One bite and you’ll know this is a keeper! Carrot Salad If you’re like me, you always have carrots in the fridge. Also, if you’re like me, you’re “always” scratching around for quick vegetable side dishes to serve with dinner. So – ever thought about making Carrot Salad?? It’s quick, it’s unbelievably tasty, and you’ve probably got everything you need to make it right now. And you can feel very tres chic because grated carrot salad is actually a French dish!...

Find this recipe on page 153 of Dinner. I’m not just doing this to torture you, I promise. This page exists to display the how-to video for this recipe which I exclusively created for my debut cookbook, Dinner. Every recipe in the cookbook has a tutorial video. To watch it, you simply scan the QR code with your phone or tablet and it will take you straight to the recipe video like the one shown above!...

A sensational share platter meal option for gatherings – the Greek way! After more ideas? Browse all my roast lamb recipes! Greek Butterflied Lamb Leg Butterflied lamb leg is simply a leg of lamb with the bone removed so the meat lies flat and is relatively uniform in thickness. This means the lamb cooks faster than a traditional whole roast leg, as well as opening the leg up to all sorts of flavour possibilities....

Also, you should know that while I call this a curry, it’s actually more of a dry dish. It’s still a little unusual for me to write an Indian recipe calling for ground beef. Until about ten years ago, I didn’t even know Indian beef recipes existed. My parents grew up in north India, where you don’t ever see people eating beef. During our family trips to India, I had never seen anyone eat beef or talk about eating beef....

When it comes to the holidays, easy entertaining is key. While I normally love cooking and spending time in the kitchen, I’d rather spend my holidays hanging out with family. If you’re like me, then you must make this herbed rib roast with red wine jus this holiday season! The name of this dish is fancy, but making it couldn’t be simpler. You smother the roast with a spice rub and bake it for two hours....

Method with step by step pictures : In a wide bowl add 1 cup of whole wheat flour and 1 cup of all purpose flour.Add 1/4 tsp baking soda and 1/2 tsp baking powder. Add 2 tsp sugar and required salt. Mix everything well.Add 1/4 cup of curd to this. I used homemade curd directly from the fridge.Now add 1/2 cup of warm milk to this. Mix well and knead this into a dough....

Stuffed parathas are always loved by everyone at home. We make aloo paratha very frequently and many times I pack for lunch box too. Very long back I saw Horse gram stuffed paratha on my Instagram feed. I tried that at home and everyone liked it. We South Indians make Rasam. podi and chutney using Horse gram dal. I added simple available spices in the kitchen to make the filling of the paratha....

Filled with mushrooms, tofu and silky egg ribbons, Hot and Sour soup is thickened with cornflour/cornstarch so the broth is beautifully glossy. Serve as a starter with Fried Rice and Kung Pao Chicken, or have it as a meal! Hot and Sour Soup Can you handle the heat?? Hot and Sour Soup is what I order when I go out for Chinese and am pretending/trying to be healthy. Hot and Sour Soup is also what I order just because I love it....

This is somewhat of a unique take on sauerkraut. If you like sauerkraut and you like Indian spices, you’re going to to love this recipe for Indian Sauerkraut! If you’ve never made sauerkraut before, don’t worry – it’s easy! If you follow my blog, you know that I enjoy eating and making fermented foods (lemon pickles, habanero salsa, kanji). Well, this Indian Sauerkraut is made with cabbage (I used red cabbage), fine sea salt, onion, garlic and spices like coriander, fennel, cumin, fenugreek, cardamom, black pepper and turmeric....

It’s no secret that I love beets – after all, the name of my blog is My Heart Beets. This simple beet recipe is one of my all-time favorite side dishes to make when preparing a Keralite meal. In the past, I used to chop or grate raw beets (which isn’t very easy to do) and then cook them (see my old recipe… definitely not as easy as this one)....

A pour and cook chicken korma recipe? Yes, it’s true! This korma is crazy delicious and basically effortless. To make this white chicken korma, you blend yogurt, garlic, ginger and few spices together and then pour that yogurt sauce over chicken and cook. No need to cut the raw chicken into pieces. Once the chicken is done, you stir a creamy cashew sauce into the curry and then either shred the chicken right in the pot or use kitchen shears/scissors to cut the chicken into cubes (so it looks more chicken curry-like?...

It’s mid-September, and I am already all about that pumpkin life. Not so much in the form of a PSL… I’m thinking more along the lines of pumpkin dal. And this pumpkin dal just so happens to be really tasty and really easy to make! The two main ingredients: canned pumpkin (because of convenience) and red lentils. It’s spiced with mustard seeds, curry leaves, garam masala, and pumpkin pie spice!...

We make sambar using toor dal or moong dal. We don’t use any cooked dal in this recipe, instead, we use pottukadalai | roasted gram dal. When we have sudden guests at home or running out of time to cook the dal, you can make this instant sambar. This sambar pairs well with Idli, dosa, and Pongal. This won’t go well with rice. I added carrot to this sambar, apart from onion and tomato....

Bonus: This classic homemade Italian Dressing recipe keeps for 2 weeks so make a big batch! Fabulous with leafy greens, steamed, chopped and roasted vegetables. I am addicted to Italian Dressing. I never thought Italian Dressing was anything special in my younger days. That was before I discovered an Italian Dressing recipe with parmesan in it (can’t remember where, think it was one of those recipe websites). Tried it once and I was converted....

SIDE DISH FOR ROTIS PARATHAS|ROTI THOGAIYALS | PODI KUZHAMBU VARIETIES KOOTU VARIETIES DRY CURRIES RAITHAS | PACHADIS | DIPS |JAM 4. Lemon pickle 5.Puli Inji 6. Garlic pickle 7.Karuvepillai Thokku – Curry leaves thokku 8.Gooseberry Pickle PICKLES EGGLESS BAKING GOODIES Δ

Learn how to make Karachi Halwa| corn flour halwa| bombay halwa using Karupatti| palm jaggery, recipe with full video and step-by-step pictures. Diwali is around the corner and this time I have planned to post a few recipes using different varieties of sugar. Palm jaggery | Karupatti is widely used in Tamil Nadu and is much healthier than refined white sugar. For friends living in Singapore, you can use Gula melaka also instead of Karupatti....

INGREDIENTS: TO ROAST AND GRIND METHOD: Take out the top portion(paavadai) of the brinjal and cut the brinjals into slices. Soak it in the water to avoid getting it black. Roast all the ingredients under the table “Roast and Grind”into golden brown color. Grind this into a fine powder. In a pan, add oil and mustard seeds and when it crackles add the brinjals (drain the water and add it) Add salt, turmeric powder and this spice powder....

Thengai thogayal Pottukadalai thogayal Method : Δ

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Terrific to throw on the BBQ – of pan fry them if it’s not grilling season. They brown nicely on the outside and are extra juicy on the inside thanks to the marinade! Grilled Pork Chops – Marinade This lemon garlic marinade is SO GOOD with grilled pork chops – though also excellent with chicken and lamb so I’ve have notes for marinating times and cooking directions for those too....