Chocolate Chip (Carob Chip or White Chocolate Chip) Whole Wheat Cookies
Jan21

Chocolate Chip (Carob Chip or White Chocolate Chip) Whole Wheat Cookies

Ingredients •1 cup (2 sticks) of butter (unsalted) •¾ cup sugar* •¾ cup brown sugar* •3 tsp egg replaces mix with 4 tbsp warm water** •1 tsp vanilla extract •1 ¾ cup flour •½ cup oats •½ cup whole wheat flour*** •¼ cup wheat germs •1 tbsp flax seeds (optional) •1 tsp baking powder •1 tsp baking soda •1 cup raisins or cranberry •½ cup walnuts •2 cups chocolate chips (carob chips or white chocolate chips) Preparation 1.Preheat the oven...

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Japa Mala Eggless Apple Raisin Cake
Dec18

Japa Mala Eggless Apple Raisin Cake

Ingredients • Maida/ all purpose flour – 2 cups • 2 Apples with water squeezed out a bit – Peeled and grated • Baking powder – 2 tsp • Soda – 2 tsp • Butter – ½ cup • Sugar – 1 cup • Milk/milkmaid – 6 tsp • A pinch of salt • Vanilla/rose essence – ½ tsp • Green colour – ½ tsp • Kismis/dried raisins – 2 tsp For Butter Cream Icing • Butter – 1/3 cup • Salt – ¼ tsp...

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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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Pan-Fried Whole Bitter Melons with cashew stuffing
Mar27

Pan-Fried Whole Bitter Melons with cashew stuffing

Salting and preparation time: about 1 hour Cooking time: 30 minutes   Ingredients • Baby bitter melons (about 12 ounces/340 g each), 2 ½ -3 inches (6.5-7.5 cm) long – 8  • Salt – 1 ½ table spoons (22 ml)  • Sugar – ½ table spoon (7 ml)  • Water – 3cups (710 ml) • Cashew halves, blanched almonds or hazelnuts...

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Lima beans with Golden Raisins
Mar24

Lima beans with Golden Raisins

  Fresh lima beans are usually available as small “butter limas” or larger, as “potato limas”. Shop for local produce dark green pods, tightly closed and bulging with large beans. To free the beans from the pods, cut a strip along the inner edge of the pod, then with your thumbnail remove the beans. June, July and august yield the most profuse crops, yet at some specialty greengrocers the availability...

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