Chicken Egg and Cheese Wrapped in Coconut Flatbread

Ingredients: Chicken thighs (boneless and skinless; cut into bite size pieces) Eggs (1 egg per wrap) Onion (1 medium sized; sliced) Black Cardamom (1 pod) Green Cardamoms (2 pods) Cloves (3-4 cloves) Cumin Seeds (1 teaspoon) Chili Powder (1 tablespoon) Coriander Powder (1 tablespoon) Garam Masala (1 tablespoon) Turmeric Powder (1 teaspoon) Kasuri Methi (1…

Chicken Tajine

Ingredients: Chicken (6-8 pieces; I use a mix of drumsticks and boneless thigh pieces, you can use either or both) Olives (8-10; pitted and thinly sliced) Preserved Lemon (1 lemon) Saffron (a pinch) Cilantro (a bunch; finely chopped) Turmeric Powder (1 teaspoon) Chili Powder (1-2 tablespoon; depending on spice preference) Cumin Powder (1 teaspoon) Ras…

Pad Krapow Gai (Spicy Thai Basil Chicken)

Ingredients: Ground chicken (1 pound) Shallots (1/4 cup, sliced) Garlic (4 cloves, minced) Thai chilies (2 tablespoons, minced or other hot pepper) Chicken Broth (1/3 cup) Soy sauce (2 tablespoons) Oyster Sauce (1 tablespoon) Fish Sauce (2 teaspoons) Sugar (2 teaspoon) Basil Leaves (1 bunch, thinly sliced) Directions: In a small bowl, add the oyster…

Chicken Handi with Coconut Rice

Ingredients for Chicken Handi: Chicken Breast (Boneless & Skinless; 2 lbs cut into small cubes) Ginger & Garlic Paste (1 tablespoon) Cumin (1 teaspoon) Onion (1 large chopped) Tomatoes (4 small chopped) Turmeric Powder (1/4 teaspoon) Chili Powder (1 tablespoon) Coriander Powder (1/2 tablespoon) Yogurt (2 tablespoon) Chicken Stock (1/4 cup; alternatively use water) Garam…

Chicken Thighs with Creamy Mushroom Garlic Sauce

Ingredients: Chicken Thighs (Bone-in & skin on 3-4 pieces) Mushroom (8 oz, sliced; you can use any variety of your choice) Garlic (1 tablespoon minced) White Wine (1/2 cup) Chicken Stock (1/2 cup; you can also use water if times are tough) Heavy Cream (1/2 cup) Parmesan Cheese (1/2 cup) Onion (1 medium sized finely…

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…

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…

Pepper Chicken with Cumin Rice

Ingredients for Pepper Chicken: Chicken (1 – 2 lbs) (I used boneless and skinless chicken thighs, you could use chicken breast or chicken cut into pieces with bones) Onion (3 – 4 medium sized sliced) Garlic (2 – 3 thinly sliced) Ginger-Garlic paste (1 tbsp) Curry Leaves (1 spring) Turmeric Powder (1 1/2 tsp) Chili…

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)…

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)…