Mint Rice
Ingredients • Rice – 1 cup • Mint leaves – 1 medium bunch • Green chilies – 7 • Grated dry coconut – 2 tbsp • Tamarind – small lemon sized • Salt – as required • Oil – 2 to 3 tbsp For Seasoning: • Mustard seeds – ½ tsp. • Black gram dhal – 1 tsp. • Bengal gram dhal – 1 tsp. • Broken cashew nut – 1...
Tender-crisp Sprouted Urad Beans in Sesame-Yogurt Sauce
Whole urad or muth beans are the traditional favorites, but you can also use sprouted chick peas, aduki or mung beans in this dish. Sprouted beans are bursting with nutrition because they are a living, growing food. When left raw, their flavor may be unpalatable to the newcomer. In this dish, however, flavor is obtained without sacrificing the nutritive value of the sprouts. Preparation time (after assembling ingredients): 10...
Cream Scones
Ingredients Cream Cream cheese softened…………1 C Confectioners icing sugar……1 Tbsp Vanilla essence……………………½ Tsp Whipping cream………………….¼ C Desiccated coconut………………3 Tbsp Jam of your choice………………..2 Tbs Scones All purpose...
Munchy Chickpea Flour Spirals with Sesame Seeds
This snack could easily become as popular as pretzels. It is a crunchy spiral, made from roasted chickpea flour and rice flour, shaped by forcing soft dough through a star-shaped nozzle or disk. A seviya machine is used to shape this and several other fried snacks in this chapter. It is available at Indian grocery stores. Because any star shape will do, you can also use a pastry bag fitted with a 5-star nozzle or a...
Garden cress chikki-Aliv Chikki
Ingredients •Garden cress seeds (roasted and crushed coarsely) – 50 gm •Jaggery – 100 gm •Dry coconut (Roasted) – 50 gm •Ghee – 2 Tbsp •Dry ginger (Soonth) powder – 2 Tsp •Shatavari and Ashwagandha powder – 2 Tsp •Cardamom and nutmeg powder – 2 Tsp •Poppy seeds (Khuskhus) powder – 2 Tsp Edible gum – 2 Tbsp •Almonds, Pista, Cashew...