Ingredients: Filling: Wrapper: Directions: In a bowl, add the ground beef, carrot, lotus root, ginger, garlic and green onion. Mix it all together. Add the cornstarch, soy sauce, shaoxing wine and salt and mix it in to the meat mixture and set it aside. Add the flour and water into another bowl and knead it…
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Chicken Kabsa
Ingredients: Directions: Wash the rice thoroughly and soak it in water for 20-30 minutes. In a deep pot, add some oil and once hot add the chopped garlic, onion and grated carrot and cook for 3-4 minutes on medium heat. Add the chopped tomato and cook till the tomato is mushy Now, add all the…
Shrimp & Lotus Root Shumai
Ingredients: For dumpling wrappers: For filling: For garnish: Directions: In a large bowl, add the flour and add water gradually as required. Knead for 5-7 minutes until it’s very soft. When you poke the dough with your finger it should rise back up. Cover it with plastic wrap or a table cloth and leave it…
Doro Wat
Ingredients: Directions: Heat a medium saucepan over medium-heat. Add the onions and cook stirring often. Add a little salt to the onions to help it sweat. Once the onions are translucent, add a tablespoon of oil and turn the heat to medium-low and cook the onions slowly till they are caramelized (dark brown shade). Make…
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: For garnish: Directions: Add water, milk, yogurt, oil, and powdered sugar in a large bowl and mix them well using a whisk. Add the all-purpose flour, the wheat flour, and…
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: For Hilba: For Sahauiq: For Serving: Directions: In a smalll bowl, soak the ground…
Macaroni Watani (Afghan Pasta)
Ingredients: Soak the Quroot in a bowl with warm water overnight, this will break down the quroot and make it slurry Heat some oil in a pan, add garlic, and cook for 30 seconds. Add the chopped onions and cook them till they turn golden brown. Add the ground spices (turmeric, coriander, cumin, chili, and…
Gajar ka Halwa
Ingredients: Directions: Add the ghee to a pan, let it melt, and lower the heat. Add the chopped almonds and cashews and fry them till golden brown. Scoop out the nuts from the pan and set it aside. In the same pan, add the grated carrots and turn the heat to medium. Saute the carrots…
Fooled Pork Sliders (Vegan-Jackfruit Sliders)
Ingredients: Notes: 1. It’s best to use raw jackfruit/semi-ripe ones. 2. Jackfruit usuaully gives out a sap especially the raw ones which is super sticky. Before cutting open the jackfruit apply some oil on both sides of the blades. Applying some oil on the palm of your hands will avoid the sap from sticking to…
Butternut Squash Risotto
Ingredients: Butternut Squash (1; peeled and cut into cubes) Thyme (3-4 springs plus more for garnish) Garlic (4-5 cloves; peeled) Arboria Rice (2 cups) Chicken Stock/Vegetable Stock (6 cups) Onion (1; finely chopped) White Wine (1/2 cup) Saffron (a pinch) Grated Parmesan Cheese (1/2 cup) Shaved Parmesan Cheese (for garnish) Salt (to taste) Pepper (to…
The Ghee Spot 