Ingredients:
3 cups Maida (all purpose flour)
1/2 tsp Baking powder
1/8th tsp Baking Soda
1 tbsp sugar
salt to taste (approx 1 tsp)
1/4 cup oil
1/2 cup Yogurt
1 tbsp Ghee
For the Filling:
1 large onion, chopped very finely
2-3 chillies, slices thinly (or as per taste)
1/4 tsp Ajwain (oregano)
1/2 tsp ginger, grated
1/4 tsp cumin
salt to taste
Method
Mix all the ingredients for [...]
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Ingredients:
4 – bajji chillies
2 – potato
1/2 cup – grated paneer
3 – green chillies
1 cup – gram flour
1/2 cup – rice flour
A pinch of asafoetida
Salt to taste
Oil to fry
Method
For the stuffing:
Boil the potatoes.
Peel off the skin and mash the potatoes.
Mix the grated paneer, salt and green chilli.
Cut the chillies in the middle and take off the [...]
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Ingredients:
A bunch of spinach
1 – tomato
1 – green chilli
Tamarind, lime size
1 to 1&1/2 tbsp – sambar powder
Salt
Asafoetida, a pinch
1/2 cup – tur dal
Turmeric, a pinch
To temper: Mustard seeds and jeera
Method
Cook dal with turmeric in pressure cooker.
Soak tamarind in warm water for 10 minutes and extract the water.
Boil tamarind water with chopped tomato, green chilli, asafoetida, [...]
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Ingredients:
left over idly batter
1 – onion, chopped finely
1 – tomato, chopped finely
2 to 3 – green chilies, thinly sliced (or as per taste)
few cilantro sprigs for garnish
Method
If you have stored the batter, make sure you bring the batter to room temperature before cooking.
In a skillet, greased with approx ¼ tsp oil and rubbed with half [...]
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Ingredients:
1 large onion cut finely
3 potatoes sliced long (like french fries or potato wedges)
3 large green bell peppers (capsicum) halved and sliced long
1 large tomato cut finely
1 tsp cumin seeds
2 tbsp oil
1/4 tsp turmeric powder
1/2 tsp chili powder (or to taste)
1/4 tsp ground ginger powder
1/2 tsp dhania powder (ground coriander powder)
3-4 tsp ground roasted peanut [...]
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Ingredients:
1 kg – boneless chicken (cut into medium pieces)
1 cup – curd (beaten)
4 – onions (finely chopped)
1 1/2 bunch – fresh coriander leaves (finely chopped)
4 to 5 – cloves
6 – finely chopped green chillies (or as per taste)
2 cinnamon stick
1 tsp – cumin seeds
5 to 6 – green cardamoms
2 – bay leaves
1/2 tsp – turmeric [...]
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Ingredients:
2 – drumsticks (murungaikai) (normal size)
200g – small(sambar) onions
Curry leaves, mustard seeds, for seasoning
lemon size tamarind
2 – tomato (normal size)
Dal, a handful
4tbsp – oil
To Masala:
Asafoetida, a pinch
5 – red chillis
2 tbsp – kadalai paruppu (Bengal gram dal)
4 tbsp – coconut grated
2 tbsp – oil
1/4 tsp – fenugreek seeds
1/4 tsp – pepper
Method
Heat 2tbsp of oil in [...]
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