Dense And Delicious German Sourdough Bread (Pumpernickel)
Jan14

Dense And Delicious German Sourdough Bread (Pumpernickel)

  Ingredients: • Coarse rye flour – 3 cups  • Coarse wheat flour – 1 3/4 cups  • Coarse barley flour – 1 1/4 cups  • Salt – 2 tsp • Powdered fennel seeds – 1/2 tsp • Powdered anise seeds – 1/2 tsp • Powdered caraway seeds – 1/2 tsp • Powdered coriander seeds – 1/2 tsp • Treacle...

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Succulent Mixed Vegetable Balls in Herbed Tomato Sauce
Dec31

Succulent Mixed Vegetable Balls in Herbed Tomato Sauce

  Ingredients For Sauce  • Olive oil – 3 tbsp • Bay leaves – 2  • Yellow asafetida powder – ½ tsp • Tomato puree – 4 cups • Dried basil – 1 tsp • Salt – 2 tsp • Freshly ground black pepper – ¼ tsp • Sugar – 1½ tsp   For Koftas  • Grated cauliflower – 2...

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Chickpea Curry
Dec30

Chickpea Curry

  Ingredients • Dried chickpeas – 1 1/4 cups  • Water – 6 cups  • Bayleaf – 1  • The seeds from 4 cardamom pods • Cloves – 6 whole  • Black peppercorns – 5  • One 5 cm (2-inch) cinnamon stick, broken into bits • Cumin seeds – 1 tbsp • Ghee or oil – 4 tbsp • Fresh ginger,...

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Malini’s Tomato Pickle
Dec17

Malini’s Tomato Pickle

  Ingredients • Ripe tomatoes (they should not be too soft) – 2.5kg   • Tamarind pulp, soaked in 1/4 cup hot water and squeezed to extract all the pulp – 1 tbsp • Minced fresh ginger – 2.5 tbsp • Minced fresh chili – 2.5 tbsp  • Salt – 3 tsp  • Turmeric – 2 tsp  • Yellow asafetida powder – 1/2 tsp ...

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Toasted Coconut Rice
Oct05

Toasted Coconut Rice

  Ingredients • Basmati or other long-grain white rice – 1 cup  • Water – 1 2/3-3 cups   • Salt – ¾ tsp  • Cinnamon stick – 1½-1 inch (4 cm) piece  • Cloves – 1½-1 inch (4 cm) piece – 6 whole    • Ghee or coconut oil – 3 tbsp (45 ml)   • Fresh coconut peeled and cut...

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