Rasmalai is a very popular Indian milk-based dessert recipe. Ingredients 250 g paneer or chenna (curdled milk) 2 ½ tbsp refined flour (maida) 4 cups white granulated sugar 10 cups milk ¼ tsp cardamom powder 4 almonds 4 pistachios Procedure…
Ingredients 1 cup vegetable oil 1 kg medium-sized prawns (shrimp), cleaned with tails removed 0.5 kg tomatoes 4 medium-sized onions, cut in julienne 3 potatoes, cut in small cubes 2 green cardamom pods 1 black cardamom pod 2 cinnamon sticks…
Pho ga is a Vietnamese chicken noodle soup dish. It is considered one of the culinary gems of Vietnamese cuisine, available within a mile radius of almost every person in the community of Little Saigon, a Vietnamese enclave located in…
Along with phở gà, phở bò (Vietnamese beef noodle soup) could easily be called Vietnam’s national dish. Most often served in the early morning, it is available on any street corner, everywhere in Vietnam, all day, and is a staple…
Paneer butter masala also known as paneer makhani is a vegetarian dish from India that is also popular in the west. The dish combines paneer in a sauce quite similar to that of butter chicken. Ingredients Ghee or oil 200…
Pakistani chai is divided into two types. The regular, more popular one is chai (pronounced “cha” in the Punjab region of Pakistan); Another variety, popular in the Kashmir region of Pakistan, is called dud patti (literally “milk tea”). The only…
Ingredients 1 cup all-purpose bleached flour 2 teaspoons sugar ½ teaspoon salt ½ teaspoon baking powder ¼ teaspoon baking soda 1 teaspoon finely grated orange zest ¼ teaspoon ground cardamom ¾ cup buttermilk ¼ cup milk 1 large egg 2…
This is a simple guide to brewing one cup’s worth of chai. Ingredients ¾ cup water 1 tablespoon milk 1 tablespoon honey 1 teaspoon earl grey tea leaves 6 cardamom seeds 8 cloves 3 black peppercorns 1 cinnamon stick (or…
Recipe for gingerbread from Germany. Ingredients 500 g honey 250 g granulated sugar 150 g flour 1 tsp cloves, ground 1 tsp nutmeg 1 tsp cardamom 1 tbsp cinnamon 1 pinch of ground ginger Grated zest of 1 orange Grated…
This very fancy Kashmiri pulao, or Kashmiri Pallao, is from the Northern Indian state of Kashmir. Although it is a frozen region high in the Himalayas, Kashmir lies along the ancient overland trade routes between India and Central Asia, and…
Ingredients 15 grams dried bay leaves 75 grams black cardamom seeds 40 grams green cardamom seeds 20 sticks cinnamon, about 2.5 cm in length 20 grams whole cloves 35 grams coriander seeds 20 grams cumin seeds 25 grams fennel seeds…
Ingredients 2–3 large carrots ½ cup (120 g) cashew nuts, broken ½ cup (120 g) raisins, washed 1 pinch salt 2–3 teaspoons sugar 4 pods cardamom 1 pinch cinnamon powder 1 tablespoon butter 1 cup (240 ml) milk Procedure Cut…