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....
Eggless Christmas Plum Cake
Ingredients . ½ can condensed milk . ½ cup soft butter( 1 stick) . 1 tsp vanilla essence . 1 cup cake flour( Fill a cup with 1 tbsp corn flour and the balance with all purpose flour/maida) . ½ tsp Soda . ½ tsp baking powder . Pinch of salt . ¼ cup orange soda(fanta) or plain soda / milk /water . 1 tsp spice powder( mixture of ½ tsp cinnamon...
Zardha Pulav
Ingredients • Basmati rice – 1 cup • Cardamoms – 2 or 3 • Pure ghee – 2 tbsp • Kesari powder – ¼ tsp. • Milk – ¼ cup • Water – 1 ½ cups • Sugar – ½ cup • Peeled almonds – 5 • Pistha – 1 tsp. • Melon seeds – 1 tsp. • Broken walnuts – 1 tsp. • Candied cherries – few •...
Dry Fruits Drink
Ingredients • 4 C milk • ½ C Sugar • 1 Tbsp Chopped Cashew • 1 Tbsp Chopped Pistachio • 2 Tbsp Chopped Almond • 2 Tbsp Water chestnut flour (Singhoda atta) • 5 Tbsp Water Preparation 1. Take water chestnut flour and water in a bowl and mix it properly. 2. Heat the milk at low heat till half milk remain. 3. Now add the mixing in it and shake stir for 5 minute. 4. Add all dry fruits in to it and put it in to the fridge. Offer it...
Kashmiri Rice
Ingredients• Basmati rice – 1 cup• Cooked peas – ¼ cup• Cooked diced carrots – ¼ cup• Capsicum – 1 diced• Mixed diced fruits – ½ cup• Sugar – 1 ½ tsp• Salt – as required• Pista, almonds, cashew nuts, and Raisins – 1 tbsp• Seedless green grapes – 1 tbsp• Fresh cream – 2 tbsp• Saffron...