Author: Mita

Ingredients: 3 corn cobs, 1/2 cup chana dal (gram) soaked for 4-5 hours, 2 tbsp rice flour, 4 green chillies; finely chopped, 1 tsp ginger-garlic paste, 1/2 tsp garam masala, 1/2 tsp jeera (cumin) and dhania (coriander) powder, 1/4 cup dessicated coconut, Salt to taste, 1/2 cup chopped coriander leaves, Oil for frying. Method: Grate… Continue reading Corn Kebab

Ingredients: 2 1/4 cup all purpose flour (maida), 1 1/4 cup white sugar, 1/2 cup butter or vanaspati ghee, 3/4 cup milk, 2 tsp baking powder, 1/2 tsp salt, 2 big eggs, 1 tsp vanilla essence, 1/4 tsp lemon rind, 1/2 tsp lime juice. Method: In a large flat bowl, put butter and using your… Continue reading Vanila Cake (Pressure Cooker Method)

Ingredients: 1 cup wheat flour, 1 cup gram flour or besan, 1/2 cup ghee (home made butter), 1 cup grated jaggery, 1/2 cup deseeded khajur or dates, 2 tbsp each white til (sesame seeds), groundnuts (peanuts) and khus khus (poppy seeds), Ground elaichi (Green cardamom) and jaiphal (nutmeg) as per taste. Method: Heat a tbsp… Continue reading Khajur Laddu (Date dumplings)

Ingredients: 2 Chicken legs, slit so that the chicken marinates well, 2 tbsp ginger-garlic-coriander paste, 1 tsp turmeric powder, 1-2 tsp red chilli powder, 1 tsp garam masala or chicken masala, 1/2 cup tomato ketchup, Salt, Oil for shallow frying. Method: Marinade- In a bowl mix ginger-garlic and coriander paste, red chilli powder, turmeric powder,… Continue reading Roasted Tangy Chicken

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 Tomato Pulao

Ingredients: For the covering- 2 cups maida (sieved wheat flour), 1 tsp salt, 4 tbsp ghee (homemade unsalted butter), Water. For the filling- 250gms moong dal; soaked overnight, 100gms besan or chickpea flour, 1 tsp anardana powder, 1 tsp garam masala, 1 tsp red chilli powder, 1/2 tsp pepper powder, 1/4 tsp citric acid powder,… Continue reading Moong Dal Samosa

A favorite tea time snack, loved by all. Ingredients: 250gms maida (plain flour), 4 cheese cubes or 100gms grated cheese, Salt and pepper to taste, Vanaspati or oil for frying. Method: Melt cheese with the double boiler method (given below). Then combine with flour, salt and pepper and knead a tight dough. Then divide it… Continue reading Cheeselings (Cheese snack)

Ingredients: 1 cup diced pineapple, 1 cup diced paneer (cottage cheese), 1 cup chopped bell pepper (capsicum) green, red or yellow as per your choice, 1/2 cup deseeded and chopped tomatoes, 10-12 leaves of Iceberg Lettuce, dip into ice cold water for 15 minutes. A handful of walnuts. For the dressing- 2 tbsp Olive oil,… Continue reading Cheese Pineapple Salad

Ingredients: 1 cup rice, 1 cup freshly grated coconut, 1/2 cup jaggery, Ghee, Water. Method: Wash rice twice and spread on a cloth and let it dry completely in shade. Then grind this rice to powder (not very fine). Add water to make a thin paste but of pouring consistency. Heat a non-stick pan, apply… Continue reading Sweet Coconut Ghavan

Ingredients: 1 cup freshly grated coconut, 1/3 cup jaggery, 1 cup water. Method: Blend coconut and water in a blender to extract thick coconut milk. Drain this milk with a seive, press out the remaining grated coconut with your finger and extract maximum juice out of it. Blend with more water if required. Add jaggery… Continue reading Sweet Coconut Dip