Free Recipes

Dates Milk Shake

2008-07-04T22:36:00.000-07:00

1/4 cup dates - de-seeded and chopped
2 tbsp sugar
720 ml milk
1 cup crushed ice

Blend the dates and 1/2 cup of milk together in a blender.
Add the rest of the ingredients and blend at high speed and serve in four glasses.

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Musk Mellon Milk Shake

2008-07-04T22:34:00.000-07:00

1 cup chopped musk mellon
1 cup milk
1/4 cup cream (optional)
1/2 tsp vanilla essence
1/2 cup crushed ice
Scoop of vanilla icecream

Put all ingredients, except ice cream in a blender jar and blend smooth.
Transfer into a glass top with ice-cream and serve.

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Banana Milk Shake

2008-07-04T22:30:00.000-07:00

1 cup chopped banana
1 cup milk
1/4 cup cream (optional)
1/2 tsp vanilla essence
1/2 cup crushed ice

Put all this in a blender jar and blend smooth.
To make it thicker you can also add some milk powder.

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Mango Milk Shake

2008-07-04T22:27:00.000-07:00

1 cup chopped mango
1 cup milk
1/2 cup cream (optional, or add 1/2 cup milk instead)
1/2 cup crushed ice

Put all this in a blender jar and blend smooth.
To make it thicker you can also add some milk powder.

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Strawberry Milk Shake

2008-07-04T22:25:00.000-07:00

2 cups cold milk
1/4 cup sugar
1 cup strawberries-hulled
1 cup crushed ice

Place all the ingredients in a blender jar, blend at high speed and serve in two glasses.

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Badaam Milk

2008-07-04T22:21:00.000-07:00

1 cup chilled milk
1/4 cup condendsed milk
1/4 cup almonds
pinch of elaichi powder
1/4 cup ice-crushed

Place the almonds in a bowl and pour boiling water over. Leave for half an hour.
Chop half the almonds fine and place the other half in a blender.
Place the milk, condensed milk, elaichi powder and ice in the blender too.
Blend till well mixed and serve garnished with the chopped almonds.

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Iced Coffee

2008-07-01T04:06:00.000-07:00

1/2 litre sweetened coffee-double strength and freshly brewed
200 ml milk
grated nutmeg
dash of rum/ coffee liqueur
4 scoops ice-cream
dusting of icing sugar

For Iced Coffee, freeze a tray of ice-cubes with some of the coffee brew.
Blend the remainder with milk, nutmeg and rum until frothy.
Pour the coffee over the ice-cubes and finish with ice cream and a dusting of cocoa.

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Chocolate Milk Shake

2008-07-01T04:03:00.000-07:00

4 tbsp drinking chocolate
125 ml black coffee
250 ml milk
100 ml cream
4 scoops of chocolate ice cream

Dissolve the chocolate in hot coffee and then pour in the milk. Chill.
Whisk in cream.
Pour over ice cream in the glasses.
Serve immediately.

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Pistachio Milk Shake

2008-07-01T04:02:00.001-07:00

4 tbsp pistachios- blanched, peeled and grounded
1/2 cup sugar or to taste
720 ml milk
1 cup crushed ice

Place all the ingredients in a blender jar, blend at high speed and serve in four glasses.

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Christmas Biscuits

2008-07-01T03:57:00.000-07:00

250 gm flour
1/2 tsp ginger powder
1/2 tsp cinnamon powder
150 gm diced butter
100 gm castor sugar
dried fruit/icing to decorate
eggs - as required (approximately 4)

Rub flour and butter until breadcrumbs are formed.
Stir in sugar and spices. Add enough beaten eggs to form soft dough. Chill well.
Roll out the dough on a floured surface. Cut into desired shapes and arrange on a baking sheet.
Bake at 180 degrees for 10-12 minutes
Decorate with icing sugar/dried fruits/candy.

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Eggless Butter Cookies

2008-07-01T03:54:00.000-07:00

1 1/2 cups flour
1/4 cup milk
1 tsp vinegar
120 gm butter
1/2 cup powdered sugar
1 tsp vanilla essence

Oven temp: 350 F-180 C
Mix flour, milk, vinegar, butter, sugar and vanilla together to a creamy consistency.
Mix in the flour to make a smooth dough.
Shape the cookies and place on an ungreased baking tray.
Bake in a pre-heated oven for 15-20 minutes.

