INDIAN SPICES FOOD

rep time: 20 minutes Cooking time: 30 minutes Serves 4 2 medium onions, sliced 2 cloves of garlic, crushed 1 thumb of ginger, grated 1 tsp turmeric 2 tbsp garam masala 2 dry red kashmiri chillies 1 tbsp chilli powder ½ aubergine, cut into cubes 300g baby potatoes, halves 100g red split lentils 400g tinned chopped tomatoes 200ml water 320g lamb chops, trimmed and bone in 2 fresh bay leaves Olive oil Salt and pepper Coriander and low fat natural yoghurt to serve how to make it: Heat a large lidded casserole and add some olive oil. Sauté the onions, garlic and ginger until soft then add the chilli, turmeric and garam masala. Next add the aubergine, potatoes and lamb. Pour in the water, bay leaves, tomatoes and lentils, season and stir well. Put the lid on and simmer for 30 minutes. Serve with another sprinkle of garam masala, some natural yoghurt and a good sprinkle of fresh coriander leaves.

Ingredients Bars: 4 eggs 1 2/3 cups granulated sugar 1 cup vegetable oil 15-ounce can pumpkin 2 cups sifted all-purpose flour 2 teaspoons baking powder 2 teaspoons ground cinnamon 1 teaspoon salt 1 teaspoon baking soda Icing: 8-ounce package cream cheese, softened 1/2 cup butter or margarine, softened 2 cups sifted confectioners' sugar 1 teaspoon vanilla extract make this recepie: Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F. Using an electric mixer at medium speed, combine the eggs, sugar, oil and pumpkin until light and fluffy. Stir together the flour, baking powder, cinnamon, salt and baking soda. Add the dry ingredients to the pumpkin mixture and mix at low speed until thoroughly combined and the batter is smooth. Spread the batter into a greased 13 by 10-inch baking pan. Bake for 30 minutes. Let cool completely before frosting. Cut into bars. To make the icing: Combine the cream cheese and butter in a medium bowl with an electric mixer until smooth...

                               panni puri for home made Ingredients(1 cup=250 ml) ·          1 cup fine unroasted sooji (rava or semolina) or 160o grams rava ·          3 to r pinches of baking soda or 1/8 teaspoon of baking soda ·          1 tablespoon salt ·          6 tablespoon water or as required ·          ¼ teaspoon salt ·          1 teaspoon oil ·          Oil for deep frying How to make recepie: Making of puri dough: 1.        In a mixing bowl, take 1 cup fine unroasted sooji or rava or semolina (160 grams) ,1 tspj oil, 3 to 4 pinches   baking soda and ¼ tsp salt...

                               ONION POKOVADA INGREDIENDS: Measurement Used - 1 Cup = 250 ml and 1 teaspoon = 5ml 1¼ Cup Besan / Kadalai Maavi ¾ Cup Rice Flour ½ teaspoon Baking Soda / Aapa Soda 1 teaspoon Salt 1 teaspoon Fennel Seeds 2 Big Onions, sliced 7-8 sprigs Curry Leaves, finely chopped 6 Green Chillies, finely chopped 1 inch Ginger, Crushed 10 Garlic Cloves , Crushed 15 Cashewnut, broken in half 5 teaspoon Vegetable Oil for making dough ¾ cup Water Vegetable Oil for frying Pakkavada  HOW TO MAKE: Take all the ingredients together and add ¾ cup of water and mix well. Do not add all the water at once. Add slowly. Heat oil in a pan until hot. Take small pieces and drop them in oil. No need to shape them. Just drop them gently in oil. Fry in medium hot oil until the bubbles from the oil settle and the pakkavada is golden. Remove the pakkavada carefully using a ...

           spoonge cake                               without oven INGREDIENTS To make the sponge cake batter: 4 eggs 1 cup powdered sugar 1 cup maida/all purpose flour 1 tsp baking powder ¼ tsp salt ½ cup melted butter ½ tsp vanilla extract other ingredients ¼ tsp butter to grease the pan 1 tsp maida to flour the pan 1½ cup sand to create a base at the bottom of the pressure cooker INSTRUCTIONS Greasing and flouring the pan: Take a cake pan, apply butter all over the pan and grease well. Add some maida into the pan and cover the entire pan with flour by rotating the pan carefully. Dust off the excess flour. Making the cake batter: In a bowl, add 4 eggs and whisk the eggs well. Into it, add powdered sugar and mix well. Add maida/all purpose flour, baking powder, salt and mix well. Mix the batter without lumps. Add melted butter int...

                                 MASALA VADAI COOKING TIME:25MIN SERVICE:3PEPLE INGREDIENDS: 1 CUP CHANGAL DHALL SALT AS NEEDED 1 INCH CINEEMON 1 TO 2 RED CHILLI 3/4 CUMIN 3/4 TSP FENEEL SEEDS FEW LEAVES MINT 1 SPRING CURRY LEAVES 1 1/4 GINGER AND GARLIC PASTE 1 TO 2 RED CHILLI CHAPPED 1 PINCH TURMERIC OIL FOR DEEP FRYING HOW TO MAKE: PREPRATION  FOR MASALA VADA 1.soak washed dal in good amount of water for 15 hours Drain compled to a colander 2.Powder cinnamon red chilli jeera and saunf coarsely set thid aside along waith 2 tbsp dal 3.Pulse soaked dal salt coarselutransfer to a bowl 4.Add mint curry leaves onion masala powder green chillies and ginger garlic paste Mix everyting well. 5.The mixture must have good binding to shape them to vadas if the mixtire doesn’t bind well take a handful of this mixture and blend to a smooth paste Mix that with...

                           ALOO GOBI CURRY Ingredients (1 cup = 250 ML) for onion-tomato paste: 2   tsp   oil 1   medium sized onion   thinly sliced 1   inch   ginger / adrak 3   cloves   garlic / lasun 2   medium sized tomato   finely chopped 8   whole cashews other ingredients: 2   tsp   oil 1   tsp   jeera / cumin seeds 1   bay leaf / indian tej patta ½   tsp   turmeric / haldi 1   inch   cinnamon stick / dalchini 1   tsp   kashmiri chili powder / lal mirch powder salt to taste 1   tsp   coriander powder / dhaniya powder 2   medium sized potato   cubed 1   cup   water 2   cups   cauliflower / gobi   florets 1   tsp   kasuri methi / dry fenugreek leaves   crushed ¼   tsp   garam masala 2   tbsp...

                     BANANA BRUNCH PUNCH   INGREDIENTS ·          6 medium ripe bananas ·          1 can (12 ounces) frozen orange juice concentrate, thawed ·          3/4 cup thawed lemonade concentrate ·          3 cups warm water, divided ·          2 cups sugar, divided ·          1 can (46 ounces) pineapple juice, chilled ·          3 bottles (2 liters each) lemon-lime soda, chilled ·          Orange slices, optional HOW TO MAKE IT: In a blender, cover and process the bananas, orange juice and lemonade until smooth. Remove half of the mixture and set aside. Add 1-1/2 cups war...