Beet Raita
Ingredients • Raw beets, peeled, grated – 1 cup • Ghee – 2 tbsp • Mustard seeds – 1/2 tbsp • Cumin – 1/2 tsp • Small green chili, chopped – 1/2 • Curry leaves – 5 • Hing – 1 pinch • Yogurt – 1 cup • Cilantro – 1 tbsp • Salt, as desired Preparation 1. In hot ghee, fry the mustard seeds and cumin, chili and curry leaves. When the mustard seeds stop popping, add the hing. Pour...
Creamed Spinach with Fresh Curd Cheese
Ingredients: • Chopped fresh ginger – 1 tsp • Fresh hot green chili, seeded and minced – 1 • Ground coriander – 1 tsp • Sweet paprika – ½ tsp • Ground cumin – ½ tsp • Turmeric – ½ tsp • Ghee or oil – 1 tbsp • Large bunches of spinach, washed, trimmed steamed, drained and finely chopped – 2 • Cream – 4 tbsp • Fresh homemade curd cheese (panir) made from 2 litres milk, cut into 1.25...
Granola Cereal Recipe
Ingredients • 4 cups old-fashioned oats • 1 1/2 cup sliced almonds (or any nuts you want) • 1/2 cup packed light brown sugar • 1/2 teaspoon salt • 1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon • 1/4 cup ghee • 1 1/2 cup raisins or dried coconut (or any dried fruit you want) Preparation 1. Preheat oven to 300 degrees F. 2. In a bowl mix the oats, almonds, brown sugar, ghee, salt, nuts of choice and cinnamon. 3. Stir gently with a wooden spoon; finish...
Mung Bean Soup
Ingredients • Mung beans, whole – 1 cup • Roma tomatoes – 3 • Ghee – 4 – 5 tbsp • Mustard seeds – 1 tsp • Fresh ginger, grated – 2 tbsp • Hing – 1/4 tsp • Black pepper, ground – 1/4 tsp • Urad dahl, split – 1/2 tsp • Fenugreek seeds – 1/2 tsp • Turmeric – 1/2 tsp • Salt Preparation 1. Soak the beans in water a couple hours. Bring to a boil and let simmer until dahl...
Bengali Spinach
Ingredients: • Raw almonds, peanuts or pistachios, with skins – 2/3 cup (100 g) • Warm water – 2 cups • Ghee or sesame oil • Black mustard seeds – 1 tsp • Cumin seeds – ½ tsp • Fenugreek seeds – 1/8 tsp • Jaggery or dark brown sugar – 1½ tbsp • Scraped, fined shredded or minced fresh ginger root – ½ tbsp • Seeded and minced hot green chilies – 1 tsp • Fresh spinach, trimmed, washed and...