Lamb Mince in Coconut Milk

Recipe Ingredients:

500gms lamb minced

1 onion, chopped

1 tbsp ginger and garlic paste

1 tbsp red chilly powder
1/2 tbsp red chilli powder

1/4 tbsp turmeric powder 

1 tbsp garam masala powder

5 tbsp oil
1 tbsp fresh coriander leaves
5-10 curry leaves
4 red chillies, finely chopped
200 ml coconut milk

salt (according to taste)

How to Prepare: 

Wash lamb mince and drain all the water and keep aside. Heat oil in a pan over medium-high heat, when hot add onions, red chillies, curry leaves and salt, allow to sweat. Now add ginger garlic paste, turmeric powder, pepper powder and mix well, cook for 5 minutes. Add mince and cook till it starts to change the colour and it appears dry, add garam masala powder and coriander. Stir well and  add coconut milk. Cook, stirring, for 10-20 minute or untill desired constituency is reached . Serve hot.

Serving Suggestions:

Serve with rice/chapati
 

Beetroot Fry

Recipe Ingredients:

2 cups beetroot

1 tbsp red chilli powder

10 curry leaves

1 tbsp cumin seeds

4 tbsp oil

salt (according to taste)

How to prepare:

Heat oil in a medium saucepan over a medium low heat, when hot add cumin seeds and curry leaves, once cumin seeds start spluttering add chopped beetroot and salt, stir well, close the lid and allow the beetroot to sweat. Once when the beetroot is almost cooked add red chilli powder, stir well untill well combined, cook for another 8-10 minutes. Serve hot.

Serving Suggestions:

Serve with rice or chapati.

Kheema Rice

Recipe Ingredients:

500gms lamb minced 

2 cups rice

3 cups water

1 onion, chopped

1 tbsp ginger and garlic paste

1 tbsp red chilly powder
1/2 tbsp pepper powder 

1/4 tbsp turmeric powder 

1 tbsp garam masala powder

5 tbsp oil
1 tbsp fresh coriander leaves 

salt (according to taste)

How to Prepare:

Wash the rice in several changes of cold water untill the water runs clear. Leave to soak in fresh cold water for 20 min, then drain the water. Cook rice by adding 3 cups of water for 20-30 minutes. Mean while wash lamb mince and drain all the water and keep aside. Heat oil in a pan over medium-high heat, when hot add onions and salt, allow to sweat. Now add ginger garlic paste, turmeric powder, pepper powder and mix well, cook for 5 minutes. Add mince and cook till it starts to change the colour and it appears dry and crispy, add garam masala powder and coriander. Stir well and  add cooked rice. Cook, stirring, for 1 minute . Mix well to combine. Serve immediately. Serve hot.

Coconut Rice

Recipe Ingredients:

1 cup grated fresh coconut
225 gm rice
450 ml water
4 dry red chillies 
2 green chillies, slit into two (length wise) 
10 curry leaves 
2 tbsp ghee
1/2 tbsp cumin seeds
1 tbsp split bengal gram
1 tbsp golden gram
1 tbsp black gran 
1 tbsp salt, or to taste

How to Prepare:

Wash the rice in several changes of cold water untill the water runs clear. Leave to soak in fresh cold water for 20 min, then drain the water. Cook rice by adding 500 ml water for 20-30 minutes.

Heat the ghee in a non-stick pan over a medium heat. When hot, but not smoking, add the cumin seeds, curry leaves, dry red chillies, bengal gram, golden gram and black gram followed by the grated coconut and green chillies.

Stir well and  add cooked rice and salt. Cook, stirring, for 1 minute . Mix well to combine. Serve immediately. Serve hot.

Trio Capsicum Curry

Recipe Ingredients:

1 cup chopped green capsicum 
1 cup chopped red capsicum
1 cup chopped yellow capsicum
1 onion, finely chopped
4 green chillies, chopped
1 tbsp red chilli powder
10 curry leaves
1 tbsp cumin seeds
4 tbsp oil
salt (according to taste)

How to prepare:

Heat oil in a medium saucepan over a medium low heat, when hot add cumin seeds and curry leaves, once cumin seeds start spluttering add chopped onions, green chillies and salt, stir well, close the lid and allow the onions to sweat. Now add all the chopped capsicums and mix well. Add red chilli powder, stir well untill well combined, close the lid and allow the capsicums to sweat, cook for another 8-10 minutes or untill capsicums are tender. Serve hot.

Serving Suggestions:

Serve with rice or chapati.

Apple & Dates Milkshake

Recipe Ingredients:

2 apples, chopped

5-6 pitted dates 

1 cup soy milk

Honey to taste

How to Prepare:

Soak the dates in warm soy milk (about 1/4 cup) for 15-20 minutes so as to make them soft. Now add these to a blender and blend until you get a paste. Then add the chopped apple and rest of the milk. Blend again until smooth. Add honey if necessary. Serve chilled.

Sesame Ladoos

Recipe Ingredients:

1 cup Sesame Seeds

3/4 cup Jaggery powder

How to Prepare:

Dry roast the sesame seeds in a non stick pan until brown. Grind Sesame seeds and jaggery powder into a fine powder. You will find that the oil from the seeds is enough to bind the powder into ladoos. Take little amount of powder into your hand and shape them quickly into 1 inch size balls.