Thattai
Ingredients • Rice flour – 2 cups • Quinoa flour – ½ cups • Gram flour – ¼ cup • Split roasted gram – 1 cup • Chana Dal – 2 tbsp • Butter – 2 tsp • Asafetida powder – ½ tsp • Cumin seeds – ½ tsp • Fennel seeds – ½ tsp • Peppercorns – 1 tsp • Dry red chilies – 2 • Few...
Idaho Potatoes with Parsley Pesto
Ingredients: • Flat-leaf parsley – 1 cup • Yellow asafetida powder – ½ tsp • Freshly grated nutmeg – ¼ tsp • Toasted almonds – ¼ cup • Lemon juice – 1 tbsp • Salt – ½ tsp • Olive oil – 2 tbsp • Idaho baking potatoes, roasted, grilled or barbecued – 1 kilo (2 pounds) Preparation: 1. Combine all the pesto ingredients except the oil in a food processor and process until smooth. With the...
Dahi Kachori
Ingredients For making Kachori Dough: • All purpose flour – 1cup • Oil – 2 tsp • Salt – ½ tsp • Approximately lukewarm water – ½ cup For making Kachori: • Gram Flour (besan) – 1/3 cup • Pinch of asafetida • Salt – ½ tsp • Red chili flakes – ½ tsp • Amchur powder – ½ tsp • Oil – 2 tsp...
Corn Chivda
Ingredients • Corn Flakes – 5 cups • Raw Peanuts (Groundnuts) – ¾ cup • Cashews (optional) – 10 • Dry Coconut Slices – 1 tbsp • Curry Leaves – few sprigs • Green Chilies – 6 • Mustard Seeds – ½ tsp • Turmeric (Haldi) – ¼ tsp • Asafetida (Hing) – ¼ tsp • Powdered Sugar – ½ tsp •...
Vegetarian Shepherd’s Pie
Ingredients For base of pie • Brown lentils – 1 1/4 cups • Water – 2 litres • Olive oil – 2 tbsp • Yellow asafoetida powder – 1 tsp • Freshly ground black pepper – 1/4 tsp • Celery, diced – 1 cup • Home-made curd cheese (panir) from (2 litres) milk and pressed for 1/2 hour, or 200g shop-bought panir cheese • Good quality tamari or soy sauce – 5 tbsp For potato topping • Butter – 2 tbsp...