Ingredients: Filling: Wrapper: Directions: In a bowl, add the ground beef, carrot, lotus root, ginger, garlic and green onion. Mix it all together. Add the cornstarch, soy sauce, shaoxing wine and salt and mix it in to the meat mixture and set it aside. Add the flour and water into another bowl and knead it…
Category: Easy
Lemongrass Chicken
Ingredients: Chicken Thighs (2 pounds; boneless skinless cut into bite size pieces) Yellow Onion (1 onin; thinly sliced) Lemongrass (2 sticks) Turmeric root (1 inch piece) Ginger (1 inch piece) Garlic (4-5 cloves) Green onions (2-3) Red Chilies (2) Sesame oil (1 teaspoon) Fish Sauce (1 tablespoon) Soy Sauce (1 tablespoon) Chicken Stock (1 cup)…
Waffles
Ingredients: All-purpose flour (2 cups) Milk (1 3/4 cups) Eggs (2) Vegetable Oil (1/2 cup) Sugar (1 tablespoon) Baking Powder (5 teaspoons) Salt (1/4 teaspoon) Vanilla Extract (1/2 teaspoon) Directions: Preheat the waffle iron. In a large bowl, beat the eggs, then add in the milk, vegetable oil, sugar, baking powder, salt, and vanilla extract,…
Vegetable Pulav
Ingredients: Rice (3 cups) Carrot (2-3 carrots; diced) Green Peas (1 cup) Green Beans (1 cup; sliced 1/2 inch) Cauliflower (cut florets into small pieces) Water (6 cups) Lemon Juice (1/2 lemon) Cilantro (half a bunch; finely chopped) Salt (to taste) Pepper (to taste) Ghee (2 tablespoon) Directions: Rinse the rice thoroughly and then soak…
Pavakka Thoran (Stir Fried Bitter Gourd)
Ingredients: Bitter Gourd (2-3) Chili Powder (1 tablespoon) Turmeric Powder (1/4 teaspoon) White Vinegar (2-3 tablespoons) Salt (1-2 tablespoons) Oil (3-5 tablespoons) Directions: Cut the bitter gourd lengthwise into halves and remove the seeds from the inside. Slice the halves into roughly two-inch long cubes and finally slice the cubes into thin sticks. Add the…
Boozy Hot Chocolate
Ingredients: Milk (3 cups) Heavy Cream (1 cup) Unsweetened Cocoa Powder (1/3 cup) Sugar (3/4 cup) Nutmeg (grated; a pinch) Salt (a pinch) Whiskey/Bourbon/Rum (2 ounces) Peppermint Candy (optional; for garnish) Marshmallow (optional; for garnish) Directions: In a bowl, combine cocoa powder, sugar, salt, and nutmeg. In a saucepan, add the milk and bring it…
Methi Malai Matar (Creamy Fenugreek Green Peas)
Ingredients: Fenugreek Leaves (2 bunches; roughly chopped) Onion (1; cubed) Green Chilies (2; slit into halves) Ginger-Garlic Paste (1 teaspoon) Cashew nuts (1/4 cup; soaked) Heavy cream (1/2 cup) Green Peas (1 cup; if using frozen soak it in warm water for 10 minutes) Cumin seeds (1 teaspoon) Water (1 cup) Gara Masala (1/4 teaspoon)…
Cranberry Sauce
Ingredients: Cranberries (12 oz/0.75 lb) Sugar (3/4 cup) Star Anise (2) Green Cardamom (4 pods) Orange Zest (1 orange) Orange Juice (1 orange) Nutmeg (a pinch; grated) Red Wine (1 ounce) Salt (to taste) Pepper (to taste) Directions: In a saucepan, add the sugar and star anise and place it on low heat. Lightly bash…
Upma
Ingredients Semolina/Rava (2 cups; dry roasted) Carrot (2; diced) Green Beans (6-7; cut into small pieces) Peas (1/2 cup; if using frozen soak it in warm water for 5-10 minutes) Water (4 cups, for every cup of semolina 2 cups of water) Onion (1 medium-sized, finely chopped) Mustard Seeds (1 teaspoon) Green Chilies (2-3, cut…
Chicken in a crust
Ingredients: Whole chicken (3-5 pounds) Dried Porcini mushrooms (5-6) Garlic cloves (3-4 cloves) Variety of mushrooms (I used portobella, baby bella and shiitake) Thyme (a bunch; fresh preferred; I used dried) Butter (12 tablespoons) Parsley (1/2 bunch; finely chopped) Flour (4 cups) Olive oil Salt (to taste) Pepper (to taste) Directions: In a small bowl,…
The Ghee Spot 