A traditional Parsi dish with Persian & Gujarati influences; A time-consuming preparation of meat cooked with spices, lentils & vegetables.     PrepTime 10mins – CookTime 45mins – Serves 5     Ingredients: 500g mutton pieces 2 large onion, chopped 2 chopped tomatoes 2 bayleaves 1tsp turmeric 1/2 cup fresh coriander – chopped   Daals soaked for 1 hour: 1/4 cup.val dal 1/4 cup masoor dal 1/4 cup moong dal 1 cups tuvar dal   Vegetables (as available): 50 gm [...]

Spicy cutlets of minced prawns – a traditional Parsi snack.   PrepTime 5mins – CookTime 20mins – Serves 5       Ingredients:  300g shelled & deveined prawns 1 egg 1tbsp Worcestershire sauce 1 chopped green chilli <!–[if gte mso 10]> /* Style Definitions */ table.MsoNormalTable {mso-style-name:”Table Normal”; mso-tstyle-rowband-size:0; mso-tstyle-colband-size:0; mso-style-noshow:yes; mso-style-priority:99; mso-style-qformat:yes; mso-style-parent:””; mso-padding-alt:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; mso-para-margin:0cm; mso-para-margin-bottom:.0001pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:10.0pt; font-family:”Times New Roman”,”serif”;} <![endif]–>1 large onion – chopped finely 6 garlic pods – crushed 1/2 tsp turmeric pwd [...]

An Indo-Chinese recipe for Cauliflower dumplings in a traditional Chinese Manchurian sauce.       PrepTime 15mins – CookTime 30mins – Serves 4     Ingredients : 1 small cauliflower clean and broken into big florettes. 1 small bunch spring onoin finely chopped 2 tsp. ginger finely chopped 1 tsp. garlic finely chopped 1/4 cup plain flour 3 tbsp. cornflour 1/4 tsp. red chilli powder 2 red chillies, dry 3 tbsp. oil 1 1/2 cups water 1 tbsp. Milk   [...]

A spicy yoghurt-based gravy which contains fried chickpea-flour-dumplings called ‘pakoras’, eaten with rice/ roti. PrepTime 5mins – CookTime 20mins – Serves 2           Ingredients: 6 cups curd 5 tsp Gram flour 1 tsp Mustard seed 1/2 tsp Turmeric powder 2 Green chillies chopped 1″ piece: Ginger (finely chopped) 1/2 tsp Asafoetida powder 6 tsp Oil 3 cups Water 1 tbsp sugar Salt to taste For Pakoras 1 cup Gram flour 2 Onions (medium sized) – finely [...]