South indian mint chutney

How to make Mint (pudina) chutney ?

 

 

 

 

Ingredients:

Mint leaves – 1/2 bunch or 1 cup full
Oil – 2 tbsp
Urid dal – 3 tbsp
Chana dal – 1 tbsp
Mustard seeds – 1 tsp
Cumin seeds –

Apple cake

How to prepare Apple cake ?

 

 

 

Ingredients:

Apples – 3 sliced
Juice of a lemon
Self raising flour – 1 1/2 cups
Baking powder – 2 tsp
Ground cinnamon – 1 tsp
Soft demerara sugar – 3/4 cup
Milk /plant based milk –

Scones

How to prepare scones ?

Makes about 10 – 12 scones

 

 

 

Ingredients:

Plain flour – 1 1/2 cups
Baking powder – 2 tsp
Caster sugar – 1/4 cup
Salt – 1/2 tsp
Cold butter(can use plant based butter like peanut or almond butter) –

Naan Katai Biscuits

How to make Naan Katai Biscuits ?

 

 

 

 

Ingredients

Ghee – 1 cup
Caster Suger – 1 cup
Maida – 1/2 cup
Whole Wheat Flour – 1/2 cup
Semolina – 1/4 cup
Chickpea Flour – 1/4 cup
Baking Powder –

Strawberry Jam

How to make strawberry jam ?

 

 

 

 

Ingredients

Strawberries – 250 gms
Lemon juice – 1/2 lemon
Caster or any unrefined sugar – 200 gms

Procedure

If the strawberries are large, cut them in halves or quarters.

Pakora Kadi

How to make Pakora Kadi ?

 

 

 

 

Ingredients:

For Pakoras:

Channa dal –  1/2 cup
Dry red chillies – 2 
Salt to taste 
Cumin seeds – 1/2 tsp 
Oil for deep fry

For Kadi:

Besan / gram flour –

Paatra

How to make Paatra ?

 

 

 

 

Paatra leaves/ colocasia leaves are popularly used in gujarati and konkan cuisine. These leaves are used as main ingredient in number of dishes like dal and curry and others but paatra is one among the famous ways of eating this.

Aubergine / Brinjal Chutney


How to make Aubergine / Brinjal Chutney ?

 

 

 

 

Ingredients:

1 Medium sized brinjal / eggplant
2 Chillies
Half inch Ginger – half inch (roughly chopped)
Handful of coriander (chopped)
1/2 tsp cumin seeds
A pinch of asafoetida (optional)
Oil / ghee –

Potato Fenugreek Curry

How to make Potato and Fenugreek (Aloo Methi) curry ?

 

 

 

 

Ingredients:

4 medium sized potatoes
1 1/2 cup cleaned and chopped methi (fenugreek leaves)
1/2 tsp cumin seeds
1 tsp cumin powder
1 tsp coriander powder
Pinch of turmeric powder
Pinch of asafoetida powder
1 chopped green chilly
1/2 tsp grated ginger
Salt to taste
2-3 tsp oil for shallow frying
Lemon juice of half a lemon
Coriander leaves (chopped) for garnish

Procedure:

Clean,

Amaranthus stew


How to make Amaranthus Stew (Thotakora pulusu /Arakerai kolambu) ?

 

 

 

Ingredients

Amaranthus leaves / Thathakura/ Arakerrai / – 2 cups chopped
Moong dal (or toor dal)- 1/4 cup
Sambar powder – 1 tbsp
Salt to taste
Tamarind – a small lemon sized ball (soaked in water)
Turmeric –