Kumkum Chatterjee

For Cream Cheese : • full cream milk • white vinegar • water • salt or to taste • butter • fresh cream or malai • garlic paste • garlic cloves roasted • olive oil • black pepper powder • mixed herbs •

& 1/2 cups homemade yogurt • besan • cornflour • water or as needed • To make Kadhi : • mustard oil • methi (fenugreek) seeds • cumin seeds • mustard seeds • hing (asafoetida) • & 1/2 medium onions chopped or sliced • green or red chilli chopped •

coconut grated and blended • full fat milk • powder milk • sugar • salt • yellow food colour (optional) • green cardamoms • ghee

Green Moong sprouted • oil • ghee • Whole spices: • cumin seeds • green cardamoms • cinnamon • cloves • black peppercorns • medium onion chopped finely • garlic cloves chopped finely • medium tomato chopped •

leftover rice • leftover thick Moong Dal • rava (semolina) • gram flour • curd • carrot grated • capsicum chopped finely • tomato chopped finely • onion chopped finely • coriander chopped finely • curry leaves roasted • green chillies chopped finely •

medium sized potato boiled and grated • semolina (suji) • maida (all purpose flour) or as needed for binding • suji • milk powder • malai • sugar for sugar syrup • water for making syrup • salt • baking powder • cardamoms crushed • ghee •

sweet corn boiled • potato boiled and grated • medium carrot peeled and grated • capsicum chopped finely • medium onion chopped finely • ginger grated • green chillies chopped finely • chilli flakes • coriander chopped finely • lemon juice • baking powder • Binding agent: •

boiled and shredded boneless chicken • soya chunks boiled, squeezed and coarse ground • carrot peeled and grated • small capsicum deseeded and finely chopped • potato boiled and mashed • medium onions chopped finely • ginger garlic paste • turmeric • red chilli powder • black pepper powder • garam masala powder • meat masala •

ripe bananas • all purpose flour • whole wheat flour • suji (semolina) • sugar or as needed • salt • coconut grated • milk • milk powder • fennel seeds and 2 cardamoms powder for flavouring • baking powder • ghee •

For Rava/ Sooji/ Semolina Upma : • Rava roasted • oil • ghee • medium onion chopped finely • ginger finely chopped • small tomato deseeded and chopped finely • medium carrot cut into small cubes • capsicum chopped into small pieces • frozen sweet corn kernels • green peas • each of peanuts and cashewnuts •

For boiling suran : • Suran (Yam) peeled and cut into medium sized cubes • Potato cut into medium sized cubes • Water for boiling • Salt • For shallow frying suran : • Mustard Oil • Boiled suran and potato • For cooking sabzi : • Mustard Oil or as needed • Ghee • Onion chopped •

For Dough : • whole wheat flour + 1/2 cup for dusting • water or as required to knead the dough • salt • refined oil • ajwain (carom seeds) • kasoori methi • For Stuffing : • a mid size cauliflower, grated (2 cups) • small onion chopped finely • salt • ginger paste or freshly grated ginger •

Paneer (Indian Cottage Cheese)cut into triangles or cubes • Green Capsicum deseeded and cut into squares • medium onion cut into cubes and petals disintegrated • For marination: • turmeric powder • red chilli powder • Darbari Masala • mustard oil • salt • ginger garlic paste • For the Royal Gravy : • medium onions finely sliced and fried and made into a paste •

Mourola Fish (Mola Carplet) • Masoor or Matar Dal (red or yellow lentils) soaked and ground to a coarse paste for the fritters • kalonji, fennel and cumin seeds • sesame seeds to mix in batter • red chilli powder • turmeric powder • roasted cumin powder • gram flour or rice flour • baking powder • green chilli finely chopped • coriander leaves chopped finely • salt or as needed •

Masoor Dal (Red Lentils) • water (adjust depending on the consistency) • turmeric powder • salt or to taste • medium tomato chopped finely • medium onion chopped finely • garlic cloves minced • cumin seeds • green chillies slit • Mustard Oil • coriander chopped finely • For Tadka : •

Masoor Dal (Red Lentils) • medium onion sliced finely • potato grated • ginger grated • garlic cloves minced • rice flour • gram flour (besan) • kalonji (Nigella) • fennel seed (Aniseed) • cumin seed • white sesame seeds • black pepper powder •

Little Millet • water • medium onion chopped finely • garlic minced • ginger grated • green chillies chopped finely • carrot grated • capsicum chopped finely • green peas boiled • potatoes boiled and mashed / grated • fresh breadcrumbs (for binding) • ginger garlic paste •

cooked Parboiled Rice • water for soaking • fried dry red chilli • green chilli • onion sliced • salt • lemon juice • Mustard Oil • To serve: • For Spiced Aloo Bhorta or Chokha (mashed potato) • medium potatoes boiled and peeled • small onion finely chopped •

Poha / Flattened Rice (thick variety) • full fat milk • milk powder • Saffron (optional) • sugar or jaggery • ghee • ;Cashew nuts • Raisins • green cardamoms powder

mutton bone-in (cut into 1 and 1/2 inch pieces) • mutton fat cut into 1/2 inch pieces • large onion paste • ginger paste • garlic paste • tomato puree • thick yogurt • Mustard oil • ghee (clarified butter) • medium onion finely chopped • garlic chopped finely • turmeric powder •