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Atta Biscuits

2008-07-01T03:50:00.000-07:00

250 gm atta
125 gm powdered sugar or gur ki shakkar
150 gm chilled butter
1 tsp cardamom powder

Mix atta, sugar and spice in a bowl. With your fingertips, rub in diced butter into the flour. When the mixture resembles breadcrumbs, knead it into soft dough.
Knead on a floured surface until smooth. Wrap the dough in a paper and chill for 30 minutes.
Roll on a floured surface till 1/8" thick. Cut and arrange on a baking tray. Chill for ten minutes.
Bake in a pre-heated oven at 170 degree C for ten minutes or until golden.

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Eggless Chocolate Chip Biscuits

2008-07-01T03:48:00.000-07:00

125 gm butter
125 gm castor/powdered sugar
1/4 cup milk + 1 tsp sugar
150 gm flour
125 gm chocolate chips
100 gm melted chocolate for decoration

Whip butter and sugar until light and fluffy.
Stir in the milk mixture, followed by the flour and chocolate chips.
Place in spoonfuls on a lightly oiled sheet and Bake in a moderate oven at 180 degrees C for ten to twenty minutes or until golden in color.
Cool slightly before removing from tray. Decorate with melted chocolate.

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Crunchy Biscuit Pudding

2008-07-01T03:43:00.000-07:00

1 packet bourbon biscuit
1 cup mixed fruit - (pomegranate, pineapple, bananas, apples, orange, grapes)
100 gm semi sweetened cream
grated chocolate or praline
1 tbsp sugar
1 cup water

Mix 1 tbsp of sugar and 2 drops of lime to the fruit and keep aside.
Split each biscuit and dip it lightly in sugar syrup and layer it on a dish (wet it).
Spread fresh cream over it.
Sprinkle chopped fruits. Again spread cream.
Decorate with grated chocolate or praline/plain roasted nuts.
Refrigerate for 10-15 minutes.
This can be preserved up to 2-3 days depending on the cream.

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Festive Cardamom Biscuits

2008-07-01T03:36:00.000-07:00

300 gm flour
125 gm castor sugar
200 gm chilled butter
1/2 tsp cardamom powder

To Decorate
2 tbsp castor sugar
edible food color

Mix flour, sugar and spice in a bowl. With your fingertips, rub in diced butter into the flour. When the mixture resembles breadcrumbs, knead it into soft dough.
Knead on a floured surface until smooth. Wrap the dough in a paper and chill for 30 minutes.
Roll on a floured surface till 1/8" thick. Cut and arrange on a baking tray. Chill for ten minutes.
Bake in a pre-heated oven at 170 degree C for ten minutes or until golden.
Dip each biscuit into a plain or colored sugar and cool before storing in an airtight tin.

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Paapri Chaat

2008-06-28T22:45:00.001-07:00

Ingredients:
24 paapri
1 cup potatoes-boiled, diced
1/4 cup kachaloo-boiled, peeled, chopped fine
1 cup yoghurt-beaten, thinned
1/2 cup sonth chutney
chaat masala
chilli powderginger+coriander leaves to garnish

Method:
Dip the paapries in the yoghurt, arrange on a plate and spread potatoes over it.
Pour sonth in a thin layer, then sprinkle the kachaloo.
Sprinkle the chaat masala and chilli powder.
Garnish with ginger and coriander and serve.

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Poha/ Chivda

2008-06-28T22:33:00.000-07:00

Ingredients:
1 cup poha/chivda
1 tbsp oil
1/8 tsp asafoetida
1 tsp mustard seeds
8-10 curry leaves
2-3 whole red chillies
1/2 cup potatoes-diced small
1/2 tsp turmeric
2 tsp salt green chillies-finely chopped
1 tbsp lemon juice
1 tbsp chopped coriander leaves
lemon wedges for garnish

Method:
Put rice in a colander and wash, not letting it soak too long in the water. Leave in the colander to drain out completely.
Heat the oil and add the asafoetida, mustard seeds, curry leaves and the red chillies.
When seeds begin to splutter, add potatoes, and turn around till they look a bit glossy. Add the turmeric and saute over low heat till the potatoes are cooked through.
Increase the heat, add salt and poha and mix well. Saute till mixed and heated through.
Shut off the heat, and mix in the green chillies, lemon juice and half of the coriander.
Transfer on to a serving dish, garnish with the rest of the coriander and lemon wedges, and serve.
Note: Some people like to fry finely chopped onions along with the potatoes, or also peas.

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Besan ki Mirchi

2008-06-28T22:28:00.000-07:00

Ingredients:

250 gm green chillies

100 gm besansalt to taste

2 gm red chilli powder

2.5 gm turmeric powder

pinch of amchoor powder

5 gm asafoetida

10 gm roasted cumin seedsoil

Method:

Slit and deseed the green chillies.

