Halava
Ingredients • Water – 2½ cups • Raw sugar – 1¼ cups • Unsalted butter, or ghee (1 ounce = 28.35 grams) – 140 g • Coarse-grained semolina (farina) – the more coarse the better – 1¼ cups • Walnut pieces, or any nuts, or none at all – 1/3 cup • A splash of pure rosewater • Firm...
Pineapple Chutney
Ingredients • Ghee (or oil) – 3 tbsp • Cumin seeds – 2 tsp • Broken dried red chilies, sliced fresh chilies, or as desired – 4 • Sweet and ripe pineapple, peeled, cored and diced – 1 large • Ground cinnamon – 1/2 – 1 tsp • Ground cloves – 1/2 tsp • Raw sugar – 2/3 cup – 1 cup (depending on the size of the pineapple) • Raisins – 1/3 cup Preparation 1. Heat the ghee or oil in a...
Simple Mung Dal Soup
This smooth, liquid mung dal soup is seasoned with a simple chaunk. It is very easy to prepare and easy to digest, and its light consistency makes it appealing in any season. Serve it accompanied by a wheat bread or rice and a vegetable. To complete the meal, serve yogurt or green salad. Preparation time (after assembling ingredients): 10 minutes Cooking time: 1 ¼ hours or 25 minutes in a pressure cooker Ingredients • Split moong dal,...
Vegetable Rice
Ingredients: • Chopped cabbage – 3 cup • Carrot, grated – 1 large • Chopped celery – 1 stick • Basmati rice – 1 cup • Water – 2 cup • Ghee – 4 heaping tsp • Mustard seeds – 1 tsp • Hing – 1/4 tsp • Ground black pepper – 1/2 tsp • Chopped chili 1/2 or Cayenne (or as desired) – 1/4 tsp • Salt – 1 1/2 tsp • Gluten pieces, steamed Preparation: 1. Heat the ghee to hot. Add...
Farali Misal
Misal is a popular dish of Maharashtra state in India. Farali Misal is traditionally prepared on fasting days and can be taken on Ekadashi day. Ingredients This dish consists of 3 items assembled together before serving-Potato peanut curry, Sabudana khichadi and Farali Chivda For potato peanut curry: • Potatoes pealed & chopped………………….. 1 cup • Peanuts (roughly crushed)...