Cold noodles
Ingredients Sesame Sauce: •½ cup sesame seeds •½ cup peanuts •2 tbsp tahini •Dash of hing •1 tbsp sesame oil •2/3 cup water •2 tbsp soy sauce •1 tsp brown sugar Cold noodles: •12 oz thin pasta (or any type of Chinese noodles) •1 ½ house cucumbers •2 carrot sticks Preparation 1.Shred 1 ½ cucumbers and 2 carrot sticks. 2.To make the sauce, mix all...
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....
Spicy Beans and Peanuts
Ingredients •1 lb. chopped green beans, 2” in length •1 cup roasted peanuts •1 to 2 red chilies •1 tsp salt •2-3 tbsp oil •1 tbsp white sesame seeds Preparation Heat oil in the pan. Add chilies first and cook for a minute then add green beans and salt. Cook the beans for 5 minutes or so then add peanuts and sesame seeds. Cook for another 3 minutes or until the green beans are tender. Serves 6 By Madhavi Devi...
Paneer Kolhapuri
Ingredients . Cottage Cheese – 250 gms . Tomatoes – 4 (250gms) . Green Chillies – 2 . Ginger – 1 inch . Cashew nuts – 1/4 cup . Dry grated Coconut – 1/3 cup . Oil – 2-3 tbsp . Green Coriander – 2-3 tbsp . Sesame – 2 tsp . Cumin Seeds – 1.5 tsp . Fennel Seeds – 1 tsp . Garam Masala – 1 inch cinnamon, 1...
Spicy Eggplant
Ingredients • ½ cup Thai basil leaves • 2 Japanese eggplants (long/thin) • ¼ cup small pieces of soy meat (TVP) • 1 ½ tbsp fermented soybean (black soy bean) • 2 tsp Chinese chili bean paste • 2 tbsp soy sauce • 1 tsp brown sugar, optional • ¼ tsp salt • 3 tbsp oil • 1 tsp sesame oil, optional Preparation Soak the soy meat pieces in bean paste, soy...