Dry mint powder is the whole recipe here. Get that right and the rest takes 10 minutes. Ground from microwave-dried mint leaves, it’s more concentrated and more green than fresh mint — and it coats warm makhana in a way that fresh mint, which would add moisture and make everything soft, can’t. Mint makhana works […]
Makhana goes into the curry in the last minute. Add it any earlier and you’ll have a thick paste where the fox nuts used to be — they absorb liquid very fast. One rule, and the rest of the recipe follows without difficulty. Phool makhana curry — roasted fox nuts in a cashew and poppy […]
Twelve minutes, one pan, a proper cocoa-butter sauce — not melted bar chocolate, not chocolate chips. Cocoa powder gives you more control over sweetness and flavour than pre-sweetened chocolate, and the butter keeps the sauce fluid long enough to coat the makhana evenly before it sets. This is the version worth making. Chocolate makhana exists […]
4pm, nothing interesting in the cupboard, 10 minutes spare. Roasted fox nuts are what you make. One teaspoon of ghee, two cups of Tapua makhana, salt and pepper, low heat, patience — and you end up with a bowl that snaps when you bite in and doesn’t leave you looking for more food 20 minutes […]
