A PINCH OF HING

Wash the fish and cut it into pieces.  Apply 1 tsp of turmeric and salt according to taste keep aside. Grind 1 onion, 1/2 cup of grated coconut,  5 garlic cloves, 1'' ginger,  10 curry leaves in a very fine paste. In kadai add grinded paste and saute it for 2 to 3 minutes. Now add a pinch of asafoetida, 1 tsp turmeric  powder,few curry leaves,two green chilly,  1/2 cup of fresh coconut milk,1 tomato  along with 1/2 cup of water and bring it to boil. Mix it thoroughly till it starts to leave out the oil. Now add fish pieces to it and let it boil for 5-10 minutes.  After adding fish do not over cook as the meat  will separate from the bones!, without cover any lid cook the fish pieces. Once the fish pieces are cooked. Remove the kadai from the heat.  Drizzle a teaspoon full of coconut oil and cover it. Serve with steamed rice.

Ingredients:     For the syrup: 1 cup water 1 cup sugar 1 lemon juice Ingredients:    For the cake: 1 cup semolina ½ cup sugar 1½ cup yogurt ½ cup vegetable oil 1 teaspoon vanilla extract ½ teaspoon baking soda 1 teaspoon baking powder 1 teaspoon cardamom powder ½ teaspoon salt Preparations: Preheat the oven. Grease a baking dish with cooking spray or vegetable oil and sprinkle some semolina on it. For the syrup.... Boil the water and sugar in a small saucepan until the sugar completely dissolves. Remove the pan from the heat and stir in the lemon juice. Set aside and let cool completely. For the cake.... In a large mixing bowl, Add yogurt,sugar and oil and mix well . Add the remaining ingredients all at once and stir very well until all of the ingredients are evenly incorporated and the batter is smooth. Leave it for 5 min.After 5 min.give a nice stir and Bake 30 min. just until the center of the cake is set and the top turns brow...

 Ingredients: 500 gms -Anchovies 1/2 tsp turmeric pd 1/2 tsp Kashmiri chilly pd 1/2 tsp rice flour Salt to taste Oil for frying Preparations:   Cleaned them one by one by removing the intestines. In a bowl, combine all the masalas. Add the cleaned Anchovies to this masala and give a nice toss. Mix well and keep in refrigerator for 1 hr for good marinating.  Now heat oil in a pan and add the anchovies And shallow fry them in batches, turning them once in between until they crispy, drain well. Serve with hot rice or as a snack with some sweet chili sauce.

Ingredients: 4 eggs salt butter Preparations of egg cubes: Beat the eggs with little salt.  Take another bowl grease butter evenly. Transfer the mixture to greased bowl (bowl must be enough depth). Take a pressure cooker and add 1 cup of water. Now place the bowl in it and steam without its weight. Steam until done, about 10 to 12 minutes.  Transfer the steamed egg to a plate and cut into 1" cubes. These cubes can be used in any kind of curry's or saute's. Egg cubed fry Cubed eggs 1 big onion sliced 2 green chilly sliced 10 curry leaves 1 tbsp oil 1/2 tsp ginger garlic paste 1/2 tsp turmeric pdr 1/2 tsp garam masala pdr 1/2 tsp chat masala pdr. Preparations: Heat a frying pan along with oil over medium heat. Add curry leaves,green chilly and onion fry for few seconds. Now add ginger garlic paste stir well. Add turmeric powder,garam masala powder,salt and Saute well. Add ...

Ingredients : Ghee - 3 tbsp Milk Powder (aavin milk pd) Sugar free - 3 cups Rosewater - 2 to 3 drops Coco powder - 1 tsp Cardamom powder - tbsp Almond and Cashew nuts chopped Preparation: Place the sugar free and water in a saucepan over low heat and stir until the sugar free dissolves. Simmer, without stirring, until a thick syrup forms. Allow the syrup cool. Meanwhile, combine the milk powder, ghee,cardamom, rosewater and chopped nuts in a bowl mix nicely. Pour over the syrup and quickly combine well. Now divide the mix into two parts add cocoa powder in one part. Grease the tray with ghee.Place the first plain layer and then the second cocoa layer. keep in refrigerate for half an hour. Remove after half an hour leave it for just 2 min.and then cut  a shape of diamond and  serve.

Ingredients: Wheat flour -1 cup Banana-1 sliced Cinnamon powder-1 tsp Desi ghee-tbsp water salt Preparations: Knead the dough first. Take wheat flour in a deep bowl, add salt and mix. Pour water, little at a time and knead well. Make a soft dough. Just brush little oil to prevent formation of a crust. Cover and keep aside. It is important to rest the dough for a while. The salt used tends to swell up and makes the dough soft and gives good texture. Divide the dough into an even number of portions. Make small balls. Roll each ball to make flat bread called 'roti' such that they are of almost equal dimension. Now lay one roti on a flat surface and fill the center with the filling of banana slices.sprinkle some cinnamon powder for added taste. Lay the other roti on top of the banana filling and fuse the edges. Press well. You can wet your finger with little water. Now hold the edges of both the rotis that are on top of ea...

Ingrediants: 1kg crap fish 1 big size tomato 1 big size onion 1"ginger 10 piece garlic cloves 5 piece garlic chopped 2 tsp Kashmiri red chilli pd 1/2 tsp turmeric powder 1/2 tsp coriander powder 1/2 fried fenugreek powder 1 pinch Hing 1/2 pinch ajwain Black salt(instead of salt use black salt) (use according to your taste) Chopped coriander leaves for garnishing. Preparations: Clean fish and cut into 1 inch thickens. Marinate the fish steaks in 1 teaspoon turmeric pd. and salt for about 10-15 minutes. It helps fish to absorb the spices and flavors. Grind a smooth paste of tomato,onion, ginger,garlic and keep aside. Mix turmeric powder, coriander powder, fenugreek powder,Kashmiri chilli pd. and make a paste along with water and set aside. Heat oil in a pan and add hing,ajwain,mustard seeds, fennel seed, cumin,fenugreek seeds. When they splutter add the masala paste mix and saute till the raw flavor d...