Is it just me who thinks that iceberg lettuce wedges is a great and unique salad for a menu? OK, so truth be told, it’s not just about making something different. It’s because this is a virtually no chop salad. 🙂 Make the ranch dressing ahead. Then it takes 5 seconds to chop and iceberg lettuce up. And voila! Salad is served! I know the civilised way is to eat this with a knife and fork....

Yep, you read that right. Fried beef. It is quite fabulous. This fried beef recipe is made with beef, coconut bits, curry leaves and spices galore. It can be as spicy or as mild as you like. This recipe is actually a Christian Keralite dish called Erachi Ularthiyathu which means: beef fry. For Christians in India, especially in Kerala, beef is a staple and this particular recipe is considered a special dish by many – my hubby included....

It’s so sweet and tangy and bright! I can feel spring approaching, and it’s making me think about all things lemon! I know lemons are a winter fruit but doesn’t everyone mostly enjoy them during the warmer months? I mean, lemonade and summer basically go together, right? I have a stovetop lemon curd recipe already on the blog BUT if you have an Instant Pot, THIS is how you’re going to want to make lemon curd from now on....

Pour and cook pumpkin matar paneer calls for a 1 minute cook time in an instant pot, making this a quick and easy recipe to make during this busy/exciting time of year. Pumpkin Matar Paneer vs. Matar Paneer: Pumpkin matar paneer is just as flavorful as my traditional Matar Paneer, and it’s lighter too. Pumpkin puree adds creaminess to the sauce, eliminating the need for heavy cream. We’re substituting a vegetable (okay, technically a fruit) for heavy cream, and I promise, you won’t miss it....

These instant pot tandoori chicken wings are most tender wings you’ll ever eat! How does the meat get to be so tender? Steaming the wings is key and makes them nearly fall-off-the-bone! There are three steps to cooking these wings: You can easily adapt this recipe and change the flavor of the wings! I like to first cook the wings THEN add sauce right before putting them in the oven to crisp up....

Tonight we’re eating out – but in!!! I just wanted to do something to help our restaurant industry The COVID-19 pandemic has obliterated our restaurant industry. But they are rising from the ashes, emerging with innovative new offerings for these times. Multi-course fine dining at home, elite produce previously reserved for hatted restaurants, home delivery cocktails. They are working their guts out to survive and keep their staff employed. And I just wanted to do something to help....

Wash and chop the mushrooms. While washing the mushrroms, run them in cold water and wash nicely with hands to remove dirt if any on the top. Chop the mushrooms into cubes. Chop the capsicum into cubes. White button Mushrooms 300 gms (10 pieces approx) Capsicum |bell pepper 1/2 Onion 2 Tomato 2 Coriander powder 1 tsp Red chili powder 1 tsp Cumin powder 1/2 tsp Ginger garlic paste 1/2 tsp Oil 1 tblsp Garam masala 1/4 tsp Kasoori Methi 2 pinches Salt as needed Video of Kadai maushroom In a pan add oil,and add the ginger garlic paste and add when the raw smell goes add the cubed onions....

What if I told you that you could make the most delicious fudge using just four ingredients and that you could have it ready to eat in minutes and that I figured out a way to do this using the least amount of effort possible? What is Kaju Katli or Badam Katli? Kaju katli (also known as kaju burfi) translates to cashew slice and is a fudge made from, you guessed it, cashews....

In Tamilnadu, we make no-cook Vella aval for Krishnajayanth neivedyam. This is similar to that but we cook this for a few minutes and add other ingredients to this. A few months back a friend shared this recipe with me. I decided to make this and share the recipe before Janmashtami 2022. I tweaked the recipe a little bit and it turned out very well. Traditionally they add roasted sesame seeds and also red poha is used....

Varagu Arisi 1 portion Urad dal 1/4 portion Green Chili 1 Ginger a small piece Yogurt 2 tblsp Eno fruit salt 3/4 tsp Oil 2 tsp Red chili powder 2 pinches Jeera Powder 2 pinches Mustard seeds 1/4 tsp Curry leaves few Salt to taste Wash the varagu rice and urad dal and soak it in water for 2 hours. Grind this with green chili and ginger into a grainy texture....

Lemon garlic salmon tray bake I am a little fussy about baked salmon recipes because a pale, colourless salmon fillet just doesn’t rock my boat. Give me caramelisation! A sticky glaze! A crunchy crust! Thus, I tend to default to the stove. Also, crispy salmon skin. Yessss! But for those days when I want to keep things simple – no stove splatter, no separate vegetable side – this salmon recipe is one I’ve made repeatedly over the past year....

For a healthy creamy alternative, try this Potato Salad with a no-mayo Creamy Potato Salad Dressing OR no-mayo Creamy Lemon Dressing! I realised it’s been far too long since I shared a potato recipe and had to rectify that immediately. Plus I wanted to share something super simple after doing Biryani on Friday. There’s no doubt that one of the aspects that I love the most about my job is creating the more challenging recipes....

Truth be told, this dressing is pretty standard except for the fact that it uses maple syrup as the sweetener. No fancy ingredients in this, just the usual suspects: vinegar, mustard and olive oil. But when you tell people that you’ve made a salad with a Maple Syrup Dressing, watch their eyes light up with interest! Not just another salad anymore. This is a salad with Maple Syrup Dressing! And if you want to get even fancier, don’t just call it a dressing....

I realize that it’s a bit uncommon to be sharing an Indian recipe where cauliflower is flying solo. It’s usually served with its partner in crime (Aloo alias, Potato). But sometimes you don’t want the heaviness that comes with potatoes. Choosing to make masala gobi will have you feeling like you’re making good decisions in life. It’s light, yet filling and so flavorful that you won’t feel like you’re missing anything....

Mexican Chipotle Pork and Beans This food is me on a plate. Well, in a pot. Hunks of juicy meat that’s so tender, it’s barely holding together when you scoop it out. A bold sauce that’s spicy, tangy and deeply savoury. Big creamy beans littered throughout that’s absorbed the flavour of the sauce, making beans tastier and dreamier than you ever imagined possible. That it’s straightforward to make is a (big) bonus....

Yotam Ottolenghi – I salute you. Chickpea Salad I first published this about a month after I started this website back in 2014. The fact that I, a self confessed Carb/Carnivore/Cheese Monster, published a vegan salad so early on (patience having never been my greatest virtue) and have taken it upon myself to reshoot the recipe, rewrite the post and make a recipe video for a chickpea salad should speak volumes....

And it just happens to be made with only 6 ingredients: Nutella, cream cheese, biscuits for the base, butter, cream and icing sugar (confectionary sugar). That’s it! This no bake sweet treat is dedicated to all those who declared it to be such torture that the last recipe I shared was a luscious hearty Irish Beef & Guinness Stew when they are in the middle of a heat wave. 😉 That some of my readers are currently freezing their tails off with me in the Southern Hemisphere winter while others are enjoying summer in the Northern Hemisphere makes it rather fun as a food blogger because it means I get to share recipes that swing between opposite seasons....

This muffin recipe is a great base recipe for sweet muffins. The chocolate chips can be substituted with anything you want. Blueberries, raspberries, nuts, apple – let your imagination run wild! Muffins are one of those recipes that many people think / say are really easy to make but in actual fact, I think a lot come out quite disappointing. The biggest problem being muffins that are dry and hard....

Sometime back when Madhu posted about this cake on Instagram, I bookmarked the recipe. Apart from the no sugar, no egg, no maida options what fascinated me more is, it is an easy blender cake. Yes, you can blend all the ingredients in a blender and bake it. How easy right! That too for a person like me who hates the elaborate process of mixing dry ingredients separately, wet ingredients separately, and then cleaning up all the mess!...

“Perfect for feeding an army. You can make ahead, eat it with your hands and I swear, there is not a single dish or pan or utensil to be washed!” In my next life, I hope to be reborn with slim hands and long, elegant fingers instead of pudgy, midget hands. My friends call me “Baby Hands”. Truly! I do everything I can to avoid “hand shots”, but sometimes it just has to be done....