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  • Chicken (curry cut): 1 kg
  • Ginger-garlic paste: 1 tbsp
  • Thick fresh curd: 2 tbsp
  • Salt: as per taste
  • Turmeric: ¾ tsp
  • Red chilli powder: 1 tsp
  • Lemon juice: 2 tsp
  • Mustard oil: 1 ½ tsp
  • Ginger-garlic paste: 1½ tsp
  • Tomatoes: 5-6 (medium-sized and firm)
  • Whole garam masala: 2-3 cloves, 1 black+ 2 green cardamoms, 7-8 peppercorns
  • Tomato puree: 100 gm
  • Garam masala: 2 tsp
  • Kashmiri chilli powder: 1 tsp
  • Cream: as per taste
  • Cashews: 8-10
  • Almonds: 8-10 (soaked)
  • Kasuri methi: 1 tbsp
  • Ghee: 1 tbsp
  • Cooking oil 1 tsp
  • Slit green chillies: as per taste
  • Red food colour (optional): a pinch

Dilli butter chicken

There is a very particular taste to the Delhi butter chicken – slightly tangy, subtly spiced, creamy and smoky. Every region…

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  • Small-sized bitter gourds/karela: 10
  • Salt: 4-5 tsp
  • Fennel/ saunf powder: 2-3 tsp
  • Turmeric powder: 1 tsp
  • Dhania (coriander) powder: 2 tsp
  • Amchoor (mango powder): 2 tsp
  • Red chilli powder: 1 tsp
  • Onion paste: 2 (small)
  • Onions (thinly sliced): 4
  • Tomatoes: 2 (small)
  • Mustard oil
  • Thread to tie (colour of the thread should always be white)

Bharwan Karela ( stuffed bitter gourd)

If karela is not one of your favourite dishes, this recipe may just make you change your mind about this vegetable.

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  • Breadcrumbs: ¾ cup (I usually use rusk crushed with a rolling pin. Avoid rusks that are elaichi (cardamom) flavoured. Use unflavoured rusk.)
  • Sugar: ¾ cup
  • Milk: 1 ½ cups
  • Eggs (beaten): 2
  • Fresh coconut (grated): I cup
  • Tinned pineapple (diced): 150-200 gm (I usually use about 1 ½ cups or a little more)
  • Baking powder: 1 tsp
  • Butter (unsalted): 50 gm (melted to be able to mix better)
  • Pinch of salt
  • Rum: 2-3 tbsp

Coconut Pineapple Pudding

This is one of those super easy desserts that takes 10 minutes to prep and then 30 minutes to bake. But…

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  • Boneless chicken: 500 gm
  • Teriyaki sauce: 2 tbsp + 2 tbsp
  • Eggs: 2
  • Cornflour: 4 tbsp
  • Garlic (crushed): 6 cloves
  • Coloured bell peppers (cut into chunks): 1½
  • Honey: 1 tbsp* or to taste
  • Sweet chilli sauce: 1 tbsp
  • Soya sauce: to taste
  • Sesame seeds (roasted): 1½ tsp
  • Spring onions (chopped): 1 cup
  • Oil for frying

Boneless chicken in teriyaki sauce

This recipe is my own innovation and comes out very well. This one is for those who (like my son) enjoy…

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  • Flour: 1.5 cups
  • Salt: ½ tsp
  • Baking powder: 2 tsp
  • Butter (at room temperature): 100 gm
  • White sugar: 1 cup
  • Eggs (at room temperature): 2
  • Vanilla extract/essence: 1 tsp
  • Milk (at room temperature): ¾ cup
  • Nutella (at room temperature): ½ cup

Nutella vanilla cake

A simple homemade pound cake with a light drizzle of Nutella. It’s been a hit in our family and with friends…

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  • Besan (gram flour): 1 cup (soak ⅓ cup in a large bowl of water)
  • Tomatoes (grated or finely chopped after removing the skin) : 4 (medium)
  • Green chillies: a few to taste
  • Green coriander leaves (finely chopped): As per taste
  • Turmeric powder: 1 tsp
  • Salt to taste
  • Sugar: one tsp (optional)
  • Red chilli powder: To taste
  • Curry leaves: a few
  • Jeera (cumin seeds): 2 tsp
  • Methi (fenugreek) seeds: 2 tsp
  • Garlic: 2–3 cloves
  • Tamarind: a small round piece size of a lemon. (Soak and squeeze out thick juice)
  • Potatoes: 2 (medium, each cut into 4 pieces)
  • Carrots: 2 (medium, cut a bit thick)
  • French beans: a few
  • Gavar (cluster beans): a few
  • Drumsticks: 2
  • Cauliflower: 1 medium size, cut into florets

Sindhi kadhi

Sindhi kadhi is a delicacy among Sindhis and this recipe is from my maternal grandmother that has been passed down to…

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  • Onion: 1 small (finely chopped)
  • Tomatoes: 2 (coarsely pureed) and 2 (finely chopped)
  • Green bell pepper: 1 small (finely chopped)
  • Yellow bell pepper: 1 small (finely chopped)
  • Raw mango: 1 (finely chopped)
  • Ripe firm sweet mango: 2 (finely chopped)
  • Extra virgin olive oil: 2 tbsp
  • Garlic: 1 or 2 cloves (finely chopped)
  • Fresh cilantro: 1 tbsp
  • Pickled jalapenos: 1 tbsp
  • Lime juice: 1 tbsp
  • Chilli flakes: ½ to 1 tsp
  • Oregano:1 tsp
  • Himalayan pink salt: According to taste

Mango salsa

Since I love to entertain at home, I’m always experimenting with new dips and salsas which are a hit at my…

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  • Ripe pushnikai (yellow pumpkin): 200 gm
  • Mustard seeds: 1 tsp
  • Green chilies: 2, or as per taste
  • Grated coconut: ½ cup
  • Fresh yogurt: 2 cups
  • Sugar: ½ tsp
  • Oil: 1 tsp
  • Salt: to taste

Pushnikai pachadi (pumpkin in curd)

This is a family favourite! Passed on to Amma (my mother-in-law) from her mother (Nallamma), we all relish this yummy raita.…

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  • Raw mango: 1 kg
  • Mustard oil: 100 gm
  • Salt: 100-120 gm
  • Fenugreek seeds: 40 gm
  • Onion seeds: 20 gm
  • Fennel: 20 gm
  • Turmeric: 1½ tsp
  • Red chilli powder (optional): 2 tsp
  • Whole red chillies (optional): 10-15

Raw mango pickle

I am the fourth generation in my family to follow this super-simple mango pickle recipe, passed on by my great-grandmother. As…

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  • Kothavarangai (cluster beans): 300 gm
  • Toor dal (split pigeon peas): ¾ cup
  • Bengal gram: ¼ cup
  • Dry red chillies: 2
  • Green chillies: 2
  • Turmeric powder: ¼ tsp
  • Hing (asafoetida): a pinch
  • Oil: 2 tbs
  • Oil: 2 tsp
  • Mustard seeds: 1 tsp
  • Split urad dal: 1 tsp
  • Curry leaves: Few

Kothavarangai (cluster beans) paruppu usili

Paruppu usili is generally considered a ‘festival’ dish among Tam Brahms and is usually served during weddings. For me, it is…

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  • Besan (chickpea flour): 1 cup
  • Water: 3 cups
  • Haldi (turmeric): a pinch
  • Salt: a pinch
  • Soy sauce: ½ cup
  • Roasted peanuts: 2-3 tbsp
  • Garlic: 1 pod
  • Green or dried red chilli: 1-2
  • Honey/sugar: ½ tsp
  • Toasted sesame seeds: 3 tbsp

Shan tofu

I am sharing some recipes from parts of the world that most Indians don’t normally come across. Though the dishes, like…

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  • Brinjal: 1 large
  • Curd: 1½ cup
  • Garlic paste: 1 tsp
  • Haldi (turmeric) powder: 1 tsp
  • Salt: to taste
  • Dry red chilli: 2
  • Jeera (cumin seeds): ½ tsp
  • Oil: 2 tbsp

Dahi Baingan (Aubergine in curd)

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