Garden cress chikki-Aliv Chikki
Nov27

Garden cress chikki-Aliv Chikki

  Ingredients •Garden cress seeds (roasted and crushed coarsely) – 50 gm •Jaggery – 100 gm •Dry coconut (Roasted) – 50 gm •Ghee – 2 Tbsp •Dry ginger (Soonth) powder – 2 Tsp •Shatavari and Ashwagandha powder – 2 Tsp •Cardamom and nutmeg powder – 2 Tsp •Poppy seeds (Khuskhus) powder – 2 Tsp Edible gum – 2 Tbsp •Almonds, Pista, Cashew...

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Candied Sweet Potatoes
Jan24

Candied Sweet Potatoes

  Ingredients . 3 medium sweet potatoes . 1/2 cup unsalted butter . 1 cup jaggery or brown sugar . 1/2 tsp cinnamon . 1/2 tsp ground nutmeg . 1/2 tsp salt   Preparation 1. First preheat the oven to 190C or 375F. Then in a saucepan add the butter, sugar, cinnamon, nutmeg and salt. Cook on medium heat until all the sugar is dissolved. Then turn off heat and set aside. 2. Next, peel the sweet potatoes...

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Idaho Potatoes with Parsley Pesto
Jan09

Idaho Potatoes with Parsley Pesto

Ingredients: • Flat-leaf parsley – 1 cup • Yellow asafetida powder – ½ tsp • Freshly grated nutmeg – ¼ tsp • Toasted almonds – ¼ cup • Lemon juice – 1 tbsp • Salt – ½ tsp • Olive oil – 2 tbsp • Idaho baking potatoes, roasted, grilled or barbecued – 1 kilo (2 pounds) Preparation: 1. Combine all the pesto ingredients except the oil in a food processor and process until smooth. With the...

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Bengali Spinach
Dec15

Bengali Spinach

  Srila Prabhupada encouraged me to observe cooking techniques from the expert chefs at the C.L. Bajoria household in Calcutta. On one occasional visit, I arrived just after Mr. Bajoria had returned from his hill station resort and jute plantations in Bihar. He had brought back kilos of hand picked raw almonds. Each was encased in a soft, greenish skin with a texture somewhere between those of crisp apples and water chestnuts....

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