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INGREDIENTS: 1) 1 Cup Flour/Maida 2) 1/2 Cup Sugar 3) 1/2 Cup White Butter/Malai 4) 1/4 Cup Milk 5) 2 Tablespoon Raisins 6) 2 Tablespoon Glazed Cherries 7) 1 Tablespoon Honey 8) 1/2 Cup Curd 9) 1/4 Teaspoon Soda-bi-carbonate 10) 1/2 Teaspoon Baking Powder 11) 4 Teaspoon Cocoa Powder PREPARATION TIME: 35 Minutes HOW TO PREPARE: * Pre-Heat the oven at 180 degrees * Grease the baking dish and keep aside * Sieve Flour, soda-bi-carbonate, baking and cocoa powder * Add Glazed Cherries and raisins to flour, mix well and keep aside * Beat butter and sugar well till light and fluffy * Add Honey, milk and Curd to it and mix well * Fold in the flour mix slowly so that gluten is not released * Pour the mix in greased tray and bake at 180 degrees for 35 minutes * Cool the cake for 10 minutes before slicing * Garnish with your favourite icing and cream * Serve with tea/coffee

INGREDIENTS: 1) 2 Cup Soya Granuals 2) 1 Onion Chopped 3) 1 Tomato chopped 4) 1/4 Cup Fresh Coriander Leaves 5) 1/2 Teaspoon Turmeric 6) 1 Teaspoon Red Chili 7) 1/2 Teaspoon Garam Masala 8) 1/2 Teaspoon Coriander Powder 9) 1 Teaspoon Chicken Masala 10) Salt to taste 11) 2 Cups Atta/Flour 12) Oil as required 13) Water to Knead the flour 14) 1 Teaspoon Ajwain seeds PREPARATION TIME: 30 Minutes HOW TO PREPARE: * In a bowl take flour, add Salt, 2 teaspoon Oil and water * Knead the flour into a dough and keep aside * In a pan boil water, take off from heat and add soya granules * Keep granules soaked in hot water for 10 minutes, then drain, squeese and keep aside * In a wok add 2 Tablespoon oil, and add onions and tomatoes * Cook till tomatoes become soft, add turmeric powder and mix well * Add Salt, red chili, coriander powder, garam masala, chicken masala * Cook for few minutes before adding granules and mix well * Add Fresh coriander leaves, Mix and take off from heat a

INGREDIENTS: 1) 100 gms Ladyfinger/Bhindi 2) 100 gms Brinjal/Baigan 3) 100 gms Colocassia/Arbi 4) 100 gms Cauliflower/Fulgobhi 5) 100 gms Bitter Gourd/Karela 6) 100 gms Potato/Aloo 7) 2 Tablespoon coriander seeds 8) 1 Tablespoon Cumin Seeds 9) 1/2 Teaspoon Nigella Seeds 10) 1/2 Teaspoon Fenugreek Seeds 11) 2 Teaspoon red chilli powder 12) 2 Teaspoon Coriander Powder 13) 2 Teaspoon Dry Mango Powder 14) Salt to taste 15) Oil to fry PREPARATION TIME: 45 Minutes HOW TO PREPARE: * Wash and Make slits in the vegetables and keep aside * In a pan, dry roast cumin, coriander seeds, nigella and fenugreek seeds * Grind the dry roasted seeds and keep aside * Deep fry the vegetables and keep them on kitchen paper to soak extra oil * On a tawa, Heat 3 tablespoon oil and add the fried vegetables * Sprinkle the roasted dry masala on it and mix well * Sprinkle Red Chilli, Coriander Powder, Dry Mango Powder and Salt * Keep Mixing till a even coat of all dry masala is applied on vegetabl

INGREDIENTS: 1) 2 Chicken Breast (500 gms) 2) 6 Potatoes 3) 250 gms Green Beans 4) 5 - 6 Garlic Cloves 5) 2 Onions 6) Salt to taste 7) Black Pepper to taste 8) Red Paprika to taste 9) 2 Tablespoon Olive Oil 10) 1/4 Cup Dry Mint Powder or Leaves 11) 2 Lemons PREPARATION TIME : 1 Hour HOW TO PREPARE: * In a bowl mix Olive oil, salt, garlic, pepper, paprika, and dry mint * Apply the mix to chicken, potatoes, and onions * Keep it marinated to 15 - 20 minutes * Grill the chicken at 200 degrees for 20 minutes on each side * Wash beans and blanch them and keep aside * Done! Plate the Chicken, Potatoes, Onions, and Beans * Sprinkle Lemon Juice on it and Serve with Sweet Chilly Sauce

