…Dahi/Yoghurt/Curd Sauce : 3 cups fresh creamy Yoghurt/Curds (should not be sour) Sugar to taste Salt to taste Garnishing suggestion as per taste: Preferably a light sprinkling/ or a dash of each/ or as per preferred combination. Red Chilli pwd. Roasted Jeera pwd. (Cumin) Pepper pwd. Kala Namak (Black Salt) Chaat Masala pwd. Assembling the Dahi Vadas : Whisk the dahi/yoghurt/curds till creamy and smooth. If it is too thick, add some water; not too…
…gredients : 500 gms. chilled, thick & creamy Curd/Yoghurt (must not be sour) ½ cup cold Milk or Water (I prefer milk) 5 tbsps. Sugar or to taste ½ tsp. fresh Green Cardamom pwd. ¼ tsp. fresh Nutmeg pwd. (optional) A few strands of Saffron (optional) 3 tbsps. A mix of Almonds & Pistachios; slivered or chopped (optional) A small bowl – Clotted Cream (Balai) 2 to 3 cubes of Ice per glass Procedure: Combine thick chilled curds/yoghurt wi…
…ted Butter 250 gms. Castor Sugar 3 large Eggs 1 tsp.Baking pwd. Juice of ½ Sour Lime 1 tbsp. Milk 1 tsp. Vanilla Essence ½ cup fresh thick Mango Pulp 2 tbsps. Cocoa pwd. (make a paste with milk) Procedure: Grease a bundt cake pan or any cake pan of your choice with butter and lightly dust with flour. Combine and sift maida and baking powder. Set aside. In a sufficiently large bowl, cream butter and sugar until light and fluffy. Add one egg at a ti…
…he serving plate and stood there in its pristine white splendor. The sweet sour Kiwi topping and the fresh slices of Kiwi tasted wonderful. The vibrant and refreshing green of the Kiwi brought out the beauty of the dessert. It had a jiggle, was super light, velvety smooth and just melted in the mouth. I must say it was a gorgeous dessert. While I watched my family taking their first bite with abated breath, I saw the twinkle in their eyes and the…
…Who does not like the lovely aroma of oranges, sweet limes and lemons and sour limes? Citrus fruits clean your palate and refreshes your taste buds. I used orange and sweet lime peels to make candied peels. You can select your favorite variety of oranges and sweet limes to make them, Just remember the right weather conditions are the key to make good qualityones. Humidity is not its friend dry weather is! Rich Fruit Cake is loved all over the wor…
…quickly in running water. Cooking biryani in advance helps the flavors of the masala to meld & enhances the taste while eating. Slightly sour curds (yoghurt) adds a better tang to the biryani….
…paste 4 tbsp Cashew nut paste ½ cup Tomato puree 175 gm whisked Curds (not sour) ¼ tsp Sugar (optional) 5 tbsp Refined Oil or Pure Ghee Salt to taste Freshly chopped Coriander Leaves Preparation of Gravy: In the same pan, fry the whole spices except bay leaves in one tablespoon of oil. Add the ginger-garlic paste and sauté until the mixture gives out oil. Now add the all the powder spices, nutmeg, mace and sauté until cooked. Grind to a paste when…
…ched with generous amounts of whipped cream, pitted Maraschino or Morello (sour) cherries. It is further, fully covered, decorated and garnished with additional whipped cream, chocolate shavings or gratings and fresh cherries. Today the Black Forest Cake is re-created all over the world. There are several variations of this cake including eggless versions. Many are familiar with the traditional recipe, but Kirsch may not be easily available or may…
…ends a mild pinkish hue but further enhances the taste with its pure sweet-sour notes in the gravy. Fresh good quality kokum / sola is the key to the awesome flavor of the gravy. It is also important to have good quality pork to prepare solantulem. Pork Solantulem does not require oil as it is cooked in its own juices, fat and a little water. It can be prepared with or without spices viz. ginger, garlic, cumin seeds. In this recipe, I have used th…
…nutrition it is better to consume the bone. Many of us know,Ambot Tik is a sour and spicy curry or gravy where the essential ambot tik spice paste is included in traditional and classic Goan fish and sea food recipes. Shark Fish Ambot Tik, Squid Ambot Tik and Stuffed Whole Squid with Shrimp using the ambot tik spice paste are all our regular favorites. In this recipe for Fresh Bombil Ambot Tik / Bombay Duck Ambot Tik, the fish absorbs the spice pa…