Vibha Ghai
A reluctant culinarian. That’s me. From not knowing my dals when I got married to present times, I’ve come a long way, baby! Doesn’t put me in the chef category, not by a stretch of imagination. But I’ve reached the stage where I can do the daily cooking on autopilot. And the day inspiration strikes … and stays longer than its usual 5 minutes … I manage to dish out stuff that leaves me surprised as well!
Chef's Recipes
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- Tequila: 60 ml
- Triple sec: 15 ml
- Creme de menthe: 15 ml
- Sugar syrup: 30 ml
- Lime juice: 30 ml
- Black salt: ½ tsp
- Tabasco (optional): a dash
The Wicked Elsa
Story for a cocktail? None needed! It’s a heck of a story by itself with the subtle nudges and tickles of…
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- Garlic cloves (peeled): 15
- Dry red chillies (destalked): 15
- Jeera (cumin): 1 tsp
- Ginger (roughly chopped): ½ “
- Oil: 2 tsp
- Seedless tamarind: a small ball (little larger than a marble)
- Jaggery: a small ball same size as tamarind
- Salt to taste
Garlic and chilli chatni
This popped up on social media one fine day and disappeared soon after. So, it’s a re-creation of what I imagined…
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- Raw mango: 100 gm
- Peanuts: 50 gm
- Medium onion (thinly sliced): ½
- Soy sauce: 1 tsp
- Powdered sugar: 1 tsp
- Mint: a few sprigs
- Salt to taste
- Red chili powder/chilli flakes: ¼ tsp
Mango peanut salad
Sometimes things just come together! “A li’l bit of this , a li’l bit of that … what shall we put…
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- Pork fillet: 500 gm (or any other meat of your liking)
- Bacon strips: at least one per medallion*
- Ghee: 2 tbsp
- Butter: 1 tbsp
- Red wine: 100 ml
- Freshly ground salt and pepper (to taste)
Pork medallions
This recipe has been shared by our son Arnav who made it for his Indo-German family’s Christmas meal a few days…
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- Whole wheat flour: 1½ cups
- Jaggery powder (sifted): 100-120 gm
- Oil: ½ cup
- Dahi (yoghurt) (whisked): ½ cup
- Milk: 150 ml
- Walnuts or pecans: 50-75 gm
- Baking powder: ½ tsp
- Baking soda: ½ tsp
- Cinnamon powder: ½ tsp
- Vanilla essence: 1 tsp
Eggless tea cake
This recipe came about for a dear friend’s bedridden mother-in-law. I used to feel terribly guilty as whenever I went to…
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- Pumpkin (cubed): 350 gm
- Onion (chopped): 1 small
- Garlic cloves (chopped): 2
- Ginger paste:1 tsp
- Coriander: 1 small bunch
- Lemongrass (finely chopped): 1 stalk
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- Juice of one lemon
- Olive oil: 1 tsp
- Salt: to taste
- Pepper: ½ tsp
- Chilli flakes: ½ tsp
- Coconut milk: 100 ml
- Vegetable stock: 400 ml
- Coconut shavings: 2 tsp
Pumpkin coconut soup
A hearty filling soup that doesn’t take long to make and can be a meal by itself. Goes down well even…
