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…
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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…
Kichri Quroot
Kichri Quroot is an Afghan dish that consists of shola (sticky rice), meatballs, and quroot (whey). It’s a hearty and loved dish all across Afghanistan. Ingredients: For the meatball mixture: Ground beef (2 pounds) Yellow onions (2 medium; chopped) Garlic (3-4 cloves; minced) Egg (1 Large) Coriander powder (2 tablespoons) Crushed black pepper(1 teaspoon) Salt (1 teaspoon or…
Ground Beef Enchiladas
Ingredients: For the Salsa Roja: Dried Ancho Chilies (2 chilies) Dried Chipotle Chilies (4-6 chilies) Dried Cascabel Chiles (2 chilies) Dired Pasilla Chilies (1-2 chilies) Onions (2 medium; peeled and chopped) Plum Tomatoes (2; halved) Garlic (3 cloves; peeled) Dried Oregano Salt (to taste) Pepper (to taste) For Ground Beef Filling: Ground Beef (1-2 pounds)…
Bourbon Pecan Pie
Ingredients: For Pie Crust: All-purpose flour (2 1/4 cups) Salt (1 1/4 teaspoon) Sugar(1 tablespoon) Unsalted Chilled Butter (1 cup) Ice Water (1/2 cup) Pie Filling: Pecans (2 1/2 cups; roughly chopped) Eggs (3) Maple Syrup (1/4 cup) Light Corn Syrup (1 cup) Salt (3/4 teaspoon) Dark Brown Sugar (3/4 cup) Vanilla Extract (1 tablespoon)…
Breakfast Pizza
Pizza for breakfast? Why Not? Boston’s moving day finally got done a week back and after having moved thrice in less than a year; this was the first time I didn’t have to move houses and I can’t thank enough to the lords for this blessing! But that being said you have friends who are…
Pizza (Without Yeast)
Since the beginning of quarantine that one commodity that’s been very difficult to find in Boston is YEAST!!! The whole of Boston decided to start baking banana breads and Focaccia and at this time my craving for pizza was getting worse by the day. So I had to find a way to make pizza without…
