Coconut Rice
Ingredients • Rice (Sona masoori or Basmati) (uncooked) – 1 cup • Coconut (grated) – 1 ½ cup • Mustard seeds – ½ tsp • Urad dal – ½ tsp • Cumin seeds – ½ tsp • Chana dal (kadalai paruppu) – 1 ½ tsp • Peanuts – 2 tsp • Cashew nuts – 10 – 12 • Red chilies – 3 (broken) • Green Chilies (Slit length-wise) – 3 • Curry leaves – 1 or 2 sprigs • Hing – a pinch • Coriander leaves...
Gulkand Mawa Burfi
Gulkand is rose petals preserved in sugar and honey. A health tonic as per Ayurveda. Ingredients •1/2 kg – soft khoya or mawa •2 cups – powdered sugar •3 tbsp – ghee (clarified butter) •1 tsp – cardamom powder •3 tbsp – gulkand (a mixture with rose extract) •8-10 fresh rose petals •6 to 8 – almonds, slivered Preparation: 1. Place a heavy pan on low flame and...
Banana Cream Pie
Ingredients For Pie Crust • 1 cup rolled oats • 4 tablespoons brown sugar • 1/4 teaspoon salt • 1/3 cup melted butter or ghee • 2/3 cup finely minced almonds (You can also use walnuts or pecans. Any nut you have in the kitchen) For Filling • 2 medium or 4 small fully ripe bananas • 3 cups yogurt cheese (see below how to make this) • 1 3/4 cup sweetened...
Kesari Semiya
Ingredients • Vermicelli – 2 cups • Sugar – 1 cup • Ghee – ¼ cup • Chopped cashews – ¼ cup • Raisins – 3 tsp • Kesari powder – a pinch • Elaichi powdered – 2 tsp Preparation 1. Heat a tsp of ghee in a frying pan on medium flame. 2. Fry the cashews and raisins in ghee until they turn golden brown in color. 3. In the same pan fry the...
