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,…
Category: Meals
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…
Moru Curry (Yogurt curry)
Ingredients: Yogurt (32 oz) Onions (2 medium-sized thinly sliced) Ginger Garlic Paste (1 tbsp) Curry Leaves Dried Red Chilies (2-3) Mustard seeds (1 1/2 tsp) Red Chili Powder (1/2 tbsp) Turmeric Powder (1/2 tsp) Coriander Powder (1 tbsp) Asafoetida Powder (Hing) (1/4 tsp) Salt (To Taste) Directions: Add the yogurt into a blender and blend…
Kerala Fish Curry
Ingredients: Salmon (2 lbs) Malabar Tamarind (2-3 piece) Curry Leaves Mustard seeds (1 tsp) Onion (2-3 medium-sized sliced) Ginger Garlic Paste (1 tbsp) Red Chili Powder (3-4 tbsp) Corriander Powder (1 tbsp) Asafoetida Powder (Hing) (1/4 tsp) Turmeric Powder (2 tsp) Water (7-8 cups) Salt (To taste) Oil (Preferably vegetable oil/ sunflower oil) Coconut oil…
Rajma Chawal (Kidney beans curry with rice)
Ingredients: Kidney beans (350 gms / 12 oz) Onions (Sliced 3-4 medium sized) Ginger-garlic paste (2 tbsp) Tomato puree (4-5 medium sized) Turmeric powder (1/4 tsp) Coriander powder (1 tbsp) Red chili powder (1 tbsp) Garam Masala (1 tsp) Kasuri Methi (1 tsp) Fresh coriander (chopped 2-3 tsp) Directions: If you’re using the dried Kidney…
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)…
Afghani Chicken
Ingredients: Chicken Breast (cut it into cube size pieces) Dried Fenugreek leaves (1 tbsp) Yoghurt (1/2 cup) Heavy cream (1/4 cup) Salt Garam Masala (1/2 tsp) Chat Masala (1 tbsp) Lemon Juice (2 tbsp) Ginger Garlic Paste (2 tbsp) Coal (1 piece) Olive oil Baileys Irish Cream (30 ml) (Optional) Directions: In a pan put…
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…
Parippu Curry
Ingredients: Moong Dal (Split Green Gram) (1 cup) Grated Coconut (3/4 cup) Chopped Onion Green Chilies (1-2) Turmeric Powder (1 tsp) Cumin seeds (1 1/2 tsp) Curry Leaves (1 spring) Ghee (1 tbsp) Red chilies (2-3) Coconut oil (1/2 tbsp) Directions: Roast the moong dal in a pan for about 5 minutes and let it…
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…
The Ghee Spot 