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  • Red lobia: ½ cup
  • Garlic: 2 cloves
  • Green chilly: 1
  • Coriander leaves (optional)
  • Salt or kala namak to taste
  • Lemon juice to taste

Bhatt ki chutney

This dish, along with Gahat ke Kebab and Phanoo/Phani, was part of the Live cookout for ElsaTable in Feb 2021. The…

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  • Gahat/kulath/horsegram dal: 1½ cups
  • Green chillies (finely chopped): 2-3 (can increase based on spice tolerance)
  • Coriander leaves: a bunch
  • Garlic cloves (finely chopped): 6-7
  • Salt to taste
  • Finely chopped onions (optional): 2 tbsp
  • Ghee/butter (vegan alternative: coconut oil): for pan-frying

Gahat ke kebab

This dish, along with Bhatt ki Chutney and Phanoo/Phani, was part of the Live cookout for ElsaTable in Feb 2021. The…

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  • Mushrooms: 1 cup
  • Spinach: 1 cup
  • Chicken ham: 1 cup
  • Sweet corn: ½ cup
  • Eggs: 4
  • Cheese paste: 1 tbsp
  • Grated cheese: ¼ cup
  • Garlic cloves: 6
  • Butter: 1 tsp
  • Salt to taste
  • Black pepper to taste
  • Breadcrumbs to lace the dish

Popeye hammed

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  • Carrots (gajar) peeled: 2 kg
  • Turnip (shalgam) peeled: 1 kg
  • Cauliflower (gobhi) cut into florets: ½ kg
  • Jaggery (powdered or finely chopped): 300 gm
  • Mustard oil: 150 ml
  • Salt to taste
  • Red chilli powder: 1 tsp
  • Garam masala: 1 tsp
  • Black pepper powder: ½ tsp
  • Ginger paste: 40 gm
  • Garlic paste: 40 gm
  • Onion paste: 40 gm
  • Rai (small mustard seeds)(coarsely ground): 40 gm
  • White vinegar: 150 ml

Gobhi gajar shalgam ka khatta meetha achar

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  • Parwal: 500 gm (12-14)
  • Oil: 2 tbsp
  • Asafoetida: 1 pinch
  • Cumin seeds: ½ tsp
  • Green chilly (finely chopped): 1-2
  • Turmeric powder: ½ tsp
  • Coriander powder: 1 tsp
  • Fennel powder: 2 tsp
  • Red chilly powder: ¼ tsp
  • Mango powder: ½ tsp (or juice of half a lemon)
  • Garam masala: ¼ tsp
  • Besan (gram flour): 1 tsp
  • Coriander (finely chopped): 1 tbsp
  • Salt: as per taste

Stuffed parwal

Inspired by a recipe on nishamadhulika.com

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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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  • Medium-sized kamrakh (carambola/star fruit): 4
  • Oil: 1 tbsp
  • Jeera (cumin): ½ tsp
  • Methi (fenugreek) seeds: ½ tsp
  • Saunf (fennel seeds): 1 tsp
  • Hing (asafoetida) powder: 1 pinch
  • Haldi (turmeric) powder: ¼ tsp
  • Dhania (coriander) powder: 1 tsp (optional)
  • Salt to taste
  • Sugar: about 3 tbsp or to taste (maybe more depending on the sourness of the kamrakh)
  • Red chilli powder: ¼ tsp
  • Garam masala powder: ¼ tsp

Kamrakh ki launji

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  • Large juicy tomatoes (roughly chopped): 5-6
  • Onion (small, finely chopped): 1
  • White vinegar: 1 tsp
  • Salt to taste
  • Red chilli powder: ½ tsp
  • Freshly crushed black pepper powder: ½ tsp
  • Sugar: 100 gm
  • Oil: 1 tsp
  • Jeera (cumin): ½ tsp

Sweet tomato chutney (our desi version of…

When we had desi tomatoes growing in the kitchen garden during the winter season, this chutney was everyone’s breakfast favourite that…

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  • White sesame (roasted): ½ cup
  • Coconut (grated): ½ cup
  • Dry red chillies: 2
  • Tamarind pulp: 1 tsp
  • Salt to taste
  • Curry leaves: 1 sprig
  • Mustard seeds: ¼ tsp
  • Oil: 1 tbsp

Coorg yellu chutney (white sesame)

Cuisine from Coorg uses coconut in plenty. Our chutneys are no exception. We make chutney with coriander, raw mango, mango ginger,…

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  • Coriander leaves (finely chopped): 2 tbsp
  • Green chilli (finely chopped): 1 tsp
  • Powdered sugar: 1½ tsp
  • Vinegar: 1 tbsp
  • Salt to taste
  • Sesame seeds (white): ½ tsp
  • Roasted peanuts (without skin): ⅓ cup
  • Red chillies (chopped): 2
  • Garlic pods (chopped): 2
  • Sugar: 1 tsp
  • Vinegar: 1 tsp
  • Salt to taste
  • Warm water (for blending): 3-4 tbsp
  • Light soya sauce: 2 tbsp
  • Water: 1 tsp
  • Ginger (finely chopped): ¾ tsp
  • Sesame seeds (white): ½ tsp

Dipping sauces

Ready in a jiffy. Try it.

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  • Fresh sarson (mustard) leaves along with soft stems: 1 bunch
  • Palak (spinach) leaves: 250 gm
  • Methi (fenugreek) leaves: 100 gm
  • Bathua leaves: 150 gm
  • Shalgam/ turnip (diced): 1 (small)
  • Green chillies (finely chopped): 2
  • Garlic cloves (finely chopped): 8-9
  • Ginger (finely chopped): ½"
  • Onion (finely chopped): 1 (small)
  • Desi ghee: 4-5 tsp
  • Cornmeal (makki ka atta): 2 tsp
  • Salt to taste
  • Pinch of heeng (asafoetida)
  • Dollop of white butter/ any butter

Sarson ka saag

Every season has a story. Winters in North India have a large variety of vegetables, greens, revari, til, gur, and ladoos.…

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  • Red bell peppers (halved and seeded): 3
  • Extra virgin olive oil: 2 tsp
  • Onion (chopped): 1 (small)
  • Garlic (minced): 4-5 tsp
  • Red pepper flakes: 1 tsp
  • Paprika: 1 tsp
  • Sun-dried tomatoes: 20 gm
  • Tomato paste: 2 tbsp
  • Milk powder: 1 tbsp
  • Extra-virgin olive oil: ¼ cup
  • Fresh basil (chopped): ½ cup
  • Whole-milk ricotta cheese*: 1 cup
  • Cream cheese: 2 tsp (heaped)
  • Parmigiana regiana /Parmesan cheese (grated): 100 gm
  • Red wine vinegar: 2 tbsp
  • Pine nuts: 50 gm
  • Salt to taste
  • Sugar: 2 tsp

Pesto ala calaberese

For years I was buying Barilla Pesto, but then the supply suddenly dried up. Pasta being the best way I could…

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