Sweet & Sour Dal Soup with Mixed Vegetables
Ingredients • Mixed dried dal – 2 kg • Litres water – 12 – 15 • Minced fresh ginger – 3 tbsp • Hot green chili, chopped, or to taste – 2 tbsp • Bay leaves – 8 • Turmeric – 2 – 3 tbsp • Ghee or oil – 1 cup • Mixed vegetables like pumpkin, potato etc – 2 – 4kg chopped • Salt – 2 – 3 tbsp • Lemon or lime juice – 1.5 cups • Black mustard seeds – 2...
Fresh Fig Conserve
Ingredients: • Fresh ripe figs – 1kg • Sugar – 4 scant cups • Lemon juice, about 2 large lemons – 1⁄3 cup • Packed lemon zest – 2 tsp • Water, if required – 2 tbsp Preparation: 1. Wash the figs and cut off their tips. If the figs are small, cut them in half; if they are large, cut them in quarters. 2. Spread the sugar on a tray and heat it in a pre-heated hot oven, taking care not to burn it. 3. Place the...
Carob Fudge Cake
Ingredients: • Butter, room temperature – 125g (4 ounces) • Caster sugar – 1 cup • Vanilla essence – 1 tsp • Carob powder – 1 cup • Hot water – ½ cup • Fresh lemon juice – 2 tsp • Milk – 1 cup • Plain flour – 1 2/3 cups • Baking powder – 1 tsp • Bicarbonate of soda – 1 tsp • Salt – a pinch • Carob Vienna Icing For Carob Vienna Icing • Butter – 125 g (4...
Papaya, Avocado and Jerusalem Artichoke Salad
Ingredients • Maple syrup or honey – 3 tbsp • Lime juice – ¼ cup • Olive oil or two parts almond oil to three parts sunflower oil – 1/3 cup • Salt – ½ tsp • Yellow mustard powder – ¼ tsp • Freshly ground pepper – ¼ tsp • Chopped fresh coriander – 3 tbsp • Papaya – 1 medium-sized (about 2½ pounds/1.5 kg), peeled, halved lengthwise, seeded, sliced crosswise into 1/3 –inch (1 cm) slices and...
Sweet and Sour Tamarind Chutney
Ingredients • Dried tamarind – 1/3 cup • Dried dates – 3/4 cup • Minced fresh ginger – 1½ tsp • Fresh green chilies chopped – 1-2 • Sugar – ½ cup • Salt – 1 tsp • Garam masala – 1½ tsp • Cayenne pepper – ½ tsp Preparation 1. Soak the tamarind in 1 1/3 cups hot water for 1 hour. Soak the dates in ½ cup hot water for 1 hour. Place the soaked dates and their soaking liquid along with the...