Badam Nankatai
Jan09

Badam Nankatai

Ingredients • Powdered almonds – ¼ cup • Stick butter – 1 ½ • All purpose flour – 2 cups • Powdered sugar – 1 cup • Cardamom powder – 1 tsp • Salt – ¼ tsp • Almond pieces for decoration Preparation 1. Beat the butter and the sugar together. 2. Once it’s well mixed add the all purpose flour and mix well. 3. Then add the almond powder, cardamom powder and salt. Again Mix it well. 4. Prepare soft dough. You...

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Quick Cream of Split Pea Soup with Sliced carrots
Jan09

Quick Cream of Split Pea Soup with Sliced carrots

Here is an elegant, mildly seasoned dal soup that is good the whole year round. The ingredients are easily obtained, and the texture is light and pleasant. Yellow or green split peas are transformed into a smooth, creamy soup, and sliced carrots lend color and nutrition. Dal soaking time: 5 hours Preparation time (after assembling ingredients): 10 minutes Cooking time: 1 ½ hours or 30 minutes in a pressure cooker Ingredients • Yellow...

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Cauliflower Tomato Subji with Fresh Basil Leaves
Jan09

Cauliflower Tomato Subji with Fresh Basil Leaves

Ingredients: • A handful or two of fresh basil leaves, whole with large stems removed • Plum tomatoes, blended – 12 • Cauliflower, cut into bite size pieces – 1 large • Carrot, chopped – 1 large • Ghee – 4-5 tsp • Hing – 1/4 tsp • Coriander powder – 1 tsp • Ground black pepper – 1/2 tsp • Salt Preparation: 1. Chaunce on medium high heat the hing, black pepper and coriander in several...

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Quick Radish Parathas
Jan08

Quick Radish Parathas

Ingredients • Radishes – 9 • Pinches of salt, pepper ground coriander and hing, as desired • Squeeze of lemon juice • Dough made from atta flour and salt (and also ghee if desired, optional) • Ghee for frying   Preparation: 1. Dough used can be chapati or puri dough, the exception being that ghee is added to the latter. I usually have chapati dough at hand in the fridge, so I used that most often. 2. Instructions for...

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Kara Vadai
Jan08

Kara Vadai

Ingredients • Idli Rice – 4 cups • Raw Rice – ¼ cup • Black Gram – 1 cup • Green Chilly – 2 (finely chopped) • Curry Leaves – few • Orange Food Color – 1 pinch (if u need more color, you can add accordingly) • Salt – to taste • Oil Preparation 1. Soak Idli rice and raw rice together for an hour in water. 2. Soak black gram separately in another bowl for half an hour. 3. Wash the rice and grind...

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