INGREDIENTS: 1) 2 Cup Rice 2) 250 Gms Paneer/Cottage Cheese 3) 1/4 Cup diagonally sliced french beans 4) 1 Cup parboiled cauliflower florets 5) 1/2 Cup Diagonally sliced babycorns 6) 1/4 Cup fresh pineapple cubes 7) 1/2 Cup capsicum diced 8) 1/4 Cup Boiled Peas 9) 1/4 Cup Carrots Diced 10) 2 Teaspoon chopped green chillies 11) 2 Tablespoon Oil 12) Salt to taste 13) 1 Tablespoon Vinegar 14) 1 Tablespoon Sugar 15) 1 Cup Water 16) 1 Tablespoon Cornflour 17) 3 Tablespoon Tomato Sauce 18) 2 Teaspoon soya sauce 19) 1 Tomato Chopped PREPARATION TIME: 30 Minutes HOW TO PREPARE: * Heat the oil in a pan, add beans and sauté till they are tender * Add the remaining vegetables and cook for 3-4 minutes * Add Tomato, Tomato Sauce, vinegar, sugar, and soya sauce * In a bowl mix cornflour in water and add it to the pan * Add Salt and let the sauce get thicken * Add Pineapple, mix well and bring to a boil, Done - Keep Aside * On a grilling pan, add little oil and keep slices of paneer t

INGREDIENTS: 1) 500 gms Chicken Minced 2) 2 Onions Grated 3) 6 Garlic Cloves Grated 4) 2 Teaspoon Paprika Powder 5) 1 Teaspoon Black Pepper 6) 1/2 Cup fresh mint leaves 7) 2 Green Chillies Chopped 8) Salt to taste 9) 2 Teaspoon Garam Masala 10) 1 Egg 11) 2 Tablespoon Flour/Maida PREPARATION TIME: 2 Hours HOW TO PREPARE: * Chop Mint leaves and keep aside * In a bowl, put minced chicken, grated onions and grated cloves * Add paprika, black pepper, green chillies, garam masala * Add Salt, Maida, Mint Leaves, and egg * Mix, and knead till it is soft and kind of comes together * Keep it aside for and hour to let the flavours get in chicken * Apply oil on palm and make balls out of the chicken * Take each ball and flatten it to give it oval flat shape * On a non stick pan, heat little oil and cook the koftas on both side * After it is cooked on both sides, serve hot! * Garnish with Onions and lemons and serve with coriander chutney Powered by eRecipe.com

INGREDIENTS: 1) 1/2 Cup Peas 2) 1/2 Cup sweet Corn 3) 1 Cup Soya chunks 4) 1 Cucumber Diced 5) 1 Tomato Diced 6) 1 Capsicum Diced 7) 2 Tablespoon Besan/Chick pea flour 8) Salt as required 9) Black Pepper as required 10) Roasted Jeera Powder as required 11) Olive Oil as required 12) 1 Lemon juice 13) 1 Orange Diced PREPARATION TIME: 10 Minutes HOW TO PREPARE: * Boil soya chunks, drain and leave aside to cool * Boil peas and corn, drain and keep aside * In a bowl, mix soya, peas and corn * Add in cucumber, tomato and capsicum * Add Orange/Grapes Chunks for extra tangy flavour * You can add pomegranate seeds, carrots and chicken too * In another bowl mix besan, salt and some water into a runny consistency * On tawa, pour besan mix, spread and prepare a chilla * When cooled, break chilla into small pieces and add to salad bowl * Sprinkle salt, black pepper, Roasted Jeera powder and lemon juice, mix well * Or add any salad dressing of your choice and enjoy! Powered by

INGREDIENTS: 1) 2 Cup Urad Dal/White split black lentil 2) 1/4 Cup Yellow Moong dal 3) 1" Ginger piece 4) 2 Green Chilli 5) Salt to taste 6) Black Pepper to Taste 7) 2 Cups Curd/Yogurt 8) 1 Tablespoon powdered Sugar 9) 2 Teaspoon Dried Mint 10) 2 Teaspoon Roasted Jeera powder 11) 1/2 Teaspoon Red Chilli powder 12) 1/2 Cup tamarind Chutney 12) 1/2 cup Coriander Chutney (Optional) 13) Oil for frying 14) Bowl of cold water 15) 1 Teaspoon Black Salt PREPARATION TIME: 30 Minutes HOW TO PREPARE: * Wash and soak urad and moong dal overnite(atleast for 5 hours) in a bowl * In the morning grind the dal mix in a mixer * Add ginger, green chillies, 2 teaspoon salt and 1 Teaspoon black pepper * Grind the dal mix again, so that it becomes light( do the WATER TEST - see below) * In a wok heat oil, put a spoonful of dal mix in oil and fry it * After frying add these dal bhallas to a bowl of cold water * So that these bhallas soak water and become soft and release excess oil * Af

