Rasaswad

 Cook half a cup of short grain rice with 1 cup water, pinch of salt and a splash of oil for 3-4 whistles and let cool. Prep the pineapple into large cubes. Dice half a red onion, 2-3 cloves of garlic, some ginger. Dice half of a extra firm tofu into small cubes. Also chop some red pepper, mushrooms and green beans. Heat oil, add chili oil to it (I used Trader Joes' along with the chilli flakes), add the onion and saute for 3-4 minutes. Add ginger and garlic and saute a bit more. Add the veggies and tofu, a pinch of salt and saute. Add the rice and pineapple, soy sauce, dark soy sauce, sesame oil, curry powder (I just added a small pinch each of turmeric, red chilli powder and dhania jeera powder). Mix everything and add some chopped cilantro. Serve with some roasted peanuts on top. Super comforting!  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Mkgb8Fxr_o

Boil pasta as per the instructions. Blanch spinach and add it to a blender jar. Add cannelloni beans, hemp seeds, nutritional yeast, parsley, lemon, olive oil, salt and pepper, and blend until smooth. Add it to the pasta and serve.  https://youtube.com/shorts/D2J8TQiKyZ8?si=RrWdbPQFrCHfZJ0r

 Soak Chana daal, and cook in a pot with salt and turmeric. Keep it al Dante keep dry. Spread and let it dry. Amchoor, fresh dhania, mirch, salt. Methi leaves. A slice of soaked bread, or fresh bread crumbs and a spoon of besan. Make kababs and fry. 

 Wash them properly and chop. Add in a kadai and let them shrink. Then add some oil, tomatoes , salt and  cook.  Stir occasionally. Once most of the moisture evaporates, add good amount of amchur, red chilli powder, dhania powder and a bit of turmeric. Let all the water dry out. 

Aloo masala Potato, bread, pinch garam masala, red chilli powder. Lemon and salt.  Stuffing - paneer mashed, green chillies, salt, garam masala, red chilli powder or black pepper Make koftas and fry.  Gravy - oil, sabut masala, more green cardamom, one black cardamom, cinnamon, cloves, star anise, bay leaves, add onions (long), whole garlic cloves. Once onions are slightly dark, add tomatoes and let them soften and then add cashews. Once oil separates, add water, and let cool. Remove bay leaf and Grind. Then sieve. Cook it again, add a pinch of garam masala, salt and sugar. Roast kasuri methi, crush and add just before serving. 

 This is a pretty streamlined recipe. Preheat oven to 359 and prep a pan. In a bowl, melt a sick of butter and a cup of chocolate chips in two 30 sec bursts. Meanwhile, chop a cup of walnuts and let them roast on a tava. Add 3/4 cup each of regular and brown sugar. Add 1/2 cups of coco powder, mix, add three eggs and a splash of vanilla and mix. Add 3/4 cup flour and the nuts and mix. Pour the mixture to the baking pan and add more walnuts on top and bake for 20mins or so.  https://www.urbanbakes.com/walnut-brownies/