Recipe #1 Ingredients 3 ripe mangoes whole ½ vinegar ½ cup jaggery, grated 1 tbsp garlic paste ½ tsp turmeric 1 tsp red chilli powder 1 tsp cumin powder 1-1/2 tsps mustard powder 1 tsp salt 2 tbsps. Oil Method Take 3 ripe mangoes, wash and put into pressure cooker with a little water. When […]
Wedding Pickle, Lagan nu Achar
Wedding Pickle Lagan nu Achaar is a Pickle made from fresh carrots, ginger, garlic, raisins, apricots, spices, sugar, jaggery and balsamic vinegar. Sweet and Savory this pickle is a great condiment on the table. Back with popular demand – I just made a batch. Click here to order. Order Lagan Nu Achaar today $7 for […]
White Pumpkin Preserve “Kohra no Murambo”
“Kohra (White Pumpkin) Murambo (Preserve)” recie is included in the cookbook . White Pumpkin Preserve is flavored with hints of cinnamon, cardamom and nutmeg with an amber caramel color which come from hours of gently simmering the grated pumpkin. Truly, this Kohra no Murambo is a labor of love in the finest traditions of the Parsis. […]
Pickled Cranberry Apple Sauce
Goes with any meal. Serve with Mashed Potatoes Roast Turkey Vegetables in different styles Stuffing or my famous Chicken Cutlets for that extra punch! Recipe Ingredients: For the pickled cranberries: 1 cup cranberries 1 cup white vinegar 1/2 cup salt Combine Cranberries, White Vinegar and salt in a glass bottle. Cover and pickle for a […]
My Bombay Kitchen: Recipe: Niloufer’s Parsi Eggplant Pickles
A first cookbook is like a first love, the first boy that you meet and fall in love with. You might not end up spending your life with him, but you might always remember the relationship fondly. That is exactly how I feel about Niloufer Ichaporia King’s “My Bombay Kitchen.” It was the first cookbook […]
Mango Murraba (Parsi Murambo) Recipe
Ingredients 1 kg semi-ripe mangoes (any variety, but for best results and taste, either alphonso, or, even better still, the `bottle’ mango, `batli keri’. Best to use are small green, totally unripe mangoes. But then add more jaggery, according to taste.) White or red pumpkin can be substituted. Peaches can be substituted. 200 gms jaggery […]
Green Coconut Chutney
by Dolly Contractor Ingredients 2 Cups of Coriander3-4 stems of Mint1 inch piece of fresh Ginger1 whole Garlic pod, peeled and washed3 fresh lemon’s juice3 small green mangoes7-8 green chillies1/2 cup fresh/frozen ground coconut1 tsp whole Cumin seeds1 tsp whole dry coriander seeds (Dhana)salt to […]
Fish wrapped in Banana Leaf with delicious Chutney: Parsi Patra ni Maachi
While vacationing in Dahanu a couple of years back, and driving back to Gujarat from the Maharashtra state. I saw fisher women selling promfrets, pronounced locally as pamplets on the roadside. Dahanu is a coastal town and a municipal council in Palghar district in the state of Maharashtra, India. It is located 110 km from Mumbai […]
Chutney and Salmon with a new twist
Ingredients 6 – 8 Salmon Fillets 2 tsp Red Chilli powder 2 tsp turmeric 1 tsp Salt Olive Oil as needed Baking Dish Prepared Creamy Coconut Chutney Method – Assemble the Baked Salmon Dish: Spread Olive oil in a baking dish. Mix turmeric, red pepper and salt over 4 salmon fillets. Spread a thick layer of […]
Indian Tomato Ketchup
Boil 2 liters of water and add 2 lbs of tomatoes for 5 minutes. Remove skins of tomato. Blend into a coarse puree. Heat 2 tbsp of Sesame (Til) oil Add 1 large pinch of hing (asofetida) 1 tspn of urad dal (optional thickner) 1 tsp of mustard seeds 1 tsp of jeera (cumin) powder […]