INGREDIENTS: 1) 250 gms Karela/Bitter Melon 2) 2 Onions Sliced 3) 1 Tomato Chopped 4) 4 Tablespoon Mustard oil/Any oil 5) 2 Teaspoon Turmeric Powder 6) Salt to taste 7) 1/2 Teaspoon Jeera/Cummin Seeds 8) 1 Teaspoon Coriander Seeds 9) 1 Teaspoon Coriander Powder 10) 1 Teaspoon Red Chilli Powder 11) 1 Tablespoon Tamarind Paste 12) Coriander for garnish PREPARATION TIME: 20 Minutes HOW TO PREPARE: * Cut the karela and keep it in a bowl * Add 1 Teaspoon Turmeric and 1 Teaspoon salt and mix well * Keep it for atleast 2 hours * Wash and drain the bitter water released from karela and salt * In a wok, heat oil and crackle jeera and coriander seeds * Add Turmeric and karela, cook till the karela turns a little brown * Add Onions and saute till they are translucent or cooked * Add in tomatoes, salt, red chilli, coriander powder * cook till 5 minutes, till flavours get in karela * Add tamarind paste and cook till the sabzi comes together * Done! Garnish with coriander leaves

INGREDIENTS: 1) 2 Cups Sabudana/Tapioca 2) 1 Onions Chopped 3) 1 Onion Chopped 4) 1 Potato Diced 5) 1/2 Cup Peas 6) 1/4 Cup Groundnuts 7) 1 Teaspoon Jeera/Cummin Seeds 8) 1 Teaspoon Salt 9) 1/2 Teaspoon Red Chilli Powder 10) 1/4 Teaspoon Turmeric Powder 11) Pinch of Asafoetida/Hing 12) 2 Tablespoon Oil 13) 1 Lemon juice 14) Few Coriander leaves to garnish PREPARATION TIME: 10 Minutes HOW TO PREPARE: * Soak Sabudana in water for overnight, drain and keep aside * In a wok, heat oil and crackle jeera seeds * Add in Hing, Turmeric powder and Potatoes and cook till soft * Add Onions, Tomatoes, and peas and cook for few minutes * Add Salt, Red Chilli powder and Groundnuts * Finally add soaked and drained sabudana and mix well * Sprinkle some lemon juice and garnish with coriander * Serve hot and enjoy!

INGREDIENTS: 1) 3 Sweet American Corns 2) 2 Teaspoon Salt 3) 1/2 Teaspoon Turmeric Powder 4) 1/2 Cup Tamarind 5) 2 Teaspoon Sugar 6) 1 Teaspoon Red Chilly powder 7) 2 Teaspoon Honey 8) 2 Teaspoon Sweet Chilly Sauce 9) 2 Teaspoon Chaat Masala PREPARATION TIME: 15 minutes HOW TO PREPARE: * In a cooker break corn into small pieces and add water to boil * Add 1 Teaspoon Salt and turmeric powder in cooker and boil for 2 whistles * In a pan put tamarind, sugar and water, boil till it thickens and turns in a pulp * Keep aside and let it cool * In a bowl mix tamarind paste, red chilly, honey, and sweet chilly sauce * Add Chaat Masala and salt to taste and mix well * Masala is ready and can be served with hot boiled corns!

INGREDIENTS: 1) 1 Cup Atta / Wheat Flour - Makes 3 - 4 parathas 2) Salt to taste 3) Water as required 4) Spinach/Palak Chopped 5) Red Chilly Powder 6) Pinch of Ajwain / Carom Seeds 7) Ghee/Clarified Butter as required 8) Garam masala 9) Green chillies chopped PREPARATION TIME: 10 Minutes HOW TO PREPARE: * Add a pinch of salt and 1 teaspoon ghee to Atta * Knead the flour with water, divide it into 3 parts and keep aside * Take one part of atta and roll it round with a rolling pin till 5" in diameter * Squeeze chopped palak to drain out extra water * Put palak and green chillies in the center of the rolled dough * Sprinkle carom seeds, salt, garam masala, red chilly powder and little dry flour * Dry flour is sprinkled as it absorbs any moisture from the stuffing while rolling * Bring the edges and join them in centre and press down * Dust the working place with flour and roll the dough into a 7 - 8" diameter * Place it on tawa/griddle and cook both sides for

INGREDIENTS: 1) 3 - 4 Pizza Base - Readymade 2) 1 Cup Pizza sauce 3) 2 Onions Sliced 4) 2 Capsicum Sliced 5) 1/2 Cup Boiled Sweet Corn 6) 2 Tomatoes Chopped 7) 1 Cup Basil Leaves 8) Black Pepper to taste 9) Salt to taste 10) 2 Cups Mozzarella Cheese grated 11) Oregano to sprinkle on top 12) Chilly Flakes to sprinkle on top PREPARATION TIME: 30 Minutes HOW TO PREPARE: PIZZA: * Take a pizza base and apply pizza sauce on it till the rim of base * spread the toppings - Onion, tomatoes, corn, capsicum and basil leaves * Sprinkle salt and black pepper on it * Spread grated mozzarella cheese on the toppings * Put the base in the grill or OTG * Grill for 15 minutes at 200 degrees or till pizza turns brown on top * Done! Serve hot, Sprinkle oregano and chilly flakes before eating as per wish PIZZA SAUCE: * In a pan heat oil, add garlic, and green chilli paste, cook for few minutes * Add Tomato's puree and cook for few minutes * Add salt, pepper, oregano and basil leaves