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Digaag Qumbe Ingredients: 1 red bell pepper. 3 medium sized tomatoes (less sour variety). 3 small green chillies or 2 big. 6-7 florets of cauliflower. 2 medium potatoes. 3 onions. 2 green bell pepper. 8 green beans. 2 medium carrots. 5 cloves garlic. 1 piece of ginger. Cumin powder. Curry powder (African style).* Coriander powder. Red chilli powder. Turmeric powder. Cinnamon powder. Cardamom powder. 2 tsp ghee. 1 cup yoghurt. 1 can or 1 and 1/2 cups thick coconut milk. A handful of coriander leaves. Method: To a blender, add the roughly chopped bell pepper, green chillies, 1 tsp of red chilli powder and the chopped tomatoes. Blend to a fine puree and set aside. Boil the chopped veggies in a pressure cooker with some salt. Let the cooker naturally de-pressurize and drain the veggies, saving the liquid. To a large pot, add 1/4 to 1/2 cup of oil and add the chopped onions with some salt. Add the chopped garlic and the chopped green bell pepper once th

Chole/ Chickpea curry Ingredients : 1 and 1/2 cups chickpeas. 3 onions. 3 tomatoes. 2 green chillies.* Any veg oil. 1 tsp cumin powder. 2 tsp chole masala. 1/2 tsp turmeric powder. 1 tsp red chilli powder. 1/2 tsp garam masala. 1 tsp coriander powder. 1 Tbsp tea leaves.* 1 tsp asoefetida or hing powder. 1 tsp ginger garlic paste. Fresh coriander leaves. Method: - Start by rinsing and soaking your Chickpeas overnight. - The next day, add the drained chickpeas to a pressure cooker and add enough water and salt and pressure cook for about 5 whistles or so or until they're well cooked. - Grind your onions to a fine paste and add them to a large pot with 3 Tbsp of oil, 1 tsp of salt and cook off the liquid in it and let it brown a little bit. Then add the ginger garlic paste and cook for a min or so. - Once they're done add the tomato puree, 1 tsp of salt and cook off the entire liquid until it's jammy and sticking to base of the dish. - Then add

Gobi Manchurian: Ingredients: 1 whole Cauliflower. 1 large or 2 small onions. 2 green chillies. 1 medium sized green bell pepper. 6 cloves of garlic. 1/2 tsp of turmeric powder. 6 Tbsp of cornflour. 4 Tbsp of a.p flour. 1 tsp of red chilli powder. Vegetable oil. 1 and a 1/2 Tbsp of soy sauce. 1 Tbsp of ketchup. 2 tsp hot sauce. 1 tsp of MSG. 1 tsp of lightly roasted sesame seeds. 3 Tbsp of chopped spring onion greens. Method: Cut the cauliflower into bite sized pieces and wash thoroughly. To a pot, add 4 and a 1/2 cup of water with 2 Tbsp of salt and bring it to a boil. Before the water completely boils, add in the cauliflower florets and boil for 4 minutes or so. Turn off the flame, add 1/2 tsp of turmeric powder, stir it around, drain and rinse again. To a large bowl, add 3 Tbsp of cornflour,3 Tbsp of a.p flour, 1 tsp of salt and stir it in. Then stream water in little by little until you get a somewhat loose consistency. Add the cauliflower florets

Orange Cake: Ingredients: 2 oranges. 2 cups a.p flour. 1/2 tsp salt. 1 cup white granulated sugar. 2 tsp baking powder. 1 tsp baking soda. 2 eggs. 1/2 cup vegetable oil. Method: To a small plate, zest the 2 oranges, while making sure only a thin outer layer is zested and the white pith does not show as it is quite bitter in nature. Cut each piece of orange into 2 and remove the seeds, then remove the upper white part and repeat for all pieces of orange. To a large bowl, add the flour, salt, baking powder, baking soda and whisk well. To a blender, add the pieces of orange and blend to a paste. Add 1/3 cup of water and make a fine puree, of sorts. Then add the sugar and again blend for a min. Then add the eggs, orange extract and the oil and blend well but not for too long. Pour the wet ingredients to a large clean bowl. Add 1/2 of the dry ingredients and fold them till just combined. Then add the remaining dry ingredients and orange zest and again fold till

Ramen Ingredients : 2 packs of wai wai noodles or any other ramen noodles. 2 Tbsp sesame oil. 2 tsp soy sauce. 3 cloves of garlic. 1 small piece of ginger. 2 medium sized carrots. 1/3 cup celery stalk. 1 medium sized capsicum. A handful of spring onion. 2 Tbsp cornflour. 2 medium sized onions. A small handful of corn. 2 eggs. 2 Tbsp red chilli flakes. 3 tsp sesame seeds. Method: To a wok, add 2 Tbsp of neutral oil, the sliced onions and the chopped celery stalk with a pinch of salt, cook them off a little. Then add the minced garlic, ginger, chopped carrots and capsicum, a couple of pinches of salt and saute only until half cooked, they should have a bite to them. To 1 and a 1/2 cups of boiling water, add the noodles and let it cook for 2 minutes. Then remove the noodles and save the water. Boil 2 eggs for 8 minutes and let them rest in cold water. Then add the water you used for the noodles to a pit and bring it to a boil. In the meantime, to 1

Garlic bread Ingredients : 1 cup a.p flour. 8 cloves garlic. 1 and a 1/2 Tbsp dried yeast. A small bunch of fresh coriander leaves. 1/4 cup milk. 1/3 cup water. 2 tsp sugar. 2 tsp salt. 2 tsp pepper. 1 green chilli. 4 Tbsp olive oil. 1 stick of butter. 2 cubes of cheese. Oregano. Red chilli flakes. Red chilli powder. Garlic powder. Method : To a bowl of warm milk, add the yeast and sugar and stir well. Let rest for 15 mins or until it's nice and frothy. Make a fine paste with the garlic cloves and a little water. To a large bowl, add the flour, salt and pepper and combine till there are no lumps. Add 1/2 of the garlic paste and a little water. Knead a little bit and then add the yeast mixture. Knead until it forms a shaggy dough and then add 2 Tbsp of olive oil. Keep kneading for 15 minutes and the dough would have become smooth. Place it in an oiled dish, coat with 1 Tbsp of olive oil and cover the dish with cling film. Let rest for 1 and 1/2 ho