Make this with chