Irish Beef and Guinness Stew Irish Stew may well be the mother of all stews. I mean, you know that anything simmered for hours is going to be a good thing. But this…. this is the stew of your dreams. Arguably the most deeply flavourful sauce of all stews, with a rich dark brown flavour, this is the best of the best. THIS is the stew I make for company when I want to impress!...

Krispy Kreme is one of my dirty food secrets. I don’t hunt it down (thankfully there aren’t that many in Sydney) but if I pass one during a weak moment then yeah, I break. Sigh. Why wasn’t I born craving broccoli and inspired to live a sugar free life? OK. So if I have to have a jelly doughnut every now and then, the least I can do is make it at home so it’s healthier....

We always love the fluffiness of jeera rice in restaurants. Every time I think of making a post on how to make jeera rice, somehow it never happened. Today I cooked a meal for my son only. So I chose to make Jeera rice and Dhaba style dal, which is his favorite combo. Jeera rice is a popular Indian recipe made using fragrant basmati rice, cumin seeds, and ghee as main ingredients....

Method with step by step pictures : Wash and soak 1 cup raw rice in water for 3 hours.Drain the water and grind this into a fine paste, by adding little water to this.Ensure it should be too fine and without any grains. Then only you will get smooth dough. In a pan add 2 cups of water, 2 pinches of salt and 1 tsp of sesame oil. Allow this to boil nicely....

You know when you see a recipe for a fast, fabulous appetiser but when you read the recipe, the ingredients cost $30 involving things like a fillet of wild caught cedar smoked Alaskan salmon (don’t you dare think of getting less than the best!) and 5 different types of herbs? I see recipes like that in gourmet magazines and I so want to be that kind of person who can spend a small fortune to be able to make gourmet food fast....

All purpose flour | maida 1 and 1/4 cup Butter 1/3 cup Milk 1/4 cup Sugar 1/2 cup Baking soda 1/2 tsp M & Ms As needed ( you can replace with choco chips) In a wide bowl add the flour and baking soda. Powder the sugar and add it to the flour. Sieve well for even mixing. Mix the butter and milk till creamy. Mix it to the flour, sugar mix and make a soft dough....

It’s loaded with crunch and flavor. Made with crispy and crunchy makhanas (water lily seeds), chewy sweet raisins, spicy cashews, chewy coconut pieces, and feathery crisp curry leaves – this is a mix that’ll have you munching for more. Like trail mix, this hot and spicy makhana chivda makes for the perfect snack. You can take it with you on a road trip, or enjoy it as a snack with some Masala Chai or Cardamom Spiced Iced Coffee....

It’s like a giant salad version of Mexican Avocado Salsa – with the addition of chicken to complete the meal! To fill it out even more, try it with a side of Easy No Yeast Flatbreads, a southwest Cowboy Rice Salad or try some of these amazing easy No Knead Bread Rolls. Avocado Chicken Salad – with Mexican flavours! I’ve had a Giant Salad* almost everyday for the past month or so....

We South Indians make many varieties of rasam at home. Usually tomato is added in making rasam, but this pepper rasam is made without adding tomato. In our home, I make rasam on weekend only. As now it is winter, we all crave hot piping rasam to just sip as a soup. This Milagu rasam, can be served with rice or can be had as clear soup too. The flavour of pepper and jeera added in making the fresh rasam powder, elevates the taste of the rasam....

Coming to today’s lunch menu, we have a simple platter but yet a very popular combo. Mor kuzhambu (recipe with video)Cabbage paruppu usili (recipe with video)Onion vadam (mom made)Plain rice The onion vadam is home made by my mom. Her onion vadam is loved by all in the family and she always packs exclusively for my daughter, her only grand daughter(rest all are grand son) . Stay tuned for the interesting recipes coming up in Jeyashri’s kitchen in the coming week....

I’m a big fan of one pot chicken and rice recipes like Baked Rotisserie Chicken with Garlic Butter Rice, Chinese Chicken and Rice, Cheesy Chicken Broccoli and Rice and Mexican Chicken Rice. Big flavours, two dishes made in ONE pot! Oven Baked Chicken with Cranberry, Walnut and Apple Rice Pilaf. That’s somewhat of a mouthful of a recipe name, isn’t it??!! Oh wait – “mouthful”. Head smack Talk about a bad joke....

Paal kozhukattai is a traditional sweet made in Tamilnadu, using rice flour, jaggery and coconut milk as main ingredients. We make it by replacing jaggery with sugar too. In my in-law’s place, we do pooja on Naga panchami- Garuda panchami nombu during the aadi month. We make this paal kozhukaati and do neivedhyam to God. Also, we take this to the temple which has the snake puthu and offer the paal kozhukattai there....

If you can make my 3-ingredient paleo naan, then you can make this. Remember when I told you that my naan batter was magical? These paleo empanadas are proof of that. It turns out that when you bake my naan, it turns into something pastry like (if you want to fry them in oil, I bet they’d be super tasty too). These empanadas are crispy and flaky and insanely delicious....

You can easily adapt this cake! Or just keep it vanilla! You can add chocolate chips to the cake! Or add lemon zest and top it with lemon curd! Or make a tasty fruit filling to spread between the cake layers. Strawberry or raspberry jam would be delicious! Or just keep it vanilla! For my mama’s birthday, she asked me to make her a healthy gummy bear cake – with homemade paleo gummies....

Puli kuzhambhu is a rare item which I make in my kitchen. Except for me, rest all in my family will not prefer this pulikuzhambhu much. Whenever we order Lunch thali meal in Saravana Bhavan this pulikuzhambhu will be on their menu. like to eat this curd rice or have it with plain rice and papad. I wanted to try this out at home for a long time. One of my friends makes this pulikuzhambhu very nicely....

Paruppu poli recipe updated with full video in Tamil. During my mom’s visit here 2 weeks back I asked her to make puran poli for me and I wanted to learn the procedure of making kadala paruppu poornam. My mom is a super expert in making polis and I still remember my childhood days, she and my grandmother used to make polis in bulk and they happily share with our neighbors too....

Rajma galouti kebab recipe is a perfect party starter. Also, we can make this for kid’s snacks as well. Rajma kebab can be served with green chutney or can be served as a burger patty or stuffed inside wrap too. Rajma kebab is a protein-rich, gluten-free recipe and I can say it is a guilt-free snack. Yes, it is a non-deep fried snack. You can make this ahead and keep it inside the refrigerator....

Sooji ka halwa Pineapple kesari Heat a kadai and add a tblsp of ghee to it and fry the cashewnuts till golden brown and keep it aside. Now add the raisins and fry it and keep it along with the cashews and raisins In the same kadai add the rava(sooji) and fry it till becomes golden brown. Be careful that it sholudn’t get burnt. Add the water in a saucepan and heat till it boils....

Though i don’t remember the exact taste, somehow wanted to try something similar to that. The chutney turned out so well and was a super hit at home. I don’t say i got the exact taste of the roadside chutney but it tasted so yum. We had with idli | dosa, adai, chapati, paratha and even for pooris too. If you are looking for a chutney without coconut you can try this roadside tomato chutney....

Method: Red bell pepper 1 Pasta 1 cup Garlic 3-4 pods Grated Cheese 2 tblsp Chili flakes to taste Oregano 1/4 tsp Salt to taste Oil 2 tsp Wash the bell pepper and pat dry it. Grease the bell pepper with oil and roast them on open flame. Keep the flame in low and turn on all sides for even roasting. When it is completely cool scrap down the black part of the capsicum....