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…

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…

Dal Tadka

Ingredients: Toor Dal (1 cup) Chana Dal (1/4 cup) Masoor Dal (1/4 cup) Cumin seeds (3 tsp) Ginger (1 inch julienne) Onion (2 medium sized finely chopped) Fried Onion (3 tbsp) Tomato (2 medium sized chopped) Ginger (1 inch finely chopped) Garlic ( 2 tbsp finely chopped) Green Chilies (3-4 finely chopped) Turmeric Powder (2…

Chorizo Stuffed Squid with Yellow Rice and Salsa Verde

Ingredients: Tomatillos (1 pound, husk removed and cut in half) White onion (1 small, peeled and cut into quarters) Jalapeños (2, cut in half lengthwise, seeds and stem removed) Garlic (2 cloves) Olive oil Cilantro leaves ( ½ cup plus a few for garnish) Lime juice (2 tablespoons) Sea salt and freshly ground black pepper…

Kale & Sausage Stew

Ingredients: Onion (1 large-sized thinly sliced) Tomato (3-4 medium-sized chopped) Garlic (2-3 thinly sliced) Sausage (6 links) (You can use any sausage to your taste I prefer Chorizo or Italian hot sausage) Black beans (or Pinto beans) (400 gm canned) Plain flour (1 tbsp) Kale (1 bunch) Chicken Stock (500 ml) Lemon Cumin seeds (1…

Shrimp Masala

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,…