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...
Palak Paneer (Spinach with Curd Cheese)
Ingredients • Bunches fresh spinach – 4 • Asafetida powder (hing) – 1/4 – 1/2 tsp • Tomatoes – 2 • Green chili pepper – 1 • Ginger root – 2 tsp • Paneer (curd cheese) – 6-8 ounces • Paprika – 1/2 tsp • Ground cumin – 1 tsp • Turmeric – 1 tsp...
Sauteed Eggplant and Bell Peppers
This dish can be made with green, red or yellow bell peppers, all yielding wonderful flavor and color variations. The eggplant is steamed prior to its browning in seasoned ghee, a step that cuts calories to the minimum. Fresh garam masala puts of distinction on the dish. Preparation time (after assembling ingredients): 10 minutes Cooking time: 15-20 minutes Ingredients • Caraway seeds – ½...
Lettuce tomato salad
Ingredients1 Iceberg lettuce, cut into thin strips1 Tomato, cut into 2 cm cubesDressing•½ C Milk•1/3 C Olive oil•2 Tbsp Sour cream•1 Tsp Mustard powder•1 Tsp Yellow asafetida powder•1 Tbsp Honey•1 Tsp Fresh lemon juice•¾ Tsp SaltPreparation1) Combine the lettuce and tomato in a mixing bowl. Keep it in the refrigerator while you prepare the dressing.2) For the dressing; blend the...
Homemade Butter
In Indian homes, butter is churned today much as it has been for thousands of years. A large earthen pot called a ghee is half-filled with several days worth of ripened cream. By using a system of interconnected sticks and ropes, hand-agitation makes a wooden paddle whirl butter flecks into butter blobs. Our modern wonder the food processor has more than simplified the procedure. Depending on the size of your work bowl, you can...