Appam & chicken stew is my favorite breakfast food. I remember just sitting in the kitchen watching my mom prepare appam and stew. The house is filled with the most amazing sound of the sizzling batter on the pan and the aroma of chicken stew. I would just devour appam in seconds. It’s a comfort…
Kabuli Palao
Lamb Meat (2 lbs) Onions (2; finely chopped) Carrots (2-3 peeled and julienned) Raisins (1/4 cup) Cinnamon powder (1 teaspoon) Cumin powder (2 tablespoons) Sugar (1 tablespoon) Salt (to taste) Black pepper (2-3 tablespoons to taste) Rice (3 cups) Note: You can use chicken, beef or goat meat instead of lamb. The fattier the meat…
Smashed Beef Gyoza
Ingredients: Filling: Ground Beef (2 pounds) Carrot (2; grated) Lotus root (2 inches; finely chopped) Ginger (1 inch; finely chopped) Garlic (4 cloves; finely chopped) Green onion (2 springs; finely chopped) Cornstarch (1 tablespoon) Soy sauce (1 tablespoon) Shaoxing wine (1 tablespoon) Salt (to taste) Wrapper: Flour (2 pounds) Water (1 cup) Directions: In a…
Afghan Chicken Kabab
Ingredients: Chicken Breast (2 breast serves four people) Onion (2 large; cut into cubes) Garlic (5-6 cloves) Chili powder (1 tablespoons) Turmeric Powder (1 teaspoon) Coriander Powder (1 tablespoon) Cumin Powder (1 tablespoon) Black Pepper (1 tablespoon) Ginger Powder (1 teaspoon) Garlic Powder (1 teaspoon) Garam Masala (1 teaspoon) Salt (to taste) Oil (1/2 cup)…
Chicken Kabsa
Ingredients: Chicken Thighs (preferably bone-in and remove the skin) Rice (3-4 cups) Onions (2-3 medium-sized; finely chopped) Garlic (5-6 cloves ; finely chopped) Carrot (1; finely grated) Tomato (1; diced) Tomato paste (2 heaping tablespoons) Orange Zest (1 orange) Cinnamon sticks (2 sticks) Bay leaves (3-4 leaves) Cardamom pods (3) Cloves (3-4) Star Anise (2)…
Orange Chicken
Ingredients: Chicken Breast (1 pound; cut into cubes) Egg (1) Corn Starch (4 tablespoons) All Purpose Flour Orange Juice (Juice of two oranges/two cups if using store bought) Orange zest (1 tablespoon) Brown Sugar (1 tablespoon) Soy Sauce (1 tablespoon) Ginger (1 inch; finely chopped) Garlic (5-6 cloves; finely chopped) Green Onions (3-4 springs) MSG…
Shrimp & Lotus Root Shumai
Ingredients: For dumpling wrappers: Flour (2 cups) Water (1 cup) For filling: Shrimp (1 pound; peeled and deveined; chop it as fine as possible) Lotus root (1 root; peeled and washed; chop it very fine) Shiitake Mushrooms (3 large mushrooms) Ginger (1 inch; finely chopped) Cornstarch (1 tablespoon) Shaoxing Wine (2 tablespoons) Green onions (1…
Doro Wat
Ingredients: Chicken drumsticks (6-8) Eggs (4-5 boiled and peeled eggs) Onions (4-5 medium onion; chopped) Ginger-Garlic Paste (1 tablespoon) Berbere (4 tablespoons) Ground cardamom (1 teaspoon) Niter Kibbeh (1 tablespoon; I used ghee instead) Salt (to taste) Directions: Heat a medium saucepan over medium-heat. Add the onions and cook stirring often. Add a little salt…
Naan
Naan is a very popular flatbread from India. It’s very popularly called “Naan” not “Naan bread”. Naan is bread so it’s like saying coffee-coffee. Ingredients: All-purpose flour (2 cups) Wheat flour (1 cup) Milk (1/4 cup) Water (1/2 cup) Yogurt (1/2 cup) Oil (1 tablespoon) Powdered Sugar (2 tablespoons) Baking powder (1 teaspoon) Baking Soda…
Lamb Fahsa
We recently went to the wonderful hole-in-the-wall Yemeni resaturant (Bab-Al-Yemen) in Boston. I absolutely fell in love with this dish and I did some research and worked out this receipe and it turned out just as soothing. Ingredients: For Lamb Stew: Lamb (2 pounds; cut into large chunks) Onions (2 medium-sized; finely chopped) Tomatoes (2…
