Eggplant Fritters – Bengali Style
- 23
- February
- 2008
Ingredients 5-7 eggplants – sliced salt turmeric 1 tsp chili powder 1/4 tsp garam masala 2 tsp rice flour oil for frying Method Mix all the ingredients with eggplant, except oil. Then deep fry it till crisp and nice. That’s it. Serve warm to go with your meals.
Pavakkai Pakoda / Bitter Gourd Fritters
- 23
- February
- 2008
Pavakkai Pakoda. Karela Pakora. Kaakarkai Pakodi. Crispy Bitter Melon. Bitter Gourd Chips. Ingredients: Bitter gourd – 4 Gram flour 2-4 spoons Rice flour 2-4 spoons Salt Chili powder 1 spoon Oil for deep frying. Method: Thinly slice down bitter gourd into rings. In a wide bowl, add bitter gourd. Sprinkle gram and rice flour. Sprinkle […]
Asparagus Clear Soup
- 16
- February
- 2008
Asparagus Thin Soup: Ingredients: Asparagus 10Vegetable broth 4 cupsSalt as per tastePepper 1 spoonSoy mushroom sauce few spoonsScalion 1 finely chopped(optional)Butter 1/4 of a cube. Method: Slice diagonally all the asparagus. In a crock pot, melt butter. Saute’ scalion and asparagus slices for a while. Add salt, pepper, soy mushroom sauce and vegetable broth. Continue […]
Potato Cream Soup
- 16
- February
- 2008
Potato Cream Soup: Ingredients: Golden Potato 1 large – sliced into thin roundelsVeg or chicken broth 1 cupCorn Starch 2-4 spoonsAll purpose flour 2 spoonHalf n Half(tetra pack milk)4 cupsButter 1-2 cubesSalt as per tasteWhite pepper to sprinkle Crispy Potato chips to garnsih(optional). Method: In a shallow pan, melt butter. Add flour and corn starch […]
Green Beans Fritters / Fried Beans
- 16
- February
- 2008
Breaded Beans:Fried Beans. Ingredients: Beans(stringless) ends trimmed Bread crumbs 1 cup Egg whites 2 Salt Pepper powder 1/2 spoon Cayanne chili 1/4 spoon Dry parsley leaves 1 spoon Dry garlic powder 1 spoon Dry onion powder 1 spoon Oil for frying. Mehtod: In a bowl bring salt, pepper, chili, parsley, garlic, onion and bread crumbs […]
Crab Clear Soup
- 07
- February
- 2008
Crab Soup: Crab the Power source for Calcium, A great source of vitamin B12 and immunity-boosting zinc! I use something tangy to leach away that calcium into my broth! Tamarind, lemon and tomatoes works well! I always insist upon ‘shell crabs’ over shell-less! Yeah for calcium and that great flavor! If you got to eat […]
Bitter Gourd Soup – Chinese Style
- 14
- November
- 2007
Bitter Gourd Soup: Folks Remedy: Bitter Gourd/ Bitter melon is a folk remedy for type 2 diabetes! Almost every alternate days…including it in the diet can lower the blood glucose level! Bitter gourd is also treated for stomach/intestine worms! It is an effective cleanser(visceral cleanser)!! It is also beleived that bitter tasting foods(bitter gourd, fenugreek, […]
Prawn Vadai / Shrimps Vadai
- 14
- November
- 2007
Shrimps Vadai: Ingredients: Shrimps/Prawn shelled 200 gramsChana dal 1 cup(soaked in water 45 min)Ginger-garlic paste 3 spoonsCurry leaves 3-4 twigs (chopped)SaltOnions very finely chopped 1-2 bowlsGreen chilies finely chopped 2-3 spoonFinely chopped ginger 1-2 spoonsChopped mint leaves fewChopped coriander leaves fewCurry leaves fienly chopped fewRice flour 2-4 spoonsOil for frying. Powder these together: Dry red […]
Celery Clear Soup
- 14
- November
- 2007
Celery Soup: Celery Thin Soup Ingredients: Fresh Celery with leaves – 4 tender ones(pluck from the middle)Soy sauceVegetable broth(home made, low sodium) 2-4 cupsSaltWhite and black pepper to tasteButter 1/2 cube. Method: Melt butter, Add sliced celery sticks alone. Saute for few minutes. Add salt and veg broth to it. Bring this to boil. Add […]
Urulaikizhangu Bajji – Street Food!
- 13
- September
- 2007
Other Names Urulaikizhangu Bajji. Potato Bajji. Ingredients Potatoes 1-2 sliced thinly Gram Flour 1 cup Salt Soda 1 pinch Turmeric powder 1/4 spoon Chili powder 1 spoon Coriander seeds powder 1/2 spoon Garam masala 1/4 spoon Oil for deep frying Method In a bowl, bring all the ingredients together except oil, and potatoes. Make a thin […]
