It’s knee-knockingly good comfort food! A big, fat, Family Meat Pie It dawned on me yesterday that the traits of my very favourite meat-based foods lie at opposite ends of the spectrum. Give me either the spanking freshness of raw stuff (think: sushi, ceviche, tartare) or the melt-in-your-mouth-tender perfection of slow-cooked meat smothered in a rich sauce like shanks, short ribs, pulled pork, stews. 🤩 There’s plenty of good stuff that falls in between....

“You can feed 25 people with just one pork shoulder. It’s incredibly cost effective!” In this post I want to share with you how you can make 5 freezer friendly meals for 4 people in 1 hour for just $50. All the meals are made using just one batch of Pork Carnitas (Mexican Pulled Pork). Pork Carnitas are incredibly cost effective because a little bit goes a long way. A 2....

Wash the turmeric roots and ginger nicely. Peel the skin and cut them into very thin strips. You can cut them into thin round slices too. Put them in a ceramic bowl. Finely chop the green chilis.In a pan add 1 tblsp sesame oil.Add mustard seeds. Asafoetida, chopped green chillis and curry leaves.Once the mustard splutters add the oil mixture to the ceramic pan.Add salt. Add salt and lemon juice....

I love fruit custard since childhood. Amma used to make this so often during mango season. We used to enjoy chilled custard during the summer holidays. I love fruit custard since childhood. Amma used to make this so often during mango season. We used to enjoy chilled custard during the summer holidays. You can make this fruit custard with any flavour of custard powder, like mango, butterscotch, banana or strawberry....

Ganesh Chaturthi | Pillayar Chaturthi recipes |Vinayagar Chaturthi recipes. We usually make Modakam, ulundu kozhakattai, Sundal, and Ulundu vadai for Ganesh chaturthi neivedyam. I have posted many varieties of modakam, both stuffed one and the North Indian style Modakam too. I usually make the outer cover of modakam using hands but I have posted, how to make Kozhakattai using the mould as well. Usually, the outer cover is made using homemade rice flour....

Slow cooking is without question the safest and easiest way to cook turkey breast without brining or marinating. The flesh is juicy, it’s completely hands off, and it’s a forgiving recipe. And it’s ideal to prep ahead! Slow Cooker turkey breast This is the slow cooker version of last years’ Roasted Garlic Herb Butter Turkey Breast. The slow cooker option was in such high demand, I ended up creating it and cramming the recipe in the notes, putting it in the running for the world’s longest recipe directions....

This chickpea salad tastes as bright as it looks, and works as a main course with crusty bread, or as a side for roasts, fish, prawns or simple pan seared garlic chicken thighs. Chickpea Salad I know it’s tempting to just grab a can of chickpeas, add green fluffage, toss with dressing and call it a day. And that has happened many a times around here, being a handy and somewhat virtuous quick meal option....

I decided to use 12 smallish apples to make my cider. A mixed variety is best – the apple vendor at the farmer’s market suggested a combination of gala, pristine and honey crisp so that’s what I used for this particular batch. If you have a larger slow cooker, feel free to add more apples and adjust the spices as needed. A lot of people will tell you that you don’t have to core and remove your apple stems, but I do....

This tastes just like store bought Nutella – but better. This is a MUST TRY!! I know this isn’t an every day type recipe. It’s a treat in my books. And with all the testing I did, I had no shortage of volunteers to take samples, that’s for sure. I had to get it out of the house immediately. It was seriously dangerous for me to have this in the house....

We usually make pizza dough with yeast and I have posted a detailed method on how to make Tandoori paneer pizza. As we are in lockdown now, we are not getting yeast in many places. The kids have been asking me to make pizza ever since I bought the oven. But I have been postponing as I don’t have yeast in the pantry. Sometime back when my brother in law asked me the same, I really started thinking hard and told him that I will come up with a solution soon....

Recently I posted an Instant aval vadai recipe and it was a super hit recipe. As Navaratri is approaching, I thought I will post some easy snack recipes. Also, a few Sundal and sweet recipes are coming up in Jeyashris kitchen in the coming weeks. Pori pakoda recipe I recently made for a cookery demo for London sath sangam. It was a super hit recipe among the viewers. A few days back, one of my good friends, shared with me Pori vadai recipe....

Baghali polo, a simple middle eastern rice dish, is made with fragrant basmati rice, dill leaves and melt-in-your-mouth lima beans (or fava beans). It’s a tasty side dish and by adding some leftover chicken (or turkey), you can make it a meal! This delicious one-pot meal is a very simple dish with a relatively short list of main ingredients: dill, basmati rice, butter and lima beans (or fava beans). Saffron adds great flavor and a pop of color, but it isn’t absolutely necessary so if you don’t want to spend the big bucks then feel free to leave it out....

In fact, I’m a bit torn about sharing this recipe for Chicken Patiala with you. Because it’s going to become your new favorite chicken curry, and that’s a little bittersweet for me because your previous favorite curry was probably also one from my blog, right? (feel free to 🙄at me and my jokes 🙈). What is Chicken Patiala? Patiala is a well-known city in Punjab with a reputation for excess....

Milk burfi, or milk powder burfi, is a dense milk fudge made with a handful of ingredients. It’s effortless to make in an instant pot; it’s basically a pour and cook recipe. What is milk burfi? There are many types of milk-based Indian desserts. This recipe is for milk burfi, also known as milk powder burfi. My recipe is made with less than 5 ingredients and comes together quickly, thanks to the instant pot....

What’s better than some creamy, dreamy Saag? Saag made in an INSTANT. Like, in an Instant Pot. What is Saag? I like to describe saag as the Indian version of creamed spinach; only the creaminess comes from the ghee. Saag translates to “pureed greens,” so you can essentially use any green vegetable to make saag. It’s a good clean out the fridge dish – you can use kale, spinach, brussels sprouts....

I use this Double Duty trick in a handful of recipes, like this Lemon Chicken Salad and Mexican Chicken Salad – and readers love it! Italian Dressing Chicken Marinade Did you know that most salad dressings also make great marinades? Not creamy ones. But pretty much all non creamy ones do, including French Dressing, Honey Mustard Dressing, this Asian Sesame Dressing and Balsamic Dressing. Today I’m sharing an Italian Dressing Chicken Marinade....

Jalapeño poppers I’m told it’s Super Bowl Sunday this weekend and it was therefore suggested to me that sharing some kind of party food would be on point. So here’s an American game day classic – Jalapeño poppers!! Fresh jalapeños stuffed with a creamy cheesy filling then fried or baked, the jalapeño is barely spicy because the spiciness reduces when cooked. How i make jalapeno poppers There’s no one way to make Jalapeño poppers....

I tried this sweet for the first time and I am very much impressed by the outcome of this sweet. I tasted this many years back at a popular sweet shop. Hooked by its taste I wanted to try this recipe at home. It was quite easy to make and a huge hit at home. Apart from making this for diwali, you can make this Janmashtami | krishna jayanthi , holi, or Raksha bandhan I made this recipe from scratch by making paneer from milk, you can use store-bought fresh paneer too....

Murukku is a popular snack in South India and we make different varieties of murukku. We usually use rice flour and urad dal flour for making thenkuzhal. Some people use pottukadalai flour also and mix this with rice flour and make crispy murukku. Last year my friend told me, her sister will make thenkuzhal by adding toor dal to the flour, while grinding. After that, I completely forgot about that....

Mojito Ahh Mojito. We know you’re a hot weather drink, but we like making you all year round. In summer, we want something refreshing, and you’re the first that springs to mind. And in winter, we say we need to make use of all the mint in the flourishing mint bush. Really, making one of you doesn’t even make a dent in even a tiny mint plant. We just need any half hearted excuse to make you!...