Raw garlic

marinated meat (about 600 grams) • plain yogurt (about 200 grams) • garlic paste • ginger paste • coriander powder • cumin powder • black pepper powder • fried, browned, and crushed onions • Salt to taste • chopped cilantro • chopped mint leaves • raw papaya paste •

grated carrots • –6 raw potatoes • small onion, finely chopped • –5 garlic cloves, finely chopped • -inch piece ginger, finely chopped • green chilies, finely chopped • –4 tablespoons cornstarch (about 24–32 grams) • bread crumbs (about 14 grams) • Salt, to taste • Oil, for pan-frying

water (240 ml) • raw broccoli, cut into small pieces (about 90 grams) • almonds • cashews • green onions, chopped (about 50 grams) • garlic cloves • vegetable bouillon cube or chicken-flavored bouillon cube • dried parsley, plus extra for garnish • cheese cube • Salt and black pepper, to taste • cream, for garnish

–1.3 lbs raw mutton (500–600 grams) • turmeric powder • red chili powder • garam masala • Salt to taste • ground coriander • –4 black cardamom pods • mutton masala • cloves • –4 bay leaves • large onions • –3 whole garlic bulbs •

raw eggs • medium onions • garlic • tomatoes • green chilies • -inch piece of ginger • cumin seeds • whole black peppercorns • pieces of mace, as needed • small piece of cinnamon stick • bay leaves • black cardamom pod •

rice flour (about 120 grams) • chickpea flour (about 30 grams) • medium raw potato • garlic cloves • dried red chilies • plain yogurt (about 120 ml) • butter or oil, for spraying • baking soda • water (about 120 ml) • Salt, to taste

raw potatoes • bell pepper • onion • –4 tablespoons chopped green onions (scallions) • ginger (finely chopped) • –4 cloves garlic (finely chopped) • white sesame seeds • green chilies • soy sauce • red chili sauce or Schezwan sauce • –2 teaspoons tomato ketchup • white pepper powder •

chicken (about 500 grams) • fresh raw coconut, grated (about 40 grams) • large onions, finely chopped • green chilies • garlic cloves • -inch piece ginger • fresh cilantro • coriander powder • red chili powder • Kashmiri red chili powder • cumin seeds • garam masala •

bitter melon • onion, sliced • garlic, finely chopped • green chilies, finely chopped • plain yogurt (120 ml) • soaked chana dal (split chickpeas) (about 100 grams) • small raw mango, finely chopped • mustard oil (as needed) (120 ml) • panch phoron (Bengali five-spice) • turmeric powder • red chili powder • coriander-cumin powder •

paneer (300 grams) • medium onions • small tomatoes • green chili • small piece of ginger • garlic cloves • Kashmiri red chili powder • coriander powder • turmeric powder • paneer masala • cloves • black peppercorns •

pani puri shells • large potatoes • black chickpeas (kala chana) • red chili powder • garlic paste • black salt • Salt, to taste • chaat masala • onion, finely chopped • small bowl green cabbage, finely chopped • Salt, to taste • small bowl tamarind •

short-grain rice for masala khichdi • sugar • cracked wheat (dalia) • split mung beans (with skin) • split pigeon peas (toor dal) • ghee (clarified butter) • asafoetida (hing) • whole dried red chilies • cinnamon stick • whole cloves • black peppercorns • fenugreek seeds •

semolina (rava/sooji) (about 35 grams) • whole wheat flour (about 30 grams) • baking soda • Salt to taste • Water • Oil as needed for frying the puris • dried white peas (about 100 grams) • oil • green chilies, finely chopped • cumin seeds • fenugreek seeds • ginger, finely chopped •

arhar dal (about 100 grams) • moong dal (about 100 grams) • raw mango, grated • green chilies • garlic cloves, chopped • Salt, to taste • cumin seeds • turmeric powder • red chili powder • Kashmiri red chili powder • asafoetida (hing) • coriander powder •

whole wheat flour • nigella seeds (kalonji) • salt • oil • small bowl roasted gram flour (sattu) • nigella seeds (kalonji) • finely chopped garlic • onion • mango pickle • carom seeds (ajwain) • salt • finely chopped green chili •

medium onions • medium tomatoes • butter • white watermelon seeds • raw peanuts • poppy seeds • cashews • garlic cloves • medium piece of ginger • green chilies • paneer (250 grams), fried in a little oil • red chili powder •

small bowl roasted peanuts • small bowl raw coconut • cumin seeds • green chilies • garlic cloves • Curry leaves as needed • mustard seeds • oil • red chili • Salt to taste