Ingredients: Butternut Squash (1/2 cut into 1/2 inch cubes) Onion (Diced) Garlic (4 cloves) Brown sugar (1 tablespoon) Ricotta Cheese (1/4 cup) Flour (2 cups) Eggs (4) Sage (10 leaves) Butter (3 tablespoons) Lemon juice (1 tablespoon) Parmesan Cheese Olive oil Direction: In a baking sheet, place the butternut squash, onion and garlic. Drizzle olive…
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Mantu (Afghani Dumpings)
Ingredients: Flour (2 cups) Egg (1) Minced Pork (1 lb; you can use any meat and if you’re looking for vegetarian options use finely chopped mushrooms or leeks) Onion (1 large finely chopped) Chili (1-2 finely chopped) Cilantro (finely chopped) Split chickpea (Chana dal; 1 cup) Tomato paste (1 tablespoon) Turmeric powder (1 teaspoon) Cumin…
Chicken Dum Biryani
Ingredients: Chicken (2 – 3 lbs with bone or boneless skinless thighs) Basmati Rice (3 cups) Onions (5 large thinly sliced) Tomatoes (2 diced) Mint Cashew nuts (optional 20 – 30) Raisins (optional 20 – 30) Saffron (a pinch optional) Milk (3-4 tablespoons optional) Ginger-Garlic paste (2 tablespoons) Chili Powder (2 tablespoons) Coriander Powder (2…
Kerala Halwa
Ingredients: Wheat flour (1 1/2 cup) Corn flour (2 1/2 tbsp) Jaggery (400 grams/ 1 lb) Coconut milk (2 1/2 cups) Cashew nuts Cardamom powder (1 tbsp or as per taste) Ghee (3 tbsp) (You can substitute ghee with coconut oil or use both as per your preference) Direction: In a bowl add the wheat…
Chorizo Stuffed Squid with Yellow Rice and Salsa Verde
Ingredients: Tomatillos (1 pound, husk removed and cut in half) White onion (1 small, peeled and cut into quarters) Jalapeños (2, cut in half lengthwise, seeds and stem removed) Garlic (2 cloves) Olive oil Cilantro leaves ( ½ cup plus a few for garnish) Lime juice (2 tablespoons) Sea salt and freshly ground black pepper…
Spam Musubi
Ingredients: Spam (Luncheon meat) Jasmine Rice Rice Vinegar Soy Sauce Oyster Sauce Sugar Nori (Dried Seaweed) Directions: Take two cups of jasmine rice in a bowl and rinse the rice a couple of times. Bring two cups of water to boil and add the rice into it and cook till all the water is soaked…
Ada Prathaman
Ingredients: Rice Ada Jaggery Coconut milk Milk Cashew nuts Raisins Coconut pieces Cardamom Ginger powder (or dried ginger) Ghee Directions: Add rice ada to boiling water and let it cook for 5 minutes and turn off the heat and set it aside for another 5 minutes. Now drain out the water and put the rice…
Shahi Paneer
Ingredients: Paneer cute into cubes Onions (diced) Tomatoes (diced) Cashew nuts Cinnamon Cardamom Ginger and garlic paste Peppercorns Cumin Turmeric powder Red chili powder Coriander powder Garam Masala Kasuri Methi Green chilies (slit into halves) Ginger (julienne) Heavy whipping cream / fresh cream Coriander Butter Olive oil Directions: In a pan add some olive oil…
Dal Khichadi
Ingredients: Rice (1 – 2 cups depending on how much you want to make; the quantity for the lentils/dal mentioned below is perfect for 1 cup of rice) Chana Dal (1/2 cup) Masoor Dal (1/4 cup) Toor Dal (1/4 cup) Cumin Chopped Ginger Chopped Onions (3 medium sized) Chopped Tomato (2 medium sized) Chopped Garlic…
The Ghee Spot 