Chicken Curry is one dish that I never get tired of trying out new recipes for! Chicken is in fact a very safe thing to experiment on – since you can never go wrong with chicken! Any which way you cook it, it always turns out delicious! And those of you who think that ‘a curry […]
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Vegetable and Chick Pea Pulao (Middle Eastern style)
Vegetable Pulao/biryani is a very common rice dish in India and this is something that you are sure to find on the menu of any self-respecting Indian restaurant 🙂 Over the years I have tried and made different versions of it and one of the reasons I like to change it up a little bit every […]
Easy Indian Chicken Curry || Instant Pot Saag Aloo Chicken || Chicken Curry with spinach and potatoes
Many folks whom I know will tell me “Oh I just love Indian food but it is so complicated to cook it! “. My answer of course has always been – ‘that’s not true at all. Once you know the basic spices that make a curry, you can then really try and make it your […]
'Home-made' Pizza night: 2 Healthy Veggie Pizzas delivered!
Gourmet style Pizzas at home from scratch and that too on a weeknight? Yes, it is possible and I don’t even have a stand-mixer!!! Once in a month we have home-made pizza nights. I used to until very recently get fresh pizza dough from the local bakery and then bake the pizza with different toppings […]
Vegetable Stew (Kerala Style)
Coconuts grow in abundance in Kerala and hence coconut milk , grated coconut and coconut oil are widely used in Kerala cuisine. One vegetable dish that uses coconut milk and no red chilli powder and is therefore white in color is ‘vegetable stew’. The stew usually is made out of vegetables like potatoes , carrots and […]
Chicken Biryani (in a coconut and cashew masala)
Chicken Biryani is a labor of love …you have to take your time to assemble this beautiful, aromatic combination of fragrant basmati rice with delicately spiced and perfectly cooked chicken pieces. Today I am posting this recipe for my very dear friend, Amanda who simply loves this chicken biryani that I make. In this recipe, […]
Black chick pea curry (Kadala curry)
A traditional breakfast in Kerala is usually a very heavy meal (and now the health experts do recommend the same – eating a full breakfast loaded with carbs and proteins is the right way to start your day). I have to admit though that I have never been able to eat a very heavy meal […]
Tilapia Fish curry (in a spicy onion and tomato sauce)
Fish and shrimp cooked in various forms is what I ate on a regular basis growing up in Mumbai. But when we visited Kochi, a coastal town in Kerala on our annual vacations, seafood is what we ate for practically every meal! And nothing like the ‘Kari meenu'(Pearl Spot fish) curry cooked out of fresh […]
Winter melon / Ash gourd coconut curry (Kumbalanga curry)
Some days we crave for something very simple yet something that is very comforting – I am sure you will agree! For me one of those comfort foods is this curry – something that transports me back in time where I am just enjoying a simple afternoon lunch with plain rice, kumbalanga curry, some plain […]
Turkey/Chicken Enchiladas
Thanksgiving leftovers are always a challenge. Left over Turkey is the easiest to deal with. So many options abound – soups, wraps and of course, enchiladas! This time I decided to do a spicy enchilada using chipotle chillies and fire roasted tomatoes. The sauce was spicy, had a great smoky flavor and overall delicious. One […]
Spicy Shrimp Sushi Rolls
I first tried Japanese cuisine about 10 years ago (with my husband really encouraging me to give it a try as he was already a huge fan by then!) and I liked the teriyaki chicken and salmon and all but when it came to sushi, I had a mental block. However my husband convinced me […]
South Indian Lentil and vegetable curry || Kerala Sambhaar || South Indian Tangy Vegetable Stew
Sambhaar is a spicy and tangy curry (soup) made of lentils and vegetables. This is a curry that is typical ‘South Indian’ cuisine and each of the four southern states of Tamil Nadu, Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh and Kerala have their slightly different versions of sambhaar. Sambhaar is eaten with rice but most commonly […]