Minestrone Soup
There are many versions of this soup. I have adapted this recipe to suite my family. You can alter the veggies as per your liking. A bowl of this soup is a meal in itself especially good for a healthy dinner. Ingredients • Diced Celery – ½ cup • Diced Green Pepper – ½ cup • Diced Red Pepper – ½ cup • Sweet Corn – ½ cup • Green Peas – ½ cup • Chopped Spinach – 1 cup • Shredded Cabbage – ½ cup • Shredded Carrots – ½ cup • Diced...
Quick and Easy Milk Fudge
For centuries, Vedic cooks have been making milk fudge burfi from the same ingredients: milk reduced to pasty-dough, and unrefined sugars –either cane jaggery or palm gur, Burfi has changed very little since its beginnings, but with the twentieth century came powdered milk and shortcut procedures. Rather than boiling milk to reduce it to a paste, modern cooks can stir powdered milk into a flavored syrup and cook it very...
Tamarind Soup
Ingredients •¼ C of seeded tamarind pulp + 1 C of hot water •2½ C water •2 Tbsp ghee/gingelly oil (Indian style sesame oil) •1 dry red chili •1 Tsp mustard seeds •¼ Tsp fenugreek seeds •1 sprig fresh curry leaves •½ Tsp yellow asafetida powder •1 Tbsp sambar masala •1½ Tsp salt •1 Tsp brown sugar/jaggery •1½ Tbsp rice flour Preparation 1. Soak the tamarind in hot water for 20 minutes. 2. Strain the tamarind, collect the juice...
Chick-pea-flour fudge
Ingredients •1.5 cup butter •3 cups chick-pea flour (besan) •2 cups milk •1.5 cup sugar •¼ cup chopped cashew nuts •2 tbsp grated coconut •2 tbsp cinnamon •¼ cup chopped pistachio Preparation 1.Melt the butter in a pan. Stir besan into the pan and cook for 15 minutes (need to stir constantly). Add coconut and nuts and cook for another 5 minutes. 2.In a saucepan, boil...
Bellpepper & Cauliflower
Ingredients •6 medium size tomatoes •5 C water •2-inch piece ginger •2 green chilies •1/3 C fresh coriander leaves •2 Tbsp ghee/oil •2 bay leaves •1 Tsp black mustard seeds •1 Tsp cumin seeds •2 medium bell peppers (capsicum), diced into 2 cm squares •2½ C small cauliflower florets •1 Tsp turmeric powder •1¼ Tsp salt •2 Tsp coriander powder •1 Tsp garam masala •½ Tsp chat masala •½ Tsp sugar •1 C yogurt •½ C milk •1 Tsp dried...