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I feel that a splash of lime or lemon juice livens up almost any food, and for those who are cutting down on salt it is a flavor booster and natural salt substitute. The limes in India are most like our key limes: yellowish-skinned, very juicy and s
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For Dry Ingredients:
• Cake flour ( 1 2/3rd cup all purpose flour and 5 tbsp corn starch) – 2 and 1/2 cups
• White Sugar – 3/4 cup
• Baking Powder – 1 and 1/2 tsp
• Baking Soda – 1 tsp
• Salt – 1/4 tsp
• Orange Zest (Zest of about 3 oranges) – 1/2 tsp
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Ginger marinating time: 30 minutes
Preparation time (after assembling ingredients): 5 minutes
Cooking time: 5 minutes
Ingredients
• Scraped fresh ginger root - 1 ½ -inch (4 cm) piece
• Salt - 1 ¼ teaspoons (6 ml)
• Fresh lemon juice - 3 table spoons (4
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Ingredients
• Passion Fruit – 2
• Sugar – 4tbsp
• Salt – a pinch
• Water – 2 glasses
Preparation
1. Cut the passion fruit in two parts and remove the pulp.
2. Add 2 glasses of water, Sugar and Salt to it.
3. Grind till it converts to a thin juice.
4. Keep t
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Ingredients
• Cream Cream cheese softened…………1 C
• Confectioners icing sugar……1 Tbsp
• Vanilla essence……………………½ Tsp
• Whipping cream………………….¼ C
• Desiccated coconut………………3 Tbsp
• Jam of your choice………………..2 Tbs
• Scones All purpose flour…………
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Ingredients
• Sour curd 1 cup
• Green chillies 4
• Chopped coriander leaves, 4 tbsps
• Cold water 6 cups
• Ginger ½ inch piece
• Curry leaves 4 sprigs
• Sugar 2 tsps
• A few mint leaves
• Salt to taste
Preparation
1. Grind the chillies, ginger, curry
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Ingredients
• ½ C peeled and grated green mango
• 1/3 C water
• ½ Tsp turmeric powder
• 1/8 Tsp salt
• ½ C powdered jaggery
• 1 Tbsp water
• 2 Tbsp rice flour + 4 Tsp water
• 1 Tsp ghee
• ½ Tsp black mustard seeds
• 1 green chili
• 1 dried red chil
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Ingredients
•2 cucumbers
•2 C yogurt
•1½ Tsp salt
•1 Tsp ghee
•1 Tsp cumin seeds
•¼ Tsp ekadashi hing
•7-8 fresh curry leaves
•1 green chili chopped
Preparation
1. Peel and grate the cucumber. Squeeze the water from the cucumber and keep aside.
2. In a mixing
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Ingredients
•Corn Kernels…………………………………………3C
•Oil……………………………………………………….3Tbsp
•Mustard Seeds……………………………………….1Tsp
•Asafetida Powder…………………………………..½Tsp
•Hot Green Chilies Chopped…………………….2
•Ginger Grated………………………………………2Tbsp
•Fresh Curry Leaves………………………………..9-1
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Ingredients
• Tomatoes – 1 ½ kilo
• Pepper powder – 1 tsp
• Salt – as required
• Water
• Milk – 1 ½ cup
• Corn flour – 1 tsp
• Butter – 1 tsp
• Cream – 100 gms
• Fried bread pieces
Preparation
1. Cut tomatoes and add 7 cups of water.
2. Pressure cook for 2 whi
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Ingredients
• 1 package of coleslaw mix or
• 4 cups shredded cabbage
• 2 cups shredded carrot
• 1 cup shredded red cabbage
• 1 package ramen noodles (look at the ingredients carefully)
• ½ cup sliced almonds
• ½ cup sunflower seeds
Dressing
• ½ cup o
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Ingredients
For Pie Crust
• 1 cup rolled oats
• 4 tablespoons brown sugar
• 1/4 teaspoon salt
• 1/3 cup melted butter or ghee
• 2/3 cup finely minced almonds (You can also use walnuts or pecans. Any nut you have in the kitchen)
For Filling
• 2 medium or 4
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This typically Kashmiri dish, from the Srinagar kitchen of Dr. Karan Singh, is served at room temperature and assembled just before serving. For entertaining, I like to serve it garnished with toasted almonds or pine nuts.
Preparation time (after as
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Ingredients
• 2 C chapati flour
• 1½ C finely grated cauliflower
• 1 Tsp salt
• 1 Tbsp ginger, grated
• 2 green chilies
• 2 Tbsp chopped fresh coriander leaves
• 1 Tsp dried fenugreek leaves (kasuri methi)
• ¼ Tsp turmeric powder
• 1 Tsp cumin powder
• ¼ Tsp
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Ingredients
•1 8” tortilla wrap
•2 tbsp hummus (please see Dip/Sauce for the recipe)
•¼ cup mix greens (or any salad mix)
•2 tbsp alfalfa sprouts
•¼ avocado, thinly sliced
Preparation
1. Warm the tortilla wrap in the pan over medium heat for 3 ‐ 4 minutes
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Spaghetti is a long, thin, cylindrical pasta of Italian origin. It is made of semolina or flour and water. Spaghetti is available in 25–30 cm (10–12 in) lengths. It is available in different shapes and sizes and even in color.
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This finger food is popular as the focal point of a late afternoon Tiffin or as the savory part of a late night supper. The ginger-flavored mashed potatoes are dipped in an herbed chickpea flour batter and deep-fried into golden globes. One note of
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Ingredients
•3 cups quinoa
•1 carrot stick, chopped
•3 celery sticks, chopped
•1 ½ cups chopped broccoli
•2 cups chopped cabbage
•1 ½ cup chopped summer squash
•1 ½ tsp salt
•¼ tsp pepper
•2 tbsp olive oil
Preparation
1. Cook quinoa in a pot with 4 ½ cups of w
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This is the most popular flour-based confection in North India, where several versions are sold in sweet shops. You could use any type of solid or liquid sweetener, bearing in mind that each varies in sweetening power and that adjustments in cooking
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Ingredients
• 2 cups unsifted whole-wheat flour
• 2 cups unsifted all-purpose flour, plus more for dusting
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 2 1/4 cups light buttermilk
Preparation
1. Preheat oven to 450°F. Dust a clean surface with cornmeal on
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