Sweet & Sour Dal Soup with Mixed Vegetables
Ingredients • Mixed dried dal – 2 kg • Litres water – 12 – 15 • Minced fresh ginger – 3 tbsp • Hot green chili, chopped, or to taste – 2 tbsp • Bay leaves – 8 • Turmeric – 2 – 3 tbsp • Ghee or oil – 1 cup • Mixed vegetables like pumpkin, potato etc – 2 – 4kg chopped • Salt – 2 – 3 tbsp • Lemon or lime juice – 1.5 cups • Black mustard seeds – 2...
Crunchy Cauliflower Pakoras
Ingredients: • Besan – 3 cup • Ground cumin – 1 tbsp • Ground coriander – 1 tbsp • Ground black pepper – 1 tbsp • Hing – 3/4 tsp • Turmeric – 1/2 tbsp • Salt – 1 tbsp • Water • Ghee for deep frying • Cauliflower, chopped in nugget-sized flowerettes Preparation: 1. Chop the cauliflower into nuggets for coating with batter. 2. Combine all dry ingredients. 3. Add water to make a semi thick batter...
Zucchini Pakora with Crushed Peanuts
Ingredients: • Sifted chickpea flour (sifted before measuring) – 1½ cups (135g) • Melted ghee or vegetable oil – 1½ tsp • Lemon juice – 1 tbsp (15 ml) • Crushed cumin seeds – 1 tsp • Hot green chilies, seeded and minced – 1-2 • Salt – 1 tsp • Cold water or enough to make a medium-consistency batter – Up to 9 tbsp • Baking powder – ¼ tsp • Finely chopped peanuts – 3 tbsp...
Carob Banana Smoothie
Ingredients: • Whole milk – 6 cups • Ripe bananas – 2 • Carob powder – 2 heaping tbsp • Sugar – 1/3 cup Preparation: 1. Blend carob powder and banana with a little milk first in a blender so to get out the lumps. Then add the rest of the milk. Blend until smooth. By Bhaktin Priya...
Badam Ka Sharbat
Ingredients • Pint milk – 3/4 • Pint water – 1/4 • Sugar – 21/2 oz • Almonds powder – 1/2 oz • Pistachio powder – 1/2 oz • Cardamoms, powdered – 5-6 • Few flakes of saffron • Rose water – 1 tbsp Preparation 1. Mixed all the ingredients well. Add almond and pistachio powder to the Sharbat. Serve chilled with crushed ice. Decorate with fresh rose petals. By Bhaktin Priya...