Crusty North Indian Masala Potatoes with Cashews
Ingredients: • Ghee or oil – 2 tbsp • Minced fresh ginger – 1 tbsp • Minced seeded green chilies – 1 tbsp • Black mustard seeds – 1 tsp • Handful fresh curry leaves • Just tender, cooked, peeled potatoes, diced – 750g • Fresh ground coriander powder – 1 tsp • Fresh ground cumin powder – ½ tsp • Chat masala – ½ tsp • Turmeric powder – ½ tsp • Salt – ½ tsp • Lemon juice...
Tulsi Apple Cake
Ingredients 1. Maida/All purpose flour- 2 cups 2. Apples green/red- 2, peeled and grated 3. Baking powder-2 tsp 4. Baking Soda-1 ½ tsp 5. Eno- ½ tsp 6. Butter, melted- ½ cup 7. Sugar- 1 cup 8. Milk-7 tsp 9. Salt- a pinch 10. vanilla/rose essence- ½ tsp 11. Colour- green/orange-red- ½ tsp 12. kismis- 2 tsp 13. whipped cream/ 1 cup heavy cream whipped with 3-4 Tbsp sugar 14. Apple pieces Method 1. Mix and sieve together properly-Maida,...
What is Organic/Biodynamic Food?
By Kurma Dasa Organic/Biodynamic refers to the production method used to grow crops and process food. Organic/Biodynamic farms maintain and replenish soil fertility and health without the use of synthetic or artificial chemicals, such as fertilizers, pesticides, herbicides, and fungicides. Animals reared on Organic/Biodynamic farms are fed Organic/ Biodynamic feed and are not given artificial growth hormones, or synthetic drugs. They...
Fried Chickpeas
Ingredients: • Chickpeas, soaked overnight, then simmered until tender – 1 cup • Ghee – 1 tbsp • Fresh ginger, grated – 2-3 tbsp • Mustard seeds – 1 tsp • Black pepper, ground – 1/4 tsp • Hing – 1/8 tsp • Turmeric – 1/2 tsp • Fenugreek seeds – 1/4 tsp • Celery, chopped – 1 • Salt as desired • Lemon juice (optional) Preparation: 1. Bring the chickpeas to a boil and then simmer until...
Apple Salad
Outside of Kashmir, where most of India’s apples are grown, the texture tends to be mealy –a sure sign of over ripening due to long storage at warm temperatures. On the whole, I do not find them as good as most. American varieties. Use any crisp salad or all-purpose apple: for example, Newton, pippin or McIntosh, which are crisp, sweet and juicy, with a tangy overtone; anything from sweet red or Golden Delicious to tart granny Smith...