Mysore Bajji
Ingredients •All purpose flour (maida) – 2 cups •Curd – 1½ cup (approximately) •Salt – as required •Cumin seeds – 1 tsp •Baking soda – a pinch •Green chilies – 4, 5 •Ginger – small piece •Grated coconut – 1 tsp (optional) •Oil – for deep frying Preparation Mix maida and curd in a mixing bowl without any lumps. Batter should be thick. Add salt, cumin seeds and baking soda to the batter....
Egyptian Crumbly Spice & Nut Dip
Ingredients: • Hazelnuts – ½ cup • Sesame seeds – ¾ cup • Coriander seeds – ½ cup • Cumin seeds – ½ cup • Salt – 1 tsp • Pepper – ½ tsp • Olive oil and crusty bread for serving Preparation: 1. Preheat the oven to 180? C / 350° F. 2. Roast the hazelnuts...
Vegetarian Shepherd’s Pie
Ingredients For base of pie • Brown lentils – 1 1/4 cups • Water – 2 litres • Olive oil – 2 tbsp • Yellow asafoetida powder – 1 tsp • Freshly ground black pepper – 1/4 tsp • Celery, diced – 1 cup • Home-made curd cheese (panir) from (2 litres) milk and pressed for 1/2 hour, or 200g shop-bought panir cheese • Good quality tamari or soy sauce – 5 tbsp For potato topping • Butter – 2 tbsp...
Crispy Puffed Rice Snack with Fried Cashews and Green Peas
In Indian bazaars, it is a familiar sight to see men puffing rice. A sand-filled karai is placed over glowing coals, and when the coarse sand is hot, rice is added. Using a long paddle, the sand is patiently stirred, until one by one, the rice grains pop into long pointed puffs. With nothing more than straining it through a fine sieve, hot puffed rice, called moori, is ready to be sold in recycled newspaper bags. Like everything in...
Sweet potatoes delight
Ingredients Sweet potatoes -1/2 kg Jaggery -250 gm Coconut -1/2 (grated) Cardamom powder -1teaspoon Ghee -2teaspoon Cashew – if needed Salt – a pinch Water Method Boil the sweet potatoes and peel off the skin and mash it without lumps. Place the pan and fry cashews in ghee till golden brown. Transfer it to the serving bowl. Add water in the pan ( around 200 ml) add jaggery stir it ,till jaggery melts and one string...