You wake up in the morning and wash your sleepy face. While you wipe it dry with a towel, you see a glimpse of yourself in mirror, and give a groan. No, you’re not having a bad face day. It’s something much worse than that. It’s the biggest damn pimple you’ve ever seen on your life when you have a Read full story…

Aloo Tamatar Sabzi or Potato-Tomato Curry is very simple, everyday dish regularly cooked in many North Indian kitchens. Boiled potatoes are cooked in a spiced gravy of tomatoes and onions and it makes a great curry with rotis and chapatis. My mother also make this sometimes as an accompaniment to a subtle flavored rice or steamed white rice. Ingredients: 4 Read full story…

Ingredients: 4 oz Semi-Sweet Chocolate 1/2 cups Water 1 cup Butter 2 cups Sugar 4 lg Eggs, separated 1 teaspoons Vanilla 2 cups Unsifted flour 1 teaspoons Baking soda 1 cup Buttermilk or strong cold coffee 1/2 teaspoons Salt Method: In heavy saucepan on low heat, melt broken chocolate with water; set aside. Cream butter with sugar until light and Read full story…

Preparation time: 5 minutes Cooking time: Nil Serves: 2 Ingredients: Fresh Apricots, seeds removed 3 Plain Yoghurt 3/4 cups Orange Juice 1/4 cup Honey 1 teaspoon Almond Extract 1/8 teaspoon Ice cubes 2 Method: Place all of the ingredients in a blender and blend at high speed until smooth. Serve right away. Nutrition per serve: 230 calories; 1 gram fat; Read full story…

Making time: 45 minutes Serving: 20 pieces (approx.) Shelf life: Best when fresh Ingredients: For cover: Warm Oil 2 tablespoons Plain flour (maida) 1 cup Water to knead dough For filling: Potatoes large boiled,peeled,mashed 2 Green chillies crushed 2 Onion finely chopped 1 Red chilli powder 1 tbsp. ginger crushed 1/2 tbsp. garlic crushed 1/2 lemon juice extracted 1/2 tbsp. Read full story…

Ingredients: Almonds paste (Badam) 1 cup Milk 4-6 cups Sugar equal to almond paste (about 1 cup) Saffron 1/2 tsp Kesari powder (for color) small pinch (optional) Method: Soak saffron in little cold milk, and keep it aside. Soak almonds in hot water for 1 hour. Peel skin and grind the almond into a fine paste with 1 cup of Read full story…

Strips of fresh cottage cheese (paneer) dipped in a mildly spiced chickpea batter and then deep fried. Preparation Time: 15-20 minutes Cooking Time: 10 minutes Servings: 4 Ingredients: Cottage cheese (paneer) 400 grams Green chutney 1/2 cup Red Chilli powder 1 1/2 teaspoons Salt to taste Gram flour (besan) 1 1/2 cups Ginger-garlic paste 1 teaspoon Carom seeds (ajwain) 2 Read full story…