Ekadashi Potato and Spinach Pie
Apr11

Ekadashi Potato and Spinach Pie

  Ingredients: • 1 kg (2 lbs) potatoes boiled with 1 tsp salt and mashed • 400 g (about 1 lb) fresh spinach or 200 g frozen  • 1 Tbsp olive oil • 2 tsp Rock salt • 1 tsp dry thyme • 3-4 green chillies finely chopped • 2-3 tbsp finely chopped coriander leaves • 100 ml (about ½ cup) milk  • a little butter for greasing • 100 g...

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Lemon Pickle
Apr07

Lemon Pickle

  Ingredients • 500g Lemon • 100g Salt • 1 Tbsp Turmeric • 500g Jaggery grated • 100g Sugar • 1 Tbsp Red chili powder (adjust as per taste) • 1 Tbsp Asafoetida (For ekadashi use ekadashi hing) Preparation 1.Wash and wipe all lemons. Cut lemons into 8 pieces. Take salt, turmeric and lemons pieces and mix it properly. 2.Then fill up in jar. Stir up jar every day. 3.After 15 days add jaggery, sugar...

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Spicy Thai Peanut & Cucumber Relish
Apr07

Spicy Thai Peanut & Cucumber Relish

  Ingredients • White vinegar or lemon juice – ½ cup  • Palm sugar, finely shredded – 4 tbsp • Salt – 1 tsp • Water – ½ cup  • Vegetarian oyster sauce – 4 tbsp • Red chili, chopped fine – 1  • Cucumber, peeled, or unpeeled if thin-skinned, and thinly sliced – ½ medium ...

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White Radish with Chopped Radish Greens
Apr04

White Radish with Chopped Radish Greens

This typically North Indian radish dish is predominantly seasoned with whole cumin, coriander and ajwain seeds, with a splash of lime juice and sweetener. In Kashmir the likely oil would be mustard; in the Punjabi, peanut oil. The distinct appeal of the dish depends on the type of radish you use, as the varieties grown range enormously in pungency, color and size. Radishes, like beets, are at their best pulled fresh from the garden,...

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Quinoa Idli
Apr04

Quinoa Idli

  Ingredients • Urad daal – ¾ cup • Chana daal – ¼ cup • Brown basmati – 1 ½ cup • Quinoa – 1 ½ cup • Salt – as required • Oil for greasing idli molds Preparation 1. Rinse daals and soak them in water overnight. 2. Rinse brown basmati. And soak it in a separate container overnight. 3. Rinse quinoa. Soak in a separate container overnight. 4....

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