Lemon Cream-Cheese Fudge
Ingredients • Whole milk – 10 cups (2.5 litres) • Caster sugar or icing sugar – 1/2 cup (125ml) • Strip of lemon rind – 7.5 cm (3-inch) Preparation 1. Knead and bray the curd cheese on a clean surface until it is silky smooth and creamy. Gather into one lump and calculate its volume with measuring cups. Measure one-quarter that volume of sugar. Combine the cheese, sugar, and lemon rind and again briefly knead and...
Savoury Urad Dal Doughnuts
Ingredients: • Split urad dal – 1 cup • Yellow asafetida powder – 1 tsp • Medium-sized green chilies – 4 • Salt – 1 tsp • A scant ¼ tsp baking soda • Finely chopped cabbage – ½ cup • Finely-chopped leaves from one small bunch coriander • Oil for deep-frying Preparation: 1. Wash the dal well in repeated changes of water until the water is clear. Soak the dal in 3 cups cold water for 3 hours. 2. Drain the...
Soft Cashew-Studded South-Indian Steamed Semolina Breads (Rawa Idli)
Ingredients Split urad dal, soaked in warm water for 2 hours – 2 tbsp Large dried red chili, sliced – 1 Raw cashews, chopped coarsely 2 tbsp Black mustard seeds – 1½ tbsp Ghee – 3 tbsp Coarse semolina – 1¼ cups Baking soda – 1 tsp Paking powder – ¾ tsp Salt – 2 tsp Yogurt – 1¼ cups Warm water – ½ – 1 cup Ghee or oil for greasing the moulds Preparation Heavily oil the...
Gajar Kaju Raita
Ingredients: • Plain yogurt, preferably homemade – 2 cups • Medium-sized carrots (about ½ pound/230g), peeled and shredded – 3 • Pitted dates 6, sliced into thin rounds, or 2 table spoons raisins or currants soaked in hot water for 10 minutes, then drained • Dry roasted chopped cashews, almonds or pecans – 3 tbsp • Grated orange or lime zest...
