Renus Kitchen

Ingredients: 1 bag of spinach - blanch and puree Onion - 1 medium, chopped Garlic - 3 pods Ginger - 1 inch piece Green chili - optional Bay leaf Cloves - 3-4 Green cardamom - 1-2 , ground Coriander powder salt to taste Rice - 2.5cups Cooking oil or ghee Method: Puree spinach in a blender.  Wash rice very gently with water. Drain any excess water and keep it aside.  Heat oil in a pressure cooker. Once the oil is hot, add cumin seed and water for it to crackle. Add the green cardamom, cloves, bay leaf. Now add ginger garlic paste, saute for a minute and then add chopped onions.  Once onions are translucent, add spinach paste and cook for 5 minutes.  In the end add washed rice, mix everything and pressure cook till one whistle.  Turn off the stove and leave the cooker to release the pressure by itself.  Once done, fluff the rice with a fork and serve with your favorite curry or daal  

Pre-heat oven at 400 F. Cut bread into small cubes and place it in a bowl. Drizzle some olve oil, butter, salt, dried oregano and black pepper mix well and bake it in a baking tray for 10-15 minutes. Cool and store in air tight container. 

Blend whole milk, mango pulp (scoop some from fresh mangoes or buy a can of pulp), honey, handful of cashews and few drops of rose water for fragrance. You can add some ice (optional). Now don't wait...just gulp it down :)

Ingredients Dry Ingredients: All purpose flour - 1-3/4 cup Granulated sugar - 1 cup Baking powder - 1 tsp Baking soda - 1/4 tsp Cocoa powder (unsweetened) - 1/4 cup Salt - 1/4 tsp Mix all dry ingredients using a hand whisker or pass it through a sieve at least 2 times. This will incorporate air in the mixture. Liquid Ingredients: Eggs - 2 medium size Ripe bananas - 3 Vanilla extract - 1 tsp Butter, unsalted - 1/2 cup Other ingredients: Walnuts - 1/2 cup Chocolate chip - 1/2 cup or Raisins - 1/2 cup Method: Pre-heat over at 350 F. Grease the bottom and sides of 9x5x3 loaf pan and set aside. Toast walnuts on stove top and chop coarsely.  Combine walnuts, chocolate chips and some flour. This will prevent them from sinking in the batter. Lightly beat eggs. Preferably eggs should be brought to room temperature. I have used straight from the fridge and results are OK.  Add mashed bananas, melted butter, vanilla extract and mix gently using a wooden ...