Achu's Recipes

Ingredients Lemon - 500 gms: Gingelly Oil / Sunflower Oil - 5 tbsp Mustard Seeds - 1 tsp Garlic - 2 pods (cleaned and sliced) Ginger (sliced) - 2 tbsp Red Chilli Powder - 2 tbsp Kashmiri Chilli Powder - 3 tbsp Fenugreek Powder - 1 tsp Asafoetida Powder - 1/2 tsp Vinegar - 1/2 cup Salt - as required Curry Leaves - as required Grated Jaggery / Brown Sugar - 2 tbsp (optional) Preparation Method Steam cook the lemon till the skin become soft, remove from flame and allow it to cool down. Pat dry the lemon and cut each lemon into 4-8 pieces depending on the size, transfer to a bowl; add 1 tbsp salt, mix well and keep aside for 1 hour. Heat oil in a pan, splutter mustard seeds. Add ginger, garlic and curry leaves; saute in medium flame till garlic turn to slight golden color. Keep the flame in low and add red chilli powder, kashmiri chilli powder, and fenugreek powder; saute for 2 mins: Add vinegar and salt and boil. When the vinegar start to boil, add grated jaggery or brown sugar and mix we...

Beef Lasagna is prepared by layering rich beef sauce, creamy white sauce and grated mozzarella cheese over the lasagna sheets.  Ingredients Lasagna Sheets - 9-12 nos: (depending on the tray size) Minced Beef - 750 gms: Olive Oil - 3 tbsp Onion - 1 (finely chopped) Garlic (finely chopped) -  1 tbsp Carrot (finely chopped) - 1 cup (optional) Crushed Tomato - 400 gms Tomato Ketchup - 3 tbsp Black Pepper Powder - 1 tbsp Oregano Seasoning - 2 tbsp Italian Seasoning - 1 tbsp Red Wine - 2 tbsp (optional) Sugar - 1-3 tbsp Salt - as required Butter - 50 gms: All Purpose Flour - 50 gms: Milk - 500 ml Grated Parmesan Cheese - 100 gms: Mozzarella Cheese  - 200 gms: Chopped Parsley -  2 tbsp  Preparation Method In a thick bottom pan heat oil; add garlic, onion, carrot and saute till onion become translucent. Add minced beef and saute in medium-high flame till beef start to brown. Add Crushed Tomato, Tomato Ketchup, Black Pepper Powder, Oregano Seasoning, Italian Seasoning, S...

Classic Tiramisu is a coffee-flavored Italian dessert contains egg and rum. This is an easy to make and no-fail dessert recipe. Click here for No-Egg, No-Alcohol version of Tiramisu. Ingredients Sponge Fingers - 200 gms: (approximately 24 nos:) Mascarpone Cheese - 500 gms: Whipped Cream - 500 ml Egg Yolk - 5 nos: Caster Sugar - 10 tbsp Rum - 2 tbsp Vanilla Essence - 1 tsp Coffee Powder - 3 tbsp Hot Water - 1 cup Coco Powder - 2 tbsp Preparation Method Take hot water in a wide bottom bowl, add coffee powder and 3tbsp sugar; mix well till the sugar and coffee powder dissolved completely, and keep aside to cool down. Once the coffee is cooled down add 1tbsp rum, mix well and keep aside. Take egg yolks in a large glass bowl and break with a whisk. Add 5tbsp sugar and mix well. Boil water in a deep pan and place the bowl over that, make sure that the bowl is not touching the water. Cook the egg yolk by continuously stirring till the yolk become pale in color and sugar dissolved completely...

Ingredients Cranberry - 250 gms: Orange Juice - 1 cup Orange Zest - 1 tbsp Sugar - 1/2 cup Salt - a pinch Preparation Method Wash clean the cranberries and pat dry with kitchen towel. Boil orange juice and sugar in a pan; when orange juice start to bubble add cranberries and cook in medium flame. When the cranberries start to crack open, mash gently with a wooden spoon and cook for 10-12 mins: stirring occasionally. Add orange zest and salt, stir well and remove from flame. The sauce will thicken once it cool down. Once the sauce cool down completely, transfer the cranberry sauce to a dry glass bowl, keep the lid closed and refrigerate. Cranberry Sauce is a good accompaniment for meat balls or grilled chicken.  

Tender Coconut Soufflé is an easy to make, no-cooking, no-baking soft, creamy, melt-in-mouth and cooling dessert. Ingredients Tender Coconut Pulp and Water (combined) - 500 gms: (of 1 large tender coconut) Powdered Sugar - 3-5 tbsp Whipping Cream / Heavy Cream - 200 ml Gelatin / Agar-Agar - 10 gms: Preparation Method Prepare the Gelatin / Agar-Agar as per the instructions given in the sachet. Grind the tender coconut pulp to a smooth paste by adding tender coconut water; strain to a large bowl and keep aside. Beat the Whipping Cream / Heavy Cream till the stiff peaks form by adding 1 tbsp powdered sugar at a time. Add whipped cream in small portions to the tender coconut mix and combine using spatula. Do not beat the cream and tender coconut mix, just fold using the spatula. Add Gelatin / Agar-Agar; combine using spatula. Transfer the soufflé mix to individual serving bowls or to a 8x8 tray and allow it to cool down. Keep the lid closed and refrigerate the soufflé for 4-6 hours or till...

Ingredients Basmati Rice - 1 cup Ghee - 4 tbsp Cinnamon - 1 stick Cardamom - 3-4 nos: Cloves - 3-4 nos: Bay Leaf - 1 no: Cashew Nuts - 8-10 nos: Raisins - 8-10 nos: Onion (thinly sliced) - 1 small Onion (chopped) - 1 small Boiling Water - 1.5 cup Salt - as required Preparation Method Wash and soak the rice for 20 mins:. After 20 mins: transfer the rice to a strainer to remove the excess water. Heat oil in a cooking pan, fry cashew nuts and raisins and keep aside. Add thinly sliced onion to the ghee and saute onions until crisp and brown; drain and keep aside the onion. Add Cinnamon, Cardamom, Cloves, Bay Leaf to the ghee and saute for 2-3 mins: in low flame. Add chopped onion and saute till onion become translucent. Add rice and saute in low-medium flame till rice start to splutter. Add boiling water, salt and mix well. Keep the lid closed and cook till rice is done, stirring once in between, and remove from flame. Gently fluff the rice with a fork and garnish with fried onion, cas...

Potato Egg Skillet is an easy to make and filling dish that can be served as healthy breakfast or brunch. Ingredients Baby Potato or Baby Rooster Potato - 500 gms: Bacon (optional) - 100 gms: (cut into cubes) Egg - 4 nos: Oil - 2 tbsp Italian Seasoning (optional) - 1 tsp Pepper Powder - as required Salt - as required Preparation Method Wash clean the potatoes (do not remove skin), pat dry and cut into cubes. Heat the skillet and add bacon, keep the flame in medium and cook till the bacon become golden brown in color and crisp. Remove from pan and keep in kitchen towel. If you are not using bacon, heat oil in the skillet and add potatoes. If you are using bacon, add potatoes to the oil drained out from the cooked bacon. Keep the lid closed and cook till potatoes are 90% done, stirring occasionally. Add Italian seasoning and mix well. Add salt and pepper powder as per your taste and mix well. Keep the potatoes to the middle and sides of the skillet and make 4 spaces. Crack each egg and p...