Malpoura
Ingredients: • Atta (fine whole wheat flour) – 2 1/4 cups • Powdered natural sugar (such as mishri, turbinado, etc) – 1 cup • Baking powder – 1 tsp • Yogurt – 1 heaping tbsp • Cold water • Ghee for deep-frying For The Yogurt Sauce: • Plain yogurt, chilled – 5 cups • Powdered natural sugar (same as above) – 3/4 cup • Strawberries, washed, quartered, cooked and cooled, (or other fruits, see below)...
The Great Shallow-fried Vine Leaf Rissole
Fresh vine leaves are a rarity, unless you have an arbor in your yard. Most likely you will purchase them preserved in water, salt and citric acid, in 6-8 ounce (170-230 g) jars or plastic pouches. They are available at most gourmet stores or Greek groceries. The leaves are balanced, drained, finely shredded and folded into a seasoned, herbed batter. The mixture is then poured into an 8 or 9-inch (20-22.5 cm) sauté pan...
Savoury Urad Dal Doughnuts
Ingredients: • Split urad dal – 1 cup • Yellow asafetida powder – 1 tsp • Medium-sized green chilies – 4 • Salt – 1 tsp • A scant ¼ tsp baking soda • Finely chopped cabbage – ½ cup • Finely-chopped leaves from one small bunch coriander • Oil for deep-frying Preparation: 1. Wash the dal well in repeated changes of water until the water is clear. Soak the dal in 3 cups cold water for 3 hours. 2. Drain the...
Dokla
Ingredients • Channa dal, cleaned – 1 cup • Yogurt – 1/3 cup • Warm water – 1/2 cup • Chilies, minced – 2 fresh • Grated fresh ginger – 1 tbsp • Turmeric – 1/4 tsp • Salt – 1 tsp • Lemon juice – 1 tsp • Melted ghee – 1 1/2 tsp • Baking powder – 1 tsp For A Topping (optional, if you serve dokla with chutney) • Ghee – 2 tbsp • Black mustard seeds – 1 tbsp • Sesame...
Soft Cashew-Studded South-Indian Steamed Semolina Breads (Rawa Idli)
Ingredients Split urad dal, soaked in warm water for 2 hours – 2 tbsp Large dried red chili, sliced – 1 Raw cashews, chopped coarsely 2 tbsp Black mustard seeds – 1½ tbsp Ghee – 3 tbsp Coarse semolina – 1¼ cups Baking soda – 1 tsp Paking powder – ¾ tsp Salt – 2 tsp Yogurt – 1¼ cups Warm water – ½ – 1 cup Ghee or oil for greasing the moulds Preparation Heavily oil the...