Checkerboard Cookies
Aug08

Checkerboard Cookies

Ingredients   For Vanilla Dough All purpose flour (maida) – 3/4 cup Powdered sugar – 4 tablespoon Butter – 4 tablespoon Vanilla extract – 1 teaspoon Baking powder – a pinch Salt – a pinch For Chocolate Dough All purpose flour (maida) – 3/4 cup Powdered sugar – 5 tablespoon Butter – 4 tablespoon Cocoa powder – 1 tablespoon Baking powder – a pinch Salt – a...

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Atta Dosa
Aug03

Atta Dosa

  Ingredients: • Atta flour or whole wheat pastry flour – 3 cup • Salt (or as preferred) – 2-3 tsp • Chopped fresh coriander leaves or parsley – At least 3 tbsp  • Whole green chillies, minced (and remove the seeds if you prefer less heat) – 2-3  • Lukewarm water • Ghee for frying   Preparation: 1. Whisk all the ingredients...

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Corn Dhokla
Aug01

Corn Dhokla

Ingredients For the batter: • Chickpea flour (besan) – 1 cup • Semolina (rawa) – 1 ½ cups • Lemon juice – 1 tsp • Sugar – 2 tsp • Green chili ginger paste – 1 tsp • Grated carrots – 3 tbsp • Very thinly sliced green beans – 3 tbsp • Sweet corn – 3 tbsp • Eno’s fruit salt/ one 5gm sachet (or baking powder) – 1 ½ tsp • Salt to taste (remember the fruit salt has some salt in it)...

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Corn handwa
Jul31

Corn handwa

  Ingredients • Corn seeds – 3-4 cups • Cream of rice – 2 cups • Chana dal flour –   1 ½ cup • Plain yogurt – 1 ½ cup • Coriander leaves 2-tsp. • Green chili paste – 1 ½ tsp • Mustard seeds oil – 1 ½ tsp. • Curry leaves – 1 tbsp. • Sesame seeds – 1 tsp Preparation 1. Add plain yogurts to the cream of...

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Sweet Tomato Chutney with fennel
Jul30

Sweet Tomato Chutney with fennel

  This dish, from a banquet at Calcutta’s famous Radha Govinda temple on Mahatma Gandhi Road, was served near the end of the meal. Depending on the number of courses, every regional cuisine has an order of serving, and sweet chutney often served with plain rice or toasted pappadam are considered palate cleansers after other spicy dishes. This is versatile chutney that complements many types of cuisine.   Preparation...

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