red Chilly Powder: 3/4th Tsp Haldi (Turmeric powder): a little over 1/4th Tsp Garam Masala: 1/2 Tsp Dhania Powder (Coriander powder): 3/4th Tsp Freshly ground Black Pepper powder: 1/2 Tsp Salt, to taste 1…
Serves 4 Ingredients , for the Khandvi: Besan/Gram flour: 1/2 Cup Buttermilk: 2 cups (mix 1 cup water+1cup curd, if you don’t have buttermilk) Ginger-Green Chilly, crushed finely: 1 Tsp Haldi/Turmeric Powder: 1/2 Tsp Lemon Juice: 2 Tsp Salt, to taste Ingredients for the Tadka: Oil: 2 Tsp Hing/Asafoetida: 1/4th Tsp Rye/Mustard Seeds: 1/2 Tsp…
Serves 1 Ingredients: 2 Tbsp Milkmaid 2 Tbsp Filter Coffee Decoction, of your choice 1 Glass Lots of crushed Ice Method: Pour the milkmaid into the glass Add the coffee decoction to it and stir well, till they both mix Add crushed ice to this and stir together. Enjoy!
Serves 1 Ingredients 2 eggs 1 small onion, chopped very fine 1 small tomato, chopped fine (keep aside a little for the garnish) Turmeric Powder, a generous pinch Ginger-garlic paste, ½ tsp Green chilles, 2 medium sized, chopped very fine Milk, 2 tbsps Pepper and salt, to taste Butter/Ghee, ½ tsp Oil, 1…
Daddojanam is an Andhra Style Curd Rice. Or as I refer to it as, ‘Curd Rice all dressed up fancy’ . Made on festivals and auspicious occasions, the addition of Pomegranate and a special tempering / tadka makes this a delicacy. Ingredients 1 Cup slightly over-cooked Rice 1 and 1/2 to 2 Cups plain…
Ingredients: 3 Cups Milk 1 Cup Sugar 1 Cup Milk powder 1 Cup Curd 1/2 Cup Ghee *The ratio is always 3:1 and half for the Ghee, irrespective of what vessel you use for measuring the ingredients* Method: Heat the milk in a heavy-bottomed pan. Once it starts boiling, add…
Makes 18 medium sized Pedha’s Ingredients: 160 ml/a little less than half a can of Nestle Milkmaid 1 cup Milk Powder 2 Tbsps Ghee Method: In a bowl, add all the ingredients. Mix very well. Heat a heavy bottomed pan, and add the above mix. On the lowest flame, keep stirring the mix till it…
Day 7- Candy floss memories Enveloping hugs. Lingering kisses. Clinking glasses. Talking till the sun rose. Spooning to sleep. Waking up together. The foot-tapping wait. The sparkle in the eye at his sight. Fingers entwined. Shopping up a storm. Cooking fragrant meals. Feeding each other. Playful tiffs over the crossword. Bantering at the shops. Talking…
Day 7- Their hands shook Their love story defied all love stories. How difficult it had been to convince everyone. How liberating it had been when no one agreed. Now they had no one else, just each other. She, 83. He, 79. Sunset Boulevard Senior Citizens Home. Their hands shook as they held the knife…