Ingredients: 1 cup long grain (basmati) rice, 1 cup sweet corn, 1 onion; cut into half and thinly sliced, 2 red chillies, 1 tsp ginger-garlic paste, A handful of coriander leaves, 1 small green chilli, deseeded, 12-15 cashew nuts, 2-3 drops of yellow color or saffron dissolved in little milk, Salt to taste, Oil for [...]
Continue reading...Tuesday, June 24, 2008
Ingredients: 250gms ripe tomatoes, 2 cups Basmati rice (long grain rice), 1 onion; 2 green / red chillies, 1 tsp ginger-garlic paste, 1/2 tsp red chilli powder, A handful of cashew nuts, Salt to taste, Water, Ghee or oil for frying, Chopped coriander leaves to garnish. Whole Garam Masala - 2-3 bay leaves (tejpatta), 2 [...]
Continue reading...Saturday, June 21, 2008
Ingredients: 1/2 cup rice, 1/2 litre milk, 3 tsp sugar or as per taste, Few strands of saffron (kesar), 1/2 tsp ground elaichi (green cardamom), 2 tbsp broken cashew nuts, 2 tbsp broken pistachio, 1/4 raisins, Water, 1 tsp ghee (homemade butter). Method: Wash and soak rice in water for around 30 minutes. Then in [...]
Continue reading...Saturday, June 14, 2008
Ingredients: 1 cup boiled rice, 2 eggs, 2-3 green chillies; finely chopped, 1/2 tsp ginger-garlic paste, 2-3 tbsp chopped coriander leaves, 1/2 cup milk, Grated cheese as per taste, Salt to taste, Oil. Method: Mash the boiled rice, slowly add milk as required to form a paste. You can also blend this in a blender. [...]
Continue reading...Tuesday, May 20, 2008
Ingredients: 1 cup boiled rice, cold or room temperature, 3/4 or 1 cup yogurt or curd, 1/2 cup milk, Salt to taste, A pinch of sugar, 2 tbsp chopped coriander leaves, 2 tbsp ghee/oil, 1/2 tsp mustard seeds (rai), 1 tsp cumin seeds (jeera), 1/2 tsp asafoetida (heeng), 2-3 green chillies (slit) or red chillies [...]
Continue reading...Thursday, May 8, 2008
Ingredients: (Serves 4) 2 cups (400 gms) basmati rice, 2 tbsp ghee or butter, 2-3 tejpatta(bay leaves), 2 1″ dalchini(cinnamon stick), 3-4 kalimirch(peppercorns) 1 cup green peas fresh or frozen, 1 medium size onion, sliced, A handful of cashew nuts, A handful of raisins, Salt to taste, Water. Method: Wash the rice two or [...]
Continue reading...Thursday, May 8, 2008
Ingredients: (Serves 2-3) 1 cup or 200 gms basmati rice, 8 cashew nuts or peanuts, broken 1/4 tsp turmeric powder, 1/2 tsp rai(mustard seeds), 1/2 tsp methi dana(fenugreek seeds), 1 tsp channa dal(gram), 8-10 curry leaves, 1 green chilli, finely chopped, 1 tsp fresh grated coconut, Salt to taste, Juice of 1 lemon, 3 tsp [...]
Continue reading...Wednesday, April 30, 2008
Ingredients: 1 cup rice, 15 small onions, 2 green chillies, 1 tsp mustard seeds, 1/2 tsp asafoetida, 1/2 tsp turmeric powder, 2 cloves, 1″ cinnamon (dalchini) stick, 1 tsp jeera – dry roasted and ground to powder, 2-3 tsp maharashtrian goda masala or garam masala, Salt to taste, Oil, Water, Chopped coriander leaves, freshly grated [...]
Continue reading...Sunday, April 20, 2008
Ingredients: 2 cups basmati rice (long grain rice), 2 cups chopped vegetables (capsicum, carrots, french beans, cauliflower florets,etc) 1/2 cup shelled green peas, 3-4 tej patta, 8-10 black peppercorns, 4-5 dalchini sticks (1 inch long), 3-4 laung, 1 tsp haldi, 1-2 tsp red chilli powder, 4 tsp garam masala powder/biryani masala, 2 tbsp cashewnuts, broken [...]
Continue reading...Friday, April 18, 2008
Ingredients: 2 cups coconut milk, 1/2 cup rice flour, 2-3 tbsp cornflour, 1/2 cup sugar, 1 tsp vanilla essence, 1 tsp orange food color. Method: Heat coconut milk in a saucepan. Then add sugar and stir continously with a whisk and cook till sugar is dissolved and coconut milk is hot, do not boil. In [...]
Continue reading...Friday, April 11, 2008
Ingredients: 1 cup washed rice, 10-15 spinach leaves, 1/4 cup moong dal (green gram without skin), soaked for over 2 hours, 1/4 cup tuvar dal (yellow split peas) , soaked for over 2 hours, 1 onion, cut into 2 halves and then sliced, 1 long carrot, chopped, 1/4 cup chopped coriander leaves, 8-10 cloves garlic, [...]
Continue reading...Monday, March 31, 2008
Ingredients: 2 cups cooked rice, 2 tbsp chopped ginger, 250 gms cabbage, shredded, 100 gms button mushrooms, cut into halves, 2 capsicums, diced, 1 carrot, chopped, 3-4 twigs of spring onions, chopped, 2 tbsp red chilli flakes, Sesame Oil for frying. For Seasoning: 2 tbsp soy sauce, Salt and pepper to taste, For garnishing: Chopped [...]
Continue reading...Saturday, March 22, 2008
Ingredients: 400gms rice, 1 medium size tomato, cut into half and sliced, 1 small capsicum, chopped and boiled, 1/4 tsp turmeric powder, 50gms coconut milk powder, Water, Oil, Salt to taste. Method: Wash the rice and soak in water for some time. Dissolve around 500ml of water in the coconut milk powder. In a pan, [...]
Continue reading...Sunday, March 16, 2008
Ingredients: 1 cup basmati rice, 1 1/2 cups water, 2 eggs, boiled, 1 small onion, chopped, 2-3 green chillies, finely chopped, 1 tsp ginger-garlic paste, 1 stick dalchini (cinnamon), 2 laung (cloves), 1/4 tsp turmeric powder, Salt to taste, 2 tbsp oil, Chopped coriander leaves to garnish. Method: Wash rice and keep aside. In a [...]
Continue reading...Saturday, February 9, 2008
Ingredients: 1 cup basmati rice, 3 tsp jeera(cumin seeds), 10-12 curry leaves, 3 tbsp chopped cashewnuts, 1 tbsp ghee, Salt to taste, Oil, Method: Wash rice and soak in some water for 15 minutes. In a pressure cooker, heat some oil and ghee. Put jeera, cashewnuts and curry leaves. Drain rice and add to the [...]
Continue reading...Thursday, February 7, 2008
Ingredients: 1/4 cup rice, 1 litre milk 4 tbsp sugar 1/2 tsp cardamom powder, 1/4 cup sliced dryfruits (almonds, pistachios and cashew nuts) 2 tbsp raisins Method: Boil milk in a heavy base saucepan. Add washed rice, cardamom powder, raisins and half quantity of sliced dryfruits. Bring one boil and then reduce the heat to [...]
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