Lotus root chips
Ingredients • Cold water for soaking the lotus root – 2 cups • Clear rice vinegar or cider vinegar – 4 tbsp • Lotus root sections – 3 • Oil for deep-frying • Salt – as required • Black pepper – a pinch Preparation 1. First peel and wash the lotus root atleast 2-3 times or until clean as fresh lotus root are almost always caked in mud 2. Slice the lotus roots thinly with a knife. 3. Pour cold water and...
Upma
Ingredients: • A couple cups of assorted chopped vegetables (cauliflower, potato, tomato, string beans, carrots…) • Farina (suji) – 1/2 cup • Ghee – about 8 tbsp • Cumin seeds – 2 tsp • Black mustard seeds – 1 tsp • Grated ginger root – 1 tbsp • Chili, finely chopped – 1 • Curry leaves (if available) – 6 • Hing – 1/4 tsp • Fenugreek – 1/2 tsp • Ground coriander seeds –...
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,...
Tomato Coconut Soup
Ingredients • Tomatoes – 1 ½ kilo • Coconut – 1 • Pepper powder – 1 tsp • Salt – as required • Soaked rice – 1 tbsp • Water – 3 cups • Corn flour – 1 tbsp • Butter – 1 tbsp • Sugar – 1 tbsp • Milk – 1 cup Preparation 1. Add one cup of water to the grated coconut, liquidize and strain. 2. In the coconut add milk...
Carrot and Coriander Soup
Ingredients • Carrots – 7-8 medium sized • Fresh cilantro leaves – 1 medium bunch • Butter – 2 tbsp • Bay leaves – 2 • Peppercorns – 8-10 • White peppercorns – ½ tsp • Salt – as required Preparation 1. Peel, wash and cut carrots. Clean, wash and chop cilantro leaves finely, reserve stems. 2. Heat butter in a pan, add bay leaves, peppercorns and...