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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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…
Fondant Potatoes
Ingredients: Russet Potatoes (3-4 large) Thyme Butter (2-3 tablespoon) White wine (1/2 cup) Chicken stock or broth (1/2 cup) Salt & Pepper Oil Directions: Preheat the oven to 400oF. Cut off ends of russet potatoes, stand potatoes on end, and peel potatoes from top to bottom with a sharp knife to make each potato into…
Portuguese Octopus Stew
This is a friend’s family recipe. I made a few improvisations to the original recipe and I hope you like it. Ingredients: Octopus (Remove the eyes which are located at the top of the head. Cut it into 1 1/2 inch pieces) Onion (2 finely sliced) Garlic (3 cloves finely chopped) Tomatoes (3 -4 diced…
Beef & Aubergine Fatteh
Ingredients: Pita Bread (4 cut into triangles) Ground Beef (1 lb) Aubergine (1 large cut into small cubes) Aleppo pepper (1 tablespoon) Cumin seeds (2 teaspoon) Coriander powder (1 teaspoon) Onion (medium sized finely chopped) Yogurt (2 cups) Tahini (3-4 tablespoon) Lemon juice (1 lemon) Garlic (2 minced) Pine nuts (50 grams/ 1.7 oz toasted)…
Crepes
Ingredients: Flour (1 cup) Milk (3/4 cup) Eggs (2 large) Butter (3 tablespoons) Salt Toppings: Egg Butter (1 tablespoon) Red Chili flakes (1 tablespoon) Chives (roughly chopped) Parmesan (grated) Strawberries Nutella Whipped Cream Chocolate syrup Direction: In a blender, add 2 cracked eggs, 1/2 cup of water, milk, 3 tablespoons of melted butter, a pinch…
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…
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…
Minced Beef & Turkey Tacos with Avocado salsa
Ingredients for minced beef & turkey: Ground Beef (1 lb) Ground Turkey (1 lb; preferred to use ground pork but I couldn’t find any so used turkey) Red Chili (2 thinly sliced) Ginger (finely chopped) Garlic (finely chopped) Green onions (finely chopped) Lime Fish Sauce (1 tbsp) Toasted Sesame Seed Oil (1 tsp) Olive Oil…
The Ghee Spot 