Carrot and Raisins Salad
Ingredients • Carrots – 4-5 large sized • Raisins – ½ cup • Green chili – 1 • Fresh mint leaves – 6-8 • Lemon juice – 2 tbsp • Peppercorns (crushed) – ¼ tsp • Honey – 1 tbsp • Salt – To taste • Black salt – ¼ tsp • Walnut kernels (crushed) – 6 • Oil – 1 tsp • Pista – 2 tbsp Preparation 1. Peel, wash and thickly grate carrots, Refrigerate till use. 2. Wash, remove stalks...
Harmonium Vegan Pineapple – Cardamom Cake
Ingredients • All Purpose Flour – 1 ¼ cup • Baking powder – 1 tsp • Baking soda – ½ tsp • Salt – ¼ tsp • Elaichi/cardamom powder – ¼ tsp • Sweetened condensed milk – ½ can 7 oz • Unsalted melted butter – ½ cup • Crushed pineapple – 120 oz can • Crushed walnuts (optional) for decoration. Preparation 1. Preheat oven to 325 F. 2. Drain juice from the pineapple and keep it aside. 3. Mix all...
Melt in Your Mouth Chickpea flour Confection
This is the most popular flour-based confection in North India, where several versions are sold in sweet shops. You could use any type of solid or liquid sweetener, bearing in mind that each varies in sweetening power and that adjustments in cooking time will be necessary. This version, served at the home of the late Prime Minister, Indira Gandhi, is one of my favorites. Cooking and preparation time (after assembling...
Date, Orange, Walnut & Banana Semolina Halava Pudding
Ingredients: • Water – 2½ cups • Raw sugar or sugar plus some honey (not 100% honey – too wet) – 1¼ cups • California dates, chopped, or any dried fruit – 3/4 cup • Zest from 2 oranges, lemons or any citrus • Unsalted butter, or ghee (1 ounce = 28.35 grams) – 140 gram • Coarse-grained semolina (farina) –...
Laddu
Ingredients • Unsalted butter – 3/4 cup • Chickpea flour, Sift after measuring – 2 cups • Chopped walnuts – 2 tbsp • Ground nutmeg – 1/4 tsp • Icing sugar, sifted after measuring – 1 cup Preparation 1. Melt the butter in a heavy-based frying pan or small saucepan over a low heat. Add the sifted chickpea flour, walnut pieces, and...