Take a little oil and add the asafoetida, besan and the rest of the masalas and cook on a very low flame, till it turns a golden brown in colour.

Fill this besan mixture in the green chillies.

Again take oil in a kadahi and add the asafoetida, put the stuffed green chillies and cook for a while till the chillies get a little soft.

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Masala Rava Idli

2008-06-28T22:22:00.000-07:00

Ingredients:

3 cups semolina

2 tbsp oil

2 dry red peppers - broken into pieces

6-7 curry leaves

1 tsp mustard seeds - for seasoning

salt to taste

1 cup sour yogurt

1 tsp eno

Method:

Heat the oil and add the peppers, curry leaves, mustard seeds and when they splutter, add the semolina and saut?ver low heat, till an aroma emanates.

Take it off the heat and let it cool.

When cool, mix the semolina and yogurt to a smooth batter add the salt.

Keep aside in a warm place for about an hour.

Add the eno and steam immediately in an idli steamer for 6-9 minutes (cocktail sized) and 15-20 minutes if the bigger size.

You will have to judge the time after trying a few first.

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Fruit Custard/Cream

2008-06-27T23:07:00.000-07:00

Ingredients:

2 cups milk

3 tbsp custard powder

1/4 cup sugar or to taste

2-3 cups mixed fruit (any) - cut into small pieces

Method:

Mix the sugar and custard powder into 1/4 cup of the milk. Bring the rest of the milk to a boil. Lower the heat and add the sugar and custard solution.

Mix well and let it come to a boil again, stirring all the time so that it does not scorch. After it comes to a boil again, take it off the heat and let it cool.

Cut the fruit and add a little sugar to it.

When the custard is cool put the fruit at the bottom layer. Cover it with the custard and refrigerate to chill.

Note: In case you want Fruit Cream, replace custard with chilled and sweetened cream.

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Gajak

2008-06-27T23:02:00.000-07:00

Ingredients:
1 cup sesame
3/4 cup sticky jaggery
1/2 tsp cardamom powder
2 tbsp clarified butter

Method:
Heat sesame on low fire, stirring continuously so that they do not splutter and fall out of the pan. When cooled, pound them.
Heat jaggery in 1/2 cup water till the syrup is thick. Test its consistency by putting a drop in cold water- it should remain firm.
Add roasted sesame.
Grease a board and spread the sesame-jaggery mixture. Roll flat to 1 cm thickness.
Cut into squares when sufficiently cool and hardened.
Store in a container lined with butter paper.

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Dessert Delight

2008-06-27T22:59:00.000-07:00

Ingredients:

2 slice chocolate cake,

2 chocolates,

cut into pieces 2 bananas

3 tsp sugar

2 tsp lemonjuice

1/2 cup cream

1 scoop vanilla ice cream

100 gm butter

Method:

Cut the bananas into not so small pieces. Heat the butter (a little more than warm) and put in the banana pieces and cook for two minutes.

Add the sugar and continue cooking till it is completely done. Then add the lemon juice and continue cooking.

In another pan, melt the cut pieces of chocolate and the cream and cook on a slow flame. Spread the cooked banana evenly on the chocolate slices.

Now decorate the chocolate slices with the melted chocolate-cream mixture and serve with a scoop of vanilla ice cream on its side.

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Gajar ka Halwa

2008-06-27T22:56:00.000-07:00

Ingredients:

1 kg carrots-grated

1 cup khoya

1/2 cup (125 g) sugar

1 tsp powdered green cardamom

5-6 almonds-blanched and shredded8-10 raisins

2 tbsp ghee

Method:

Place the carrots in a dish, cover and cook on High for 5 minutes, stirring once.

Crumble 3/4 of the khoya and add to carrots. Cook, covered on 50% for 10 minutes, stirring twice.

Add the sugar and continue cooking at 50% for 7-8 minutes, till the carrots have a slightly glossy look and the moisture has evaporated.

Add the cardamom and ghee and half the almonds and raisins, and cook at Hi for a minute. Serve, sprinkled with the rest of the khoya which has been crushed.

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Atta Halwa

2008-06-27T22:53:00.000-07:00

Ingredients:

1 cup (whole wheat flour)

1 cup sugar

4 cups water

1/2 cup ghee

Method:

In a deep, heavy based sauce pan, melt the ghee add the whole wheat flour and stir fry.

At the same time, place the water and the sugar in another pan, to dissolve the sugar and keep on simmer, till required.

Stir-fry till the base of the pan looks glossy and the flour does not stick together as much.

Add the sugar solution stirring all the time and bring to a boil, then simmer till the liquid is absorbed. Serve hot.

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Shahi Tukre

2008-06-27T22:48:00.000-07:00

Ingredients:

8 bread slices

12 tbsp condensed milk

1 litre milk

1 tsp ground cardamom

1/2 tsp nutmeg

30 gm each almonds, pistas, walnut, cashew nuts and raisins

Method:

Trim the edges of the bread slices and cut them into four pieces. Then deep fry to golden color. Separately, fry all the nuts and pound coarsely.

Cook the milk and condensed milk, sugar, cardamom and nutmeg on low flame.

When the mixture thickens put the fried bread slices side by side in the pan.

Let it cook till the bread absorbs all the moisture. Serve cold garnished with nuts, raisins and silver foil.

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Besan ke Laddoo

2008-06-27T22:43:00.000-07:00

Ingredients:
2 cups gram flour
1/2 cup ghee
3/4 cup powdered sugar
1/4 tsp powdered green cardamom
few almonds-blanched, slivered, to garnish
few pistachios-blanched, slivered, to garnish

Method:
In a kadahi, melt the ghee and add the gram flour.
Stir-fry over low heat. It takes about 30 minutes for the flour to get cooked through and it gets a pasty look when done. The colour should be a light brown.
Shut off the heat and leave the mixture to cool completely. If it does not cool entirely, it becomes moist when sugar is added.
Add the sugar and cardamom and mix well by rubbing it with your open palm against the base of the bowl. Rub till blended thoroughly.
Shape into tight, hard balls, pressing hard at every stage. At the final stage, keep it pressed a little longer, so that the surface becomes smooth.
Decorate the top of each ball with almonds and pistachios.
Can be stored for almost 4-6 weeks.

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Diwali Recipes

2007-11-06T06:34:00.000-08:00

This diwali try out our special collection of diwali recipes. Share these diwali recipes woth friends and family.

GUJIA

INGREDIENTS
Flour 250 grams
Khoya 500 grams
Raisins a few
Almonds 100 grams (finely chopped)
Cooking oil 3 tablespoon
Water 100 ml
Sugar 250 grams

PREPARATION

Mix the oil and flour properly to form a binding consistency of breadcrumbs. Add some water and knead lightly the entire mixture. Make it soft dough and set it aside with a damp cloth covering it. Fry the khoya in cooking oil till it becomes light brown and then mix the sugar in it properly. Add the almonds and raisins, and fry for a few more minutes. Remove from fire and let it cool. Make small thick chapattis out of that kneaded dough. Fill half of the chapatti with the khoya mixture and, rolling it, seal the sides of the chapatti keeping the khoya inside it. Make the sealing look decorated by giving a look of hemming. Deep-fry these gujias until it becomes light golden brown, keeping the flame at low. Take out the gujias on a newspaper and let the oil get soaked. Serve hot or store it in an airtight container for using it on that special day.

KHEER

INGREDIENTS

Milk 1 liter
Rice 200 grams (soaked for ½ an hour before cooking)
Sugar to taste
Cashew nut a few (finely chopped)
Cardamom 4 to 5 pieces (peeled off seeds only)
Raisin a few (soaked few minutes before adding)

PREPARATION

Put the milk on a pan and let it boil for a few minutes, keeping the flame at low. Stir continuously when the milk becomes a little thick. Put sugar into the milk and stir constantly until the sugar melts. When the entire content is ready, put the rice in it and, stirring at intervals, let it boil for a while. When the rice is cooked, garnish it with the chopped cashew nuts, cardamoms and the raisins into it and serve it hot.

MITHA KHAJA

INGREDIENTS

Flour 1½ cup
Jaggery ½ cup
1 cup of water
Cardamom powder 1/4 tablespoon
Ghee 1 tablespoon

PREPARATION

First, heat the water and jaggery until it dissolves in the water. Strain and cool it and add cardamom powder and ghee in the flour and knead the flour with jaggery water till the dough becomes stiff. Breaking it into 24-25 parts, knead and roll it into 4'' rounds. And keep it aside so as to make it a bit dry and fry it in hot ghee until its colour becomes golden. Then drain and cool it till the khajas becomes crisper. Serve it or keep it in an airtight container.

KHARIPUDI

INGREDIENTS

Wheat Flour 2 cup
Rice Flour 1/2 cup
1/2 tbsp of omam seeds
1/2 tsp. of turmeric powder
Ghee 2 tablespoon
Some dry flour for dusting

PREPARATION

Mix plain flour and 1/4 cup rice flour together .Add asafetida, onam seeds, turmeric, oil and mix it properly so as to make the dough more softer. Apply ghee and roll it like a large chapati. Sprinkling some rice flour, roll it into tight Swiss roll and cut into thick slices and keep it aside. Then heat the oil in a pan and fry the pudis till it becomes golden colour. Now drain and keep it aside and its ready to serve.

Cardamom Biscuits

2007-10-09T03:30:00.000-07:00

300 gm flour
125 gm castor sugar
200 gm chilled butter
1/2 tsp cardamom powder

To Decorate
2 tbsp castor sugar
edible food color

Mix flour, sugar and spice in a bowl. With your fingertips, rub in diced butter into the flour. When the mixture resembles breadcrumbs, knead it into soft dough.

Knead on a floured surface until smooth. Wrap the dough in a paper and chill for 30 minutes.

Roll on a floured surface till 1/8" thick. Cut and arrange on a baking tray. Chill for ten minutes.

Bake in a pre-heated oven at 170 degree C for ten minutes or until golden.

Dip each biscuit into a plain or colored sugar and cool before storing in an airtight tin.

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Vegetable Pulao

2007-10-08T00:50:00.000-07:00

Ingredients:

3 cups of rice, boiled
A bunch of coriander leaves.
3-4 green chillies.
2 TeaSpoon of coconut, shredded
3 medium onions,sliced fine.
1/2 an onion, chopped.
A few sticks of cinammon, a few
cardommom seeds, a few cloves.
1 1/2 TeaSpoon red chilli powder.
salt to taste.
2 flakes garlic.
1 inch piece ginger.
Ghee or melted butter for frying.
1 cup of cauliflower flowerets.
Some mixed frozen vegetables like beans,
carrots and green peas.
3 tsbp ghee(clarified butter)

Method:

Grind together the 1/2 onion, coconut, garlic,
ginger and coriander in the blender, to make a smooth paste.
Keep aside.
Fry the onions in a the ghee or melted butter.
Also add the cloves, cinnamon and cardommom.
When onions are browned properly, add the red chilli powder
and fry for 30-45 seconds.
Now add all the vegetables,including the cauliflower and
sprinkle some water on it.
Keep covered and cook on a low flame till the vegetables are cooked.
This might take approximately 15-20 minutes.
Keep sprinkling water periodically to speeden up the process,
but do not add excess water as it will ruin the pulao.
When the vegetables are done, transfer the vegeables to a
big mixing dish, add all the boiled rice, salt to taste
and the blended masala.
Mix thoroughly and then heat it either in a microwave or on
low heat on the cooking range.It is heated again to let
the salt spread across the dish.
Serve with Raita.

Kadai Paneer

2007-10-05T03:59:00.002-07:00

Ingredients :

500 gms paneer
100 gms capiscum
2 tsp coriander seeds
5 whole red chillies
½ tsp dry fenugreek leaves
2 chopped green chillies
2 tsp chopped ginger
4 chopped tomatoes
2 tbsp chopped coriander
3 tbsp ghee
Salt to taste
6 cloves garlic mixed with water for the paste

Method :

Slice the paneer and capiscum into thin long strips.
Pound the coriander seeds and chillies together.
Heat the ghee add the garlic paste and cook on a slow flame for a few seconds.
Add the capiscum and the pounded spices and cook on a slow flame for a few seconds.
Add the green chillies and ginger and fry again for a few seconds.
Add dry fenugreek leaves and salt and fry again for a seconds.
Finally add the sliced paneer and cook for a few minutes.
Sprinkle coriander on top and serve hot.

Aloo Gobi

2007-10-05T03:18:00.000-07:00

Ingredients :

1 large cauliflower
2 potatoes, boiled & peeled
1 tbsp coriander, finely chopped
1 green chillies
1 onion, finely chopped
¼ tsp turmeric powder
½ tsp dhania powder
1 tsp lemon juice
2 tbsp curds
½ tsp cumin seeds
3 tbsp oil or ghee

To be ground into paste :

2 tbsp coconut, grated
¼ cup coriander, chopped
3 green chillies
½ tsp ginger grated
1 tsp garlic grated
1 onion
½ tsp wheat flour

Directions :

Break cauliflower into florettes. Simmer in boiling water for 3 to 4 minutes.
Drain, keep aside. Chop potatoes into medium chunks.
Heat oil in a pan, add cumin seeds, allow to splutter.
Add onion and green chilli, saute till pink.
Add paste, turmeric powder, dhania powder, saute for 2-3 minutes.
Add curds, stir continuously, till boiling resumes.
Add potatoes, cauliflower, cook till gravy thickens.
Stir occasionally to avoid burning.
When gravy is thick and oil separates, add lemon juice and it is done .
Garnish with coriander, serve hot. Enjoy!