Curry Paste A curry paste is a “wet” blend of spices cooked with oil and vinegar which helps to preserve the spices. It is a quick and convenient way of adding a mixture of spices, and as you only need to add a small amount, it will add minimal…

Ingredients: 6 chicken fillets (900g), washed & cubed ½ teaspoon salt 1 teaspoon crushed cumin & coriander mix 2 teaspoon chilli powder ½ teaspoon white pepper 1 teaspoon crushed garlic 1 tablespoon oil 1 onion, finely sliced 2 cardamon pods (elachi) 4 black peppercorns 1 teaspoon whole cumin ½ tomato,…

Ingredients: 150g packet lettuce leaves Cucumber rings, thinly sliced, approx 15 1 carrot, cut into julienne strips 1 pineapple, cleaned and cubed 1 cup strawberries, washed and cut into chunks 2 kiwi-fruit, sliced 1 orange, peeled and segmented 2 tablespoons sesame seeds (til) ¼ cup chopped almonds Method: Arrange the…

  Salt is essential not only to life, but to good health. It's always been that way. Salt is ubiquitous in foods and consumed in relatively constant amounts in our diets; it is essential to our health and development. Most of our salt comes from foods, some from water. Salt…

Besan Ke Ladoo Ganesh Chaturthi is a festival dedicated to Lord Ganesha, who is well known for his love and inclination towards sweets like modak and besan ke ladoo. Therefore, it is of prime importance to offer the Lord besan ke laddu on this special occasion. No doubt, these ladoos…

Ingredients: ½ kg meat 3 cups of basmati rice 5 tsp ghee 1 sliced onion (large) 1 finely chopped tomato (medium) 5 green chillies 2 pieces ginger 4 pods of garlic 10 cashew nuts a pinch of saffron 1 cup of coconut milk ½ cup (chopped) coriander leaves ½ cup…