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…

Beef Tacos with Spicy Cabbage and Wasabi Mayo

Ingredients: Steak (Skirt/New York Strip/Sirloin cuts) Corn Tortilla Cabbage (Shredded) Red chili flakes (2 tbsp or to taste) Garlic (3-4) Miso paste (2 tbsp) Rice wine vinegar (4 tbsp) Olive Oil Wasabi paste (1/4 tsp) Mayonnaise (2 – 3 tbsp) Salt & Pepper (To taste) Directions: Generously season the steak on both sides with salt…

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…

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…

Chili Crab Meat Linguine with Watercress

Ingredients: Linguine (500 grams / 1 lb) Crab Meat (300 grams / 1/3 lb) Garlic (2 cloves) Red Chili (2-3 based on spice preference) Lemon (1) Parsley (1 handful chopped) Watercress (1 handful roughly torn) Salt (To Taste) Olive Oil (125 ml/ 4 oz) Directions: Put a large pot of water to boil for the…

Onion Bhajia

Ingredients: Onion (3 Large thinly sliced) Gram flour (1 1/2 cup) Green Chilies (4-5 thinly sliced) Turmeric Powder (1/2 tsp) Chili Powder (1 tsp) Cumin seeds (1 tsp) Salt (to taste) Oil (Sunflower/ Vegetable/ Canola) Mint leaves (optional) (2 tbsp finely chopped) Directions: In a deep pan add oil and let it heat. In a…

Spicy Braised Tofu – Dubu Jorim

Ingredients: Tofu (1 pack) Cooking Oil (3 tbsp) Sesame Oil (1 tsp)  Sesame Seeds (1 tsp) Garlic (1 clove minced) Onion (1 medium sized minced) Green onions (2 chopped) For the sauce, mix in a small bowl: Soy Sauce (1 tbsp) Salt (1 tsp) Sugar (1 tsp) Red chili flakes (1-2 tbsp to taste) Water…