Spam Musubi

Ingredients: Spam (Luncheon meat) Jasmine Rice Rice Vinegar Soy Sauce Oyster Sauce Sugar Nori (Dried Seaweed) Directions: Take two cups of jasmine rice in a bowl and rinse the rice a couple of times. Bring two cups of water to boil and add the rice into it and cook till all the water is soaked…

Moru Curry (Yogurt curry)

Ingredients: Yogurt (32 oz) Onions (2 medium-sized thinly sliced) Ginger Garlic Paste (1 tbsp) Curry Leaves Dried Red Chilies (2-3) Mustard seeds (1 1/2 tsp) Red Chili Powder (1/2 tbsp) Turmeric Powder (1/2 tsp) Coriander Powder (1 tbsp) Asafoetida Powder (Hing) (1/4 tsp) Salt (To Taste) Directions: Add the yogurt into a blender and blend…

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)…

Afghani Chicken

Ingredients: Chicken Breast (cut it into cube size pieces) Dried Fenugreek leaves (1 tbsp) Yoghurt (1/2 cup) Heavy cream (1/4 cup) Salt Garam Masala (1/2 tsp) Chat Masala (1 tbsp) Lemon Juice (2 tbsp) Ginger Garlic Paste (2 tbsp) Coal (1 piece) Olive oil Baileys Irish Cream (30 ml) (Optional) Directions: In a pan put…

Fish in Crazy Water

Ingredients: Fish (I used a snapper; you could use red mullet, trout, sea bream or sea bass) Onion Carrot (Peeled and slice into 1/2 cm thick) Spring onions/green onions (chopped) Garlic (3 cloves) (thinly sliced) Cherry tomatoes on the vine (200 gms/ 7 oz) Red chilies (2-4) Parsley White wine (150 ml) Lemon Olive oil…

Parippu Curry

Ingredients: Moong Dal (Split Green Gram) (1 cup) Grated Coconut (3/4 cup) Chopped Onion Green Chilies (1-2) Turmeric Powder (1 tsp) Cumin seeds (1 1/2 tsp) Curry Leaves (1 spring) Ghee (1 tbsp) Red chilies (2-3) Coconut oil (1/2 tbsp) Directions: Roast the moong dal in a pan for about 5 minutes and let it…

Turkish Poached Eggs

Ingredients: Eggs (2) Whole Milk Greek Yogurt (1/2 cup) Garlic (2 cloves minced) Sea salt (preferred or else use regular salt) Butter Olive oil (1 tbsp) Allepo Pepper (or regular red chili flakes) Lemon Juice Dill (chopped) Directions: Fill a sauce pan with water and bring it to boil. Place the yogurt in a heat-proof…

Ada Prathaman

Ingredients: Rice Ada Jaggery Coconut milk Milk Cashew nuts Raisins Coconut pieces Cardamom Ginger powder (or dried ginger) Ghee Directions: Add rice ada to boiling water and let it cook for 5 minutes and turn off the heat and set it aside for another 5 minutes. Now drain out the water and put the rice…

Dal Khichadi

Ingredients: Rice (1 – 2 cups depending on how much you want to make; the quantity for the lentils/dal mentioned below is perfect for 1 cup of rice) Chana Dal (1/2 cup) Masoor Dal (1/4 cup) Toor Dal (1/4 cup) Cumin Chopped Ginger Chopped Onions (3 medium sized) Chopped Tomato (2 medium sized) Chopped Garlic…

Butter Chicken

Ingredients: Chicken (Boneless cut into cube size) Tomato (2 medium sized) Onions (2-3 medium sized) Turmeric powder (2 tsp) Red chili powder (3-4 tbsp) Ginger garlic paste (2 tbsp) Chicken Masala/Garam Masala (2-3 tbsp) Yoghurt Lemon juice (2-3 tbsp) Heavy Cream Cashew nuts (soaked) Kasoori methi (Dried Fenugreek leaves) Salt Directions: Marination: Put the chicken…