Channa Pulav
Jan13

Channa Pulav

Ingredients • Basmati rice – 1 cup • White Kabuli channa – ½ cup • Tomatoes – 3 big • Coconut – ½  small • Oil – 3 ½ tbsp • Coriander leaves – ½ bunch • Green chilies – 4 • Kasoori methi – 1 tbsp • Garam masala powder – ½ tsp • Cinnamon – 1 inch piece • Cardamoms – 2 to 3 • Cloves – few • Bay leaf – 1 • Ghee – 2 tsp • Grind together: • Red Chilies -8 •...

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Corn Pulav
Jan10

Corn Pulav

Ingredients • Basmati rice – 1 cup • Corncobs – 3 • Bay leaf – 1 • Cinnamon – 1 inch stick • Black cardamoms – 2 • Cloves – 3 • Cashew nuts – 10 to 12 • Saffron – a pinch dissolved in one tbsp warm milk • Ghee – for frying • Salt – as required Grind Together: • Ginger – ½ inch piece • Turmeric powder – ¼ tsp • Coriander powder – 1 tbsp • Garam masala powder...

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Vegetarian Lasagna
Dec09

Vegetarian Lasagna

Preparation and Cooking: 1 1/2 hours This lasagna has five distinct ingredients: pasta, tomato sauce, bechamel sauce, spinach, and cheese. Pasta about fifteen 17 cm x 17 cm (7 in x 7 in) sheets of instant lasagna (400 g, or about 14 ounces) Tomato Sauce • 1/2 cup – olive oil • 1/2 tsp – yellow asafoetida powder • 1 cup – chopped fresh basil • 1 tsp – dried oregano • 1 tsp – dried marjoram • 2 – bay...

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Pea and Broccoli Soup
Jan31

Pea and Broccoli Soup

  Ingredients •1 stalk of celery, diced •2 C potatoes, peeled and diced •300g broccoli florets •2 C peas •1 bay leaf •5 C vegetable stock/water •2 Tbsp chopped fresh parsley •1¼ Tsp salt •½ Tsp ground black pepper Preparation 1.Combine all the ingredients in a saucepan except the salt and pepper. Bring to the boil; simmer until the vegetables are tender. Or alternately, you can pressure cook the vegetables. 2.Discard the bay...

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Minestrone Soup
Jan29

Minestrone Soup

  There are many versions of this soup. I have adapted this recipe to suite my family. You can alter the veggies as per your liking. A bowl of this soup is a meal in itself especially good for a healthy dinner. Ingredients • Diced Celery – ½ cup • Diced Green Pepper – ½ cup • Diced Red Pepper – ½ cup • Sweet Corn – ½ cup • Green Peas – ½ cup • Chopped Spinach – 1 cup • Shredded Cabbage – ½ cup • Shredded Carrots – ½ cup • Diced...

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