Sweet Potato Salad in Maple-Lemon Vinaigrette
Ingredients • Sweet potatoes (about 2 pounds/1kg), washed but not peeled – 6 medium-sized • Maple syrup or honey – 4 tbsp • Orange or tangerine juice – 3 tbsp • Lemon or lemon juice – 3 tbsp • Salt – ¾ tsp • Freshly ground black pepper or 1/8 teaspoon cayenne pepper – ¼ tsp • Olive oil, or 2 tablespoons almond oil and 6 tablespoons sunflower oil – ½ cup • Finely chopped fresh coriander or...
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...
Papaya, Avocado and Jerusalem Artichoke Salad
Ingredients • Maple syrup or honey – 3 tbsp • Lime juice – ¼ cup • Olive oil or two parts almond oil to three parts sunflower oil – 1/3 cup • Salt – ½ tsp • Yellow mustard powder – ¼ tsp • Freshly ground pepper – ¼ tsp • Chopped fresh coriander – 3 tbsp • Papaya – 1 medium-sized (about 2½ pounds/1.5 kg), peeled, halved lengthwise, seeded, sliced crosswise into 1/3 –inch (1 cm) slices and...
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...
Christmas Fruitcake 1
Ingredients •½ C dried pineapple •½ C dried cranberries •1 C raisins •1 C chopped glace cherries •1 C chopped candied mixed fruit peel (tutti-fruity) •½ C chopped pecans •¼ C chopped almonds •2¼ C all purpose flour •1 Tsp baking powder •½ Tsp baking soda •¼ Tsp all spice powder •1 C butter, softened •1 C brown sugar •3 Tsp egg replacer mixed with 4 Tbsp of warm water •1 Tsp lemon rind •2 Tsp orange rind •¾ C fresh orange juice Cake...