Chicken Cordon Bleu

Ingredients: Boneless and Skinless Chicken Breast Garlic Powder (1 tablespoon) Onion Powder (1 tablespoon) Swiss cheese (4 slices) Ham (thinly sliced 4 slices) Vegetable oil (for frying) All-purpose flour (1 cup) Egg (1 beaten) Panko bread crumbs (1 cups) Butter (3 tablespoons) Garlic (2 cloves minced) 1 cups milk Dijon mustard (2 tablespoon) Shredded Parmesan Cheese (1/4…

Godeungeo-mujorim

I first saw this dish in a Korean drama “Let’s Eat”. The series promotes Korean cuisine at it’s very best. Godeungeo-mujorim is basically braised mackerel and radish in a spicy soy broth. Ingredients: Mackerel (2 lbs gutted and cleaned; chop of the heads and cut in to 2 inch pieces) Daikon Radish (2 lbs peeled…

Coconut Braised Chicken With Chickpeas

This recipe is inspired from Alison Roman’s cookbook Nothing Fancy. I just made some minor improvisations to the recipe and hope you try and enjoy it. Ingredients: Chicken Thighs (3–4 pounds; I used boneless and skinless you can use as per preference.) Salt (to taste) Ground black pepper (to taste) Garlic cloves (4 thinly sliced)…

Aloo Paratha

Ingredients: Wheat Flour (2 cups) Potatoes (4) Garlic (2 cloves) Green chilies (2 finely chopped) Garam Masala (1/2 tsp) Red chili powder (1 tsp) Chaat Masala (1/2 tsp) Lemon Juice (1/2 lemon) Coriander (chopped) Water (as required) Salt (to taste) Oil/Butter (as per preference) Directions: Mix wheat flour, salt and water and knead it to…

Dal Tadka

Ingredients: Toor Dal (1 cup) Chana Dal (1/4 cup) Masoor Dal (1/4 cup) Cumin seeds (3 tsp) Ginger (1 inch julienne) Onion (2 medium sized finely chopped) Fried Onion (3 tbsp) Tomato (2 medium sized chopped) Ginger (1 inch finely chopped) Garlic ( 2 tbsp finely chopped) Green Chilies (3-4 finely chopped) Turmeric Powder (2…

Shrimp Masala

Ingredients: Shrimp (1 lb) Onion (2-3 medium-sized thinly sliced) Tomato (2 medium-sized chopped) Ginger Garlic Paste (1 1/2 tbsp) Coriander Powder (3 tbsp) Chili Powder (1 tbsp) Turmeric Powder (1 tsp) Asafoetida Powder (Hing) (1/4 tsp) Curry Leaves (1 Spring) Malabar Tamarind (2-3 piece) Cumin Seeds (1 tsp) Salt (To Taste) Directions: In a bowl,…

Spicy Curried Pineapple Fried Rice

Ingredients: Dried red chilies (2) Coriander seeds (1 tsp) Cardamom (1 tsp) Cumin seeds (2 tsp) Mustard seeds (1 tsp) Peppercorns (1 tsp) Cinnamon stick (1 crushed) Grated ginger (1 tbsp) Grated turmeric (1 tbsp) Short grain rice (2 cups) Pineapple Chicken ( 1 lb Boneless) Eggs (2) Vegetable oil/ Olive Oil Red pepper (1)…

Fish in Crazy Water

Ingredients: Fish (I used a snapper; you could use red mullet, trout, sea bream or sea bass) Onion Carrot (Peeled and slice into 1/2 cm thick) Spring onions/green onions (chopped) Garlic (3 cloves) (thinly sliced) Cherry tomatoes on the vine (200 gms/ 7 oz) Red chilies (2-4) Parsley White wine (150 ml) Lemon Olive oil…

Koombu Thoran

Living in Boston I would have never thought of finding Koombu (Banana flower or Banana blossoms ) to my good fortune I spotted these at an Asian Store (Super 88 Market). This is a dish that my mom has made for me so many times growing up; Koobu Thoran can be very well described as…

Turkish Poached Eggs

Ingredients: Eggs (2) Whole Milk Greek Yogurt (1/2 cup) Garlic (2 cloves minced) Sea salt (preferred or else use regular salt) Butter Olive oil (1 tbsp) Allepo Pepper (or regular red chili flakes) Lemon Juice Dill (chopped) Directions: Fill a sauce pan with water and bring it to boil. Place the yogurt in a heat-proof…