Spicy curried chickpeas and fried bread
Ingredients Chickpeas: Preparation 1)Wash and drain the chickpeas; soak them in water for 6-8hours. 2)Cook the chickpeas in water with bay leaf,in a saucepan till butter soft but not broken. Remove fromheat. 3)Drain the chickpeas; discard the bay leaves, reserving the liquid. 4)Process the tomato, ginger and greenchilies to a smooth puree in a blender. 5)Combine all the dry spices and keepaside. 6)Heat ghee/oil in a sauce pan;...
Whole Chick Pea Curry
Ingredients • Chick peas – 2 cups • Oil – 3 tbsp • Whole spices – 2 each (cardamom pods, cinnamon, cloves and star anise) • Curry Leaves – 4-5 • Ground or crushed tomatoes, unsalted – 2 tbsp • Curry Masala – 1 tbsp • Sugar – 1 tsp • Tamarind paste or lemon juice – 1 tsp • Water – ½ cup • Salt – as required • Coriander, finely chopped (to garnish) – 2 tbsp • Garam Masala...
Kanjeevaram Idli
Ingredients • Par boiled rice – 1 cup • Raw rice – 1 cup • Split black gram or urad dal – ¾ cup • Dried ginger (sukku in Tamil) – small piece • Asafetida – 2 pinch • Cooking soda – pinch (optional) • Salt – as per taste For seasoning: • Mustard – 1 tsp • Urad dal – 1 tsp • Bengal gram – 1 tsp • Chopped cashew nut – 1 big tbsp • Crushed pepper – 1 tbsp • Cumin seed...
Home made Chocolate
Ingredients – Weickfield cocoa powder or Hershey’s cocoa powder – 100 gms Melted butter – 6 table spoon, Milk Powder – 4 table spoon, Powder sugar or Icing sugar – 6 table spoon, Nuts and Raisins for garnishing, and Chocolate molt as a container. Method – 1. Take a mixing bowl, pour the melted butter,cocoa powder,milk powder, icing sugar and blend it. 2. Blend until you get a thick batter....
Kasha with vegetables
Ingredients •1 cup kasha, roasted buckwheat •2 cups water •3-4 tbsp olive oil, divided •1 cup chopped celery •1 cup chopped broccoli flowers •½ cup chopped carrots •½ cup chopped summer squash •1 tbsp parsley •1 tsp salt •½ tsp pepper •½ cup cashew nuts Preparation 1)Cook roasted buckwheat in a saucepan (1 cup of kasha + 1 tbsp oil + 2 cups water). 2)Meanwhile, heat the oil in the pan. Add all the vegetables and sauté for 5 to 6...