- start a small wok on high heat (9)
- add 1/2 cup of ghee
- when melted reduce to high medium heat (7)
- add
- handful of cashews
- handful of raisins
- when raisins plump and cashews changing colour, and ghee foaming, add 1.5 cups rawa (coarse semolina)
- boil water on the …
Cucumber Bacri
- grate 1/2 cucumber in a bowl
- add
- 1/2 cup dessicated coconut
- ~1 cup big rawa (coarse semolina)
- ~1/2 cup small rawa (fine semolina)
- salt to taste
- 2 spoons sugar
- add ~1 cup water
- mix
- heat the frying pan with high heat
- spread oil lightly
- spread three ladles …
Channa Masala
- chop 1 big onion, 1 small tomato
- put oil in wok with high heat
- add 1/2 teaspoon cumin seeds (jeera)
- when the jeera starts popping, reduce heat (6) and add
- onions
- one green chilli, sliced
- 1 bay leaf
- fry until golden brown
- add ginger garlic paste 1/2 spoon …
Channa Usli
- open a tin of chickpeas and drain them
- in a wok put 1 spoon oil and heat (9)
- when hot, add 1/2 spoon mustard seeds
- when popping, reduce heat to medium (5-6) add
- 1/4 spoon heeng (asafoetida)
- 5-6 curry leaves
- 1 green chilli slit in half
- fry for …
Pan Polo
Preparation
This can be done on the same day or the day before as convenient.
- soak 1 cup rice (2 meals) for 2-3 hours
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wash the rice
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add 1/2 cup desiccated coconut -
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grind in blender with ~ 1/2 cup water it should become a smooth but runny mixture
- add …
Dal Kitchdi
- in pressure cooker add 1 table spoon oil and heat
- add and fry until popping
- 1 spoon jeera
- 2 green chilli
- add 2 onions and fry until lightly golden
- while frying, wash, drain
- 1 cup rice
- 1/2 cup toor dal
- [optional] add mixed vegetables (eg. from frozen)
- add chopped …
Chapati
- add in a large bowl
- 1 cup hot water
- 1 spoon oil
- 1/4 spoon salt
- [optional] 1/4 spoon sugar
- add wheat flower
- start with a ladle full and mix
- keep adding in smaller increments and knead thoroughly
- it will become dry and not sticky, but still soft
- keep …
- add in a large bowl
Omelette
- chop finely
- 1/2 onion
- 1/4 capsicum
- break 2 eggs in a bowl and mix thoroughly until consistent yellow
- add
- onions
- capsicum
- coriander
- pinch of salt
- pinch of pepper
- start oil on a frying pan on medium heat
- pour the mixture and spread evenly
- pour 1 spoon of oil …
- chop finely
Palak Curry
- in a bowl put 200g spinach and hot water for 5 minutes (blanching)
- chop
- 2 onions (2 white or 1 white and 1 red)
- 1 tomato
- 1 chilli (long cut)
- start frying in a wok on high heat (9) with 2 spoons oil
- add 1/2 spoon jeera (cumin seeds …
Tandoori Chicken
- in marination bowl, add
- 2 pieces chicken breast
- 1/2 spoon chilli powder
- 1/4 spoon haldi (turmeric powder)
- 1/4 spoon garam masala
- 1/2 spoon ginger garlic paste
- 1/2 tablespoon yoghurt
- 1/2 spoon salt
- 1/2 spoon green chilli paste/sauce
- [optional] 1/2 spoon soy …