Heat 1 tablespoon ghee and 1 tablespoon oil in a thick- bottomed pan. Add cinnamon sticks, cloves, cardamom and bay leaf. When they start spluttering,

Mix atta with salt, ½ teaspoon turmeric powder, ½ teaspoon chilli powder and chopped coriander. Add lukewarm water and knead into a smooth dough. Roll

Heat oil in a pan. Add the cinnamon stick, bay leaf, onion slices, tomatoes and ginger garlic paste. Sauté well. Add paneer and stir-fry for

Heat oil and half of the ghee in a pressure cooker, on medium flame. Add the spices. When they start to splutter, add onions, ginger-garlic

Boil the soya chunks in salted water. Drain and squeeze out the excess water. Wash, soak and drain the basmati rice. Heat oil in a

Mix rice flour and jeera. Boil water with salt. Add the required amount to the rice flour and mix with the back of a spoon.

Clean and soak the dry tapioca overnight. Wash well and pressure-cook with a ¼ spoon of turmeric powder and salt. Grind together coconut, garlic, ginger,

Add the required amount of salt to the corn puttu powder and make puttu mix using warm water (make sure it is not lumpy). Heat

Wash the rice, soak for 20 minutes and drain. Heat oil in a thick bottomed pan, and splutter cinnamon and cloves. Add the onion slices,

Prepare puttu podi using warm water and salt. Mix coconut, jaggery and cinnamon powder. Place one layer of this mix in the puttu maker. Add

Mix all the ingredients with one spoon of coconut oil. Set aside for 2 hours. Heat coconut oil in a pan and fry till cooked.

Heat oil in a thick-bottomed pan. Add cinnamon and cloves. Add onions, ginger-garlic paste, tomatoes and salt. Add the dry masalas and sauté well. Add

Boil the soya chunks in salted water, drain and squeeze out the water. Shred the soya chunks in a mixer. Heat some oil in a

Whisk the egg with sugar, salt and cardamom powder. Add this to the rice powder and mix well to make a smooth, thick batter that

Take a piece of clean muslin cloth. Place the crushed shallots and fennel seeds in the cloth. Tie into a tight kizhi or potli. Boil