Tamarind Chutney
Feb11

Tamarind Chutney

  Ingredients • ¼ C dried tamarind pulp soaked in 1 C of hot water • 1 Tsp cumin powder • 1 Tbsp ginger juice • ¼ C packed brown sugar • 1 C water Preparation 1. Strain the tamarind, collect the juice and discard the tamarind pulp. 2. Combine the tamarind juice and the rest of the ingredients in a saucepan and cook uncovered over low heat for 20 minutes or until thickened. Transfer to a...

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Maple Cream Simply Wonderfuls
Feb03

Maple Cream Simply Wonderfuls

   A friend introduced me to the wonder of maple sugar as a sweetener, and we never tire of exchanging new ways to showcase its delicate flavor. It is the closest counterpart to Bengal’s exquisite nalin gur, an ingredient rarely found outside of the west Bengal. The confection is equally delicious sweetened with date sugar or date puree, all of them available at health food stores or mail order suppliers.   ...

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Peach Cobbler
Jan31

Peach Cobbler

  Ingredients: • All purpose flour – 1 cup  • Brown sugar – 1/2 cup  • White sugar – 1/2 cup  • Baking powder – 2 tsp • Salt – 1/2 tsp • Vanilla extract – 1 tsp • Milk – 3/4 cup  • Margarine, melted – 1/2 cup  • Sliced canned peaches, drained – 1 (29 ounce) can ...

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Quick and Easy Milk Fudge
Jan29

Quick and Easy Milk Fudge

  For centuries, Vedic cooks have been making milk fudge burfi from the same ingredients: milk reduced to pasty-dough, and unrefined sugars –either cane jaggery or palm gur, Burfi has changed very little since its beginnings, but with the twentieth century came powdered milk and shortcut procedures. Rather than boiling milk to reduce it to a paste, modern cooks can stir powdered milk into a flavored syrup and cook it very...

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Banana Caramel Cream
Jan24

Banana Caramel Cream

Ingredient •Bananas…………………………….4 •9-10 cookies •(of your choice) Caramel topping: •Butter………………………………..2 Tbsp •Brown sugar………………………½ C...

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