…Garlic paste ½ tsp. fresh Ginger paste or peeled & grated 1 tsp. Lime/Lemon Juice ½ tsp. Red Chilli pwd. or to taste 1 tsp. Turmeric pwd. Sugar – a pinch Black Pepper pwd. – a sprinkling Garam Masala pwd. – a large pinch Salt to taste 4 tbsps. Vegetable/Cooking Oil 1 tbsp. fresh Coriander Leaves (finely chopped) Note: For this preparation, it is preferable to use very fresh small prawns which are better for stuffing and also eliminates the tr…
…tastes real good with an accompaniment of mixed pickles or tangy mango or lemon pickle. Curd Rice is just right for persons recovering from an illness and even for children as it is not spicy. You can adjust your tempering (tadka) accordingly for kids and ailing persons. I made this Curd Rice the other day when I did not have a good appetite and believe me it did help me to rejuvenate my taste buds and cool down my digestive system. Even though m…
…0 mins. Generously flour your rolling board. Roll out the dough into small lemon sized balls & roll them out very thin , making sure that it does not tear apart. Roll the dough into a rectangle. Roll out all the dough in rectangles & stack them together by generously applying dry flour in between the rectangles. Repeat the process till you use up all the dough. Heat a tawa/griddle on med. heat. Dry roast each dough rectangle for a few seco…
…red Gelatine 500 gms. Sugar (granules or pwd.) 1 ½ cups Water 3 Sour Limes/Lemons 1 tsp. Raspberry Edible Color ½ tsp. Raspberry Essence Sugar for Rolling Vegetable Oil for Greasing Method : In a bowl, squeeze sour limes & extract juice. Add a cup of water to it & stir well. Add gelatine to it & let it soak for 1 hour. In a sufficiently large pan, add ½ cup of water to sugar. Place the pan on med. heat & keep stirring till the suga…
…ed Method : Soak Kashmiri chillies in warm water for about 10 mins. Take a lemon sized ball of tamarind & soak in warm water for about 15 mins & extract pulp. Clean the fish or alternatively get it cleaned & cut into desired pieces from the fishmonger. Wash the fish well & drain. Apply 1 tsp. salt, ¼ tsp turmeric & keep aside. In a masala grinder blend kashmiri chillies along with the water in which it was soak…
…ight of your meal! 😀 Ingredients : 1 cup cleaned Dry Prawns (Sungta)/Galmo Lemon sized ball of Tamarind 2-3 Kokum (Sola/amsol) (lightly rinsed) (optional) 1 tsp. Red Chilli pwd. ¼ tsp. Turmeric pwd. 2 tsps. Coconut Oil/Vegetable Oil 1 large Onion (peeled & finely chopped) 1 cup fresh Coconut (scraped) Salt to taste Procedure : Soak the ball of tamarind in some warm water & extract pulp. Set aside. Clean the prawns by snipping the heads, le…
…te Water as required A handful of fresh Coriander Leaves (roughly chopped) Lemon/Lime (quartered) Method : Wash & soak soya granules as per packet instructions. Heat a pan/wok with oil till hot. Reduce heat & saute onions till soft & translucent. Add in the green chillies, turmeric pwd. & stir. Next add ginger-garlic paste, all the masala powders mentioned above & saute well on low heat till the rawness disappears. Slide i…
…leaves & salt to taste. Knead to form a well mixed potato dough. Take lemon sized portions of the dough & form a vada/patty which is slightly flattened. Place the prepared vadas on a plate. For the Batata Vada Covering : Ingredients : 1 cup Besan/Chick pea flour ½ tsp. Red Chilli pwd. (optional) ¼ tsp. Turmeric pwd. 1/8 tsp. Baking Soda ¼ tsp. Ajwain (optional) Salt to taste ½ cup Water Vegetable Oil for deep frying Method : In a bowl, m…
…s of my blog! Ingredients : 500 gms Assorted Dry Fruits ½ cup fresh Orange Juice 6 tbsps. Sugar pwd./Castor Sugar 2 tbsps. Mixed Fruit Jam/Marmalade 25 gms. Candied Ginger (finely chopped) 5 tbsps. Dark Rum 1 tbsp. Vanilla Essence Zest of one Orange (outer orange skin) Zest of one Sour Lime/Lemon (outer yellow skin) 1 tsp. dry Mixed Spice 2 tbsps. Refined Flour for coating the dry fruits (optional) Preparation of Dry Fruits : 100 gms. each of seed…
…ecurely together but you can use your favorite jam, jelly, butter cream or lemon curd if you so like. I have made this cake many a time for a special occasion and all of us have thoroughly enjoyed it. Easter being just around the corner, I thought it would be really very festive and colorful to make this moist, flavorful and delicious Battenberg Cake. Every slice of the Battenberg Cake is a sheer delight revealing its gorgeous pattern and beautifu…