Whole Wheat Buttermilk Bread
Ingredients • 2 cups unsifted whole-wheat flour • 2 cups unsifted all-purpose flour, plus more for dusting • 1 teaspoon baking soda • 1 teaspoon salt • 2 1/4 cups light buttermilk Preparation 1. Preheat oven to 450°F. Dust a clean surface with cornmeal on your baking pan (flat pan). 2. In a large mixing bowl, combine flours, baking soda, and salt. Whisk together. Make a...
Carob Rose Cake
Ingredients • All purpose Flour (Maida)- 3 cups • Sugar- 2 cups • Carob powder-1/2 cup • Soda- 2tsp • Salt-1/2 tsp • Vinegar- 2tsp • Oil-3/4 cup • Cold Milk-2 cups Preparation 1. Mix Flour, sugar,carob, soda, salt. Blend well 2. Add vinegar. Mix well 3. Add oil little by little.Blend well 4. Add milk slowly. Beat till soft and creamy. 5. Put...
Bengali Spinach
Srila Prabhupada encouraged me to observe cooking techniques from the expert chefs at the C.L. Bajoria household in Calcutta. On one occasional visit, I arrived just after Mr. Bajoria had returned from his hill station resort and jute plantations in Bihar. He had brought back kilos of hand picked raw almonds. Each was encased in a soft, greenish skin with a texture somewhere between those of crisp apples and water chestnuts....
Tomato soup 1
Ingredients •10-12 medium sized tomatoes •2 Tsp olive oil •½ Tsp yellow asafetida powder •2 C water •1 Tsp salt •1 Tsp sugar •¼ Tsp ground black pepper Preparation 1.In a large saucepan boil enough water. Drop the tomatoes. When the tomato skin blisters, remove the saucepan from heat. Take the tomatoes out from the water and peel off their skins. Coarsely chop the tomatoes. 2.Heat oil in a saucepan over moderate heat; sprinkle...
Spicy Beans and Peanuts
Ingredients •1 lb. chopped green beans, 2” in length •1 cup roasted peanuts •1 to 2 red chilies •1 tsp salt •2-3 tbsp oil •1 tbsp white sesame seeds Preparation Heat oil in the pan. Add chilies first and cook for a minute then add green beans and salt. Cook the beans for 5 minutes or so then add peanuts and sesame seeds. Cook for another 3 minutes or until the green beans are tender. Serves 6 By Madhavi Devi...