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….
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Kandi Pedha
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…
Shahi Paneer
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…
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…
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…
Overnight Oats or Bircher Muesli
I first tasted Bircher Muesli at breakfast at the ITC Grand Chola in Chennai in December 2012. I loved it so much that I began googling the recipes for the same. After trying out a few, I came up with my own, and here it is. Caution: This recipe has…
Healthy Breakfast: Daliya (Broken Wheat/Lapsi) Upma
Ingredients: Dalia: 1 katori Water: 1 and ½ katori Curd: 4-5 tsp ½ of each, Onion, French beans and Carrot: Finely chopped Oil ½ tsp Curry Leaves: 4-5 Rye: 1/4th tsp Green chilies: 2 slit Salt, to taste Method: Boil/Pressure cook (2-3 whistles) the Daliya with water and keep…
Instant Kadhi
Ingredients for the Kadhi: 1 cup dahi 1 ½ cup Water, or as per desired consistency 2 heaped tsps Besan 1/4th tsp Turmeric powder Red Chilly powder and salt, to taste Ginger 1 inch piece, peeled and crushed For the Tempering: Oil 1 tsp Hing, Rye, Jeera, Kadipatta leaves…
Kalakand – A Creamy Milk Fudge
Ingredients: Paneer – ½ kg Milkmaid – 1 tin Dairy Whitener – 2 heaped Tbsps Cardamom Powder – 1/4 th Tsp Finely sliced Pistachios and Almonds for garnishing Method: Mash Paneer till granular, leaving no lumps. Add the Milkmaid and Dairy Whitener to it and mix them all…
Pakodewali Kadhi
Pakodewali Kadhi is one of my absolute favourite! The recipe may seem lengthy and complicated when you look at it, but take my word for it, it is not a difficult recipe at all. Ingredients: Thick Curd: 1 cup Water: 2 ½ cups Besan: 2-3 heaped Tsps Ginger:…