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  • Coconut oil: ¼ cup
  • Seer or pomfret fish (curry cut): ½ kg
  • Shallots (sliced): ¼ cup
  • Garlic cloves (sliced): 10
  • Green chillies (slit): 6
  • Ginger (julienned): 1 tbsp
  • Coriander powder: 2 tsp
  • Red chilli powder: 1 tsp
  • Turmeric powder: ½ tsp
  • Raw mango (sliced): ¾ cup
  • Coconut (finely ground with ½ tsp cumin seeds): ¾ cup
  • Water: 1 cup
  • Rock salt to taste
  • Coconut oil: 20 Gm
  • Mustard seeds: ½ tsp
  • Shallots (sliced): 1 tbsp
  • Red chillies (deseeded and broken in half): 3
  • Handful of curry leaves

Fish with Green Mango Curry

This curry is adapted from Mrs. K. M. Mathew’s book , Flavours of the Spice Coast.

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  • Olive oil: 2 tbsp
  • Onion (chopped): 1 cup
  • Ground lamb/chicken (keema): 500 gm
  • Or
  • Dry soya granules: 1.5 cups
  • Dried rosemary leaves (optional): 1 tsp
  • Salt: ½ tsp
  • Ground black pepper: ½ tsp
  • Red chilli powder: ½ tsp
  • Cinnamon powder: ½ tsp
  • Garam masala (mixed spice) powder: ¼ tsp
  • Garlic cloves (minced): 4
  • Tomato paste (I used the Hommade brand): 2 tbsp
  • Beetroot & carrots (diced): 1 cup
  • Zucchini (diced) (optional): 1 medium
  • Potatoes: ¾ kg
  • 2 tablespoons unsalted butter: 2 tbsp
  • Milk: ½ cup
  • Salt: ½ tsp
  • Ground black pepper: ¼ tsp
  • Oregano (optional): ½ tsp
  • Parmesan cheese (optional): ¼ cup

Shepherd’s pie

Shepherd’s pie is basically a casserole with a layer of cooked meat and vegetables, topped with mashed potatoes, and baked in…

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  • Wholewheat flour: 2 cups.
  • Sugar (can be replaced with powdered jaggery or gud): ⅔ cup
  • Ghee (clarified butter): ⅔ cup
  • Ghee (can be replaced with sunflower oil): for deep frying the thekua
  • Fennel seeds: 1 tbsp
  • Cardamom powder: 1 tbsp
  • A little water for kneading the dough
  • Refined flour: 2 cups
  • Ghee: ½ cup
  • A little water for kneading the dough
  • Khoya (mawa, thickened milk): 200 gm
  • Sooji (rawa, semolina): 1 cup
  • Ghee (for sautéing the filling): 4 tbsp
  • Sugar or gud (as per preference): 1 cup
  • Assorted nuts (chopped): ½ cup
  • Desiccated coconut: ½ cup
  • Cardamom powder: 1 tbsp
  • A little water for sealing the pedakiyas

Thekua and pedakiya

Traditionally, both these form the main prasad for the Hartalika Teej pooja. Hartalika Teej has been marked as a day when…

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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
  • Or
  • 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…

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  • Milk: 1 litre
  • Lemon for curdling milk: 1
  • Patali gur: ½ cup
  • Maida (refined flour): 1 cup
  • Cold milk: 1 cup
  • Unsweetened khova (thickened milk): 200 gm
  • Patali gur: ¼ cup
  • Milk: ¼ cup
  • Ghee (clarified butter): 2 tbsp

Glory of gur

Mishti (sweet) is an integral part of Bengal. You cannot be a Bengali and not love patali gur (jaggery) which is…

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  • Pineapple (diced): 1 cup
  • Turmeric powder: ¼ tsp
  • Chilli powder: ½ tsp
  • Salt to taste
  • Curd/yogurt: 1¼ cup
  • Coconut (grated): ⅓ cup
  • Green chillies: 2-3
  • Cumin seeds: ¾ tsp
  • Coconut oil: 2 tsp
  • Mustard seeds: ¾ tsp
  • Fenugreek seeds: ¼ tsp
  • Red chillies: 2
  • Curry leaves: a few

Pineapple pulissery

Onam Sadhya at Bharat Tourist Home in Kochi was something we never missed every year. It was like attending a Parsi…

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  • Wheat flour: 1 cup
  • Ghee: 4 tbsp
  • Sugar (powdered): ½ cup
  • Raisins: 10–15
  • Cashews:10
  • Almonds:10

Panjiri

Synonymous with festivals, this is made very frequently as prasad ( an offering to the deities).

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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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  • Chickpeas: 1 cup (soaked overnight or 8 to 10 hours)
  • Bay leaf: 1
  • Parsley (optional): 2 sprigs
  • Peeled garlic: 5-6 cloves
  • Extra virgin olive oil (I used Bertolli which has a slightly strong taste that I like): 2-3 tbsp
  • Roasted sesame seeds: 1 tbsp or 1 tablespoon of toasted sesame oil: 1 tbsp (optional)
  • Dry red chilli (crushed): 1 tbsp
  • Salt to taste

The simple hummus

My husband and I have been keeping our dinners light during this lockdown. It typically comprises of soups, sandwiches, and salads.…

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  • Water: 2 inches in the pan
  • Salt: a pinch
  • Maize flour: ¾ cup
  • Onions (finely sliced): 2
  • Carrot (finely sliced): 1
  • Tomato (sliced): 1 large
  • Kale or spinach (finely chopped): 400 gm
  • Minced meat (optional): 200 gm
  • Peanuts (pounded) (optional): 2 tbsp
  • Dried oregano: 1 tsp
  • Garlic to taste
  • Salt to taste
  • Pepper to taste

Nshima with relish (traditional Zambian dish)

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  • Ripe mango pieces: 1 cup
  • Apple: ½
  • Coriander leaves for garnishing
  • White pepper: a pinch
  • Salt to taste
  • Virgin olive oil: 1 tbsp

Summer Joy

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  • Potato (peeled and sliced into 4 pieces): 1 large (100-150 gm)
  • Mutton (curry cut, on the bone preferably shoulder (agla dast)): 250 gm
  • Onion: 1 medium-large
  • Ginger (peeled): 2” piece
  • Garlic (peeled): 12-15 cloves
  • Tomato (about a third of the size of the onion): 1
  • Green chilli: 1 (optional)
  • Bay leaves:2
  • Black cardamoms: 2
  • Cinnamon stick: 2”
  • Cloves: 2
  • Peppercorns: 6
  • Long pepper (optional): 1
  • Mustard oil: 1 tbsp
  • Ghee (clarified butter): 1 tbsp
  • Kashmiri mirch powder: 1 tsp
  • Dhania (coriander) powder: 1 tsp
  • Kewra water (screwpine essence) (I used Dabur): 1 tsp
  • Garam masala (mixed spice) powder: 1 tsp

Alu mutton korma

The alu mutton korma is another family recipe. The more festive, the more ghee/oil floats! It’s also part of the wedding…

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