Ingredients: Paneer: 250 gms, cubed Ingredients to make a paste: Tomatoes: 3, small, finely chopped Onions: 2, small, finely chopped 1 and 1/2 Tsp Ginger-Garlic Paste 2 Tbsps Oil 2 Cloves 1 Green Cardamom, peeled 3-4 Black Peppercorns 1/4 Tsp Jeera (cumin) 4-5 Almonds, sliced Method: Heat the oil in a pan. Add the Jeera,…
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Super quick Coconut Barfi
Ingredients: Freshly grated Coconut: 1 cup Sugar: 3/4th Cup Water: 1/4th Cup Method: Heat a heavy bottomed pan, add the sugar and water and mix well till the sugar dissolves and starts bubbling. Keep stirring till the sugar syrup starts thickening and reaches a 1 string consistency (If you take a drop between your thumb and index…
Onion Chutney
Heat 1 Tsp of Oil in a pan. To this add 1/4 tsp of Mustard Seeds (Rye) 1/4 Tsp Cumin Seeds( Jeera). Wait for them to pop before you add, 7-8 Curry leaves (Kadipatta) 3-4 Dry Red Chillies and about 4-5 medium sized pods of Garlic (peeled) Saute for 2-3 mins. When done, keep…
Peanut Chutney
Dry roast 1 teacup of Peanuts on a slow flame, till they start changing color and emit an aroma. Cool and deskin. In a small kadhai, heat half a Tsp of Oil. To this add 2 slit green chillies and a heaped tsp of whole Dhania seeds. Saute till they change colour. Cool. In a blender…
Eggless Plum Cake (Christmas Cake)
My parents are pure vegetarians. Midway through an extensive baking course I realized that they wouldn’t be able to savor all that I would learning. So after completing the course, I took the same course again, a pure vegetarian version this time. My biggest thrill was being able to bake an eggless Plum Cake…
Eggless Strawberry-Yogurt Cake
Recipe Courtesy: Saffron Trail http://saffrontrail.blogspot.in/2012/03/on-growing-strawberries-and-recipe-for.html Ingredients ¾ cup yogurt ¼ cup milk ¼ cup rice cooking oil ¾ cup sugar 2 generous tablespoons of strawberry or mixed fruit jam 1 tsp Strawberry essence or mixed fruit essence (gives a more fruitier flavour, if you don’t have either, use vanilla extract 1 tsp) …
Tidali (A mix of OF 3 Dals, Channa,Split Green Moon and Split White Urad Dal)
Ingredients: 3 Tbsps Channa Dal 2 Tbsps, Split Green Moong Dal 1 Tbsp, Split White Urad Dal 1 medium sized Onion, chopped fine 1 medium sized Tomato, chopped fine 1 Green Chilly, slit Ginger, a small piece, grated Salt, Turmeric Powder and Red Chilly Powder, all to taste For the Tadka: 1 Tsp Ghee…
Brown Channa
Ingredients: 250 grams, Brown Channa (Wash the channa well and soak overnight. Drain the water the next morning, rinse a couple of times, and keep aside) 2 tbsps Oil ½ tsp, Cumin seeds 2 medium sized Onions, chopped fine. 1 large Tomato, chopped fine. 1 heaped Tsp Ginger-garlic paste 2 cloves A small piece of…
Onion & Yogurt Chutney
Ingredients: I large Onion, sliced lengthwise 1 Tsp Ghee 1 Green Chilly, slit 1 and a 1/2 Tbsp Yogurt (Dahi) A 1 inch piece of Coconut, grated Salt to taste For the Waghar / Chaunk / Tadka: 1/4th Tsp Oil Rye 1 Dry Red chilly A few Curry Leaves Method: Heat ghee in…
Sambhar
Ingredients and Method: Tur Dal: 1 medium sized glass Turmeric: ¼Tsp Salt, to taste Pressure cook the Tur Dal, with 2 and a half to 3 glasses of water, salt and Turmeric, till done. Heat 1 tbsp of Oil, add to it 1/4th tsp of Hing, 1 Tsp Rye, 1Tsp Jeera, ½ Tsp Methi…