Once you learn how to brine chicken and taste the incredible results, you will never look back! Chicken Brine Brining is the process whereby chicken (or other meat) is submerged in a salty liquid (“brine”) and left to marinate to add flavour, tenderise AND add moisture so the chicken stays juicier when roasted. It injects flavour and seasoning right into the flesh of a whole chicken in a way that no other method can, even by slathering liberally with herb and garlic butter under the skin which is my favourite non-brining way to roast chicken....

Chicken with creamy mustard sauce This is one of those recipes that will save you on those nights you’re staring at chicken breast or thighs and wondering, “What the heck am I going to make for dinner, fast?” Here, chicken is seared until golden and served with a creamy mustard sauce that takes barely a minute to come together. The trick to making such a simple cream sauce delectable is to mix the cream with 2 types of mustard....

Here’s a fresh take on meatloaf for you! Made with chicken and encased in golden, flaky puff pastry, this is simple and fast to make. And it looks impressive! Don’t you think? 🙂 I did warn you that I was a puff pastry fiend and this is further evidence of that. I always, ALWAYS have a packet in my freezer and it’s my “go to” for making almost anything a bit more interesting....

What is Chocolate Ganache? If you’re new to chocolate ganache and wondering what chocolate ganache actually is, this is going to be a life changing moment for you! Made with just cream and any chocolate you want (dark, milk or white), chocolate ganache is a rich chocolate concoction that can be used as a sauce, frosting, glaze, filling or for dipping. When it’s warm, it’s pourable. When it’s cool, it’s spreadable....

Once in a while when we all friends meet for a weekday lunch, we just pool at any one of the friend’s houses with the items which we cooked on that day and will have fun and of course overeating also. One of our friends makes varieties of podis | powders. She always keeps a good stock of them. Many times she will pack and send those powders on the day she makes it....

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! Curious about my cookbook?...

For dal Split moong dal 1/4 cup Channa dal 1 tblsp Ghee 2 tsp + 2 tsp (for serving) Turmeric powder 1/4 tsp Garlic 2 pods Red chili powder 1/2 tsp Red chili 2 Salt as needed For potato stuffing Potato 1 small Ginger a small piece Garlic 2 pods Green chili 1 Salt as needed Asafoetida a pinch Coriander powder 1/2 tsp Cumin powder | jeera powder 1/4 tsp Amchoor powder 2 pinches For baati Atta | whole wheat flour 3/4 cup Ajwain| omam a pinch Salt as needed Ghee 2 tsp Wash and cook the dal with enough water, in a pressure cooker....

We South Indians make paruppu sadam using toor dal and Ven Pongal, it is always our comfort meal. Similarly, I have seen many North Indians make dal khichdi as their comfort meal. Every house has its own version. I learned this for the first time from my neighbor in Singapore. This version is with veggies. I have seen many people make dal khichdi without adding any vegetables. I have used split green moong dal for making this dal khichdi....

Idli | dosa is the staple breakfast in our homes. We also make upma and sandwiches for breakfast. This savory version of French toast is an easy and kids friendly recipe too. Usually, they make French toast with egg, but in this version, we are adding besan to replace the egg. The base is similar to the besan cheela, the vegetarian Omelet. You can add few veggies to this to make it more healthy....

I’m a firm believer than empanadas should be so great, you want to grab them straight out of the oven and eat them plain. Make the beef empanadas – and you will! Hot and crispy on the outside, juicy and flavourful on the inside, it’s everything an empanada should be! But it is nice to have something wet to dip empanadas into because the reality is that there is only so juicy you can make the empanada filling without compromising the crispiness of the base....

Say bye-bye to the boxes in the freezer aisle. Homemade fish fingers are incredible, SO EASY to make and they’re healthy {226 calories for 3!} Fish Fingers recipe Homemade fish fingers made without frying, and without your fingers getting caked with batter and breadcrumbs? YES YOU CAN! This fish fingers recipe uses a much loved reader reader favourite baked breading technique involving a quick toasting of breadcrumbs in the oven and a single extra-strength dredge batter, by passing the usual flour-then-egg method....

Serve this Greek Lemon Rice with your favourite Greek food like Greek Chicken, Gyros Chicken, Greek Meatballs or Souvlaki! Greek Lemon Rice recipe I made this Lemon Rice Pilaf as a side for a Greek Feast that I shared in my Chicken Souvlaki recipe. And I promise, it is so good, you honestly will want to eat it straight from the pot. The reason this is not just “another flavoured rice” is because it’s made as a pilaf....

Green chilli achar is NOT for the faint-hearted. Just smelling this spicy pickle is enough to make you sweat. When you eat an Indian meal, it’s common to serve pickle, also known as achar, alongside the meal. That way, those who prefer spicier food, can easily adjust the heat to their preference. My recipes typically fall within the medium heat range because that’s how I like my food. While it’s easy to increase the amount of cayenne or chilis in a dish to make it spicier, sometimes it’s nice to have a side of achar as a condiment because it adds a unique flavor to the meal as well as heat....

Hesarukalu panaka is a traditional green gram juice recipe from Karnataka. I got this recipe from my friend Meera last year. Suddenly remembered this and made this today. I can say this is a homemade protein shake. Both my kids regularly drink protein shakes and when I served them this green moong juice today, they loved it. This is a vegan protein shake as we are not adding milk to this....

BIGGEST TIP – ignore the packet directions, DO NOT use the absorption method. And make this Brown Rice Salad! How to cook brown rice (perfectly) This is a recipe for how to cook brown rice so it’s fluffy and tumbles out of the pot like THIS ↓↓ White rice | Jasmine | Basmati | Sushi rice | Risotto (easy way!) | Paella | Quinoa | Cauliflower rice The challenge with cooking brown rice is that it has a harder hull than white rice, being the nutritious bran layer than is left on during milling....

Hummus with Lamb (Hummus B’lahmeh) is one of my favourite Middle Eastern starters. The combination of creamy hummus with the fragrant lamb and the crunch of pine nuts scooped up with fresh pita bread will change your view forever about the humble hummus. There are many versions of this dish across the Middle East. Yotam Ottolenghi’s version from Jerusalem: A Cookbook is made using lamb neck which is finely chopped and marinated in spices before frying....

Idli is a popular South Indian breakfast, generally made using idli rice. I have posted a detailed recipe for how to make idli batter. I always get emails or comments, to post the recipe of idli using idli rava. Long time I have wanted to try out this, and finally I bought idli rava, 2 weeks back. Though I have personally not tried idli using idli rava, a friend of mine always makes idli in that way....

I’m sharing a tomato-less version of my onion masala! This nomato onion masala is for those of you who can’t eat tomatoes or nightshades. Now you can make my super simple, pour-and-cook recipes from my onion masala series using this tomato-less onion masala! What is Nomato Onion Masala? So what is nomato onion masala (for those who skipped right to this section and didn’t read a word above…)? It’s basically my onion masala sauce but without tomatoes, hence NO-mato masala....

Let’s be real here, this isn’t so much a recipe as it is a post about how and why to prepare chicken in advance. I’m sharing directions on how to make shredded chicken in an Instant Pot (an electronic pressure cooker) but you can just as easily use your slow cooker to make this too! I just happen to prefer my Instant Pot because it’s much faster to use (and I love it)!...

Just look at that crispy, caramelized pork! This meat is so juicy and tender and tasty! Do you know why instant pot carnitas are the best? I mean, you probably do if you’re reading this post but let me put it out there anyway – in bullet form, of course: Why Use an Instant Pot to Make Carnitas? The Instant Pot does all the heavy lifting in this recipe and it’s the reason that you can have this ready so quickly (relative to a slow cooker, which takes all day)....