Author: Minal

A simple recipe of stir fried vegetables with key ingredients as broccoli and shiitake mushrooms. Easy to prepare and delicious to eat with noodles or brown rice. Ingredients: 1 small head broccoli; cut into small florets, 200 gms (7 ounces) shitake mushrooms or any other variety of your choice, cut each into 4 pieces, 2… Continue reading Stir Fried Broccoli and Mushrooms

I had some friends over for dinner last night. Since I wanted to spend less time in the kitchen and more time with them, I thought of preparing something authentic Oriental and which could be prepared quickly. I served them garlic noodles with stir fried vegetables and Thai Golden Prawns and Crackling Spinach. Garlic Noodles… Continue reading Garlic Noodles

Many viewers have asked me this question and believe me I myself too initially had this problem while preparing white sauce. There are two simple tricks. 1. Always use cold milk. 2. Let the flour cool down before you add milk. Follow the following recipe and you will never have lumps in your white sauce.… Continue reading How to avoid lumps while preparing white sauce?

Ingredients: 1 clove garlic; peeled and cut into two pieces lengthwise, 1/2 lb Emmental cheese; shredded, 1/2 lb Gruyere cheese; shredded, 3 tbsp cornstarch or all-purpose flour, 2 cups dry white wine, 1 tbsp lemon juice, 1/4 tsp ground nutmeg, 1 tbsp Kirsch (optional), Salt and white pepper to taste. To dip: Italian bread, cut… Continue reading Classic Cheese Fondue

These small moong dal vadas are easy to prepare and taste damn good. They can be served as a tea-time snack or even with your meal. Ingredients: 1 cup split moong dal (without skin); washed and soaked for over 2-3 hours, 2 green chillies or as per taste, 1 tsp coarsely ground coriander seeds, 2… Continue reading Moong Dal Vadas (Green Gram Dumplings)

1. Leftover sabjis form a good stuffing for parathas. So if you have leftover sabjis like cauliflower, alu, methi, palak, alu-methi, alu-palak, just mash the sabji, fill this stuffing into your regular roti dough and prepare parathas. You can also add some ginger-garlic paste, spices, lemon juice or chat masala to this leftover stuffing to… Continue reading Tips for leftovers

A healthy drink made out of tomato and pinapple juice. Simple recipe to beat the heat this summer! Ingredients: 3 cups tomato juice, 3 cups pineapple juice, 1/2 cup sugar syrup, Juice of 1 lemon, A dash of salt and pepper, Lemon slices to garnish. Method: Mix together tomato and pineapple juices. Add sugar syrup… Continue reading Tomato and Pineapple Punch

This is a famous Indian chicken preparation, originated in the Punjab region. It is marinated with yogurt, ginger-garlic paste, tandoori masala (spice) and cooked in a clay oven called ‘tandoor’. The recipe is unique because of its red color, smoky flavor and ofcourse the spicy taste. These days this recipe could be prepared at home… Continue reading Tandoori Chicken

These delicious little mushroom caps are stuffed with cheesy spinach stuffing and lightly seasoned with oregano. Ingredients: 250gms white button mushrooms (around 12-15); washed under running cold water, 1 tsp minced garlic, 1/4 tsp oregano, A handful of spinach leaves; washed and finely chopped, 2 tbsp crumbled cottage cheese, 2-3 tbsp chopped green scallions, 3… Continue reading Spinach and Cheese Stuffed Mushrooms in 10 minutes

Ingredients: 200 gms paneer cubes, 2 tbsp cornflour, Salt and pepper to taste, Sesame or vegetable oil for deep frying. For the sauce- 2 onions; diced into 1/2″ cubes, 2 capsicums; diced into 1/2″ cubes, 2 tbsp dark soy sauce, 1 tbsp chilli sauce, 2 tbsp honey, 5-6 garlic cloves; finely chopped, 3 fresh red… Continue reading Honey Chilli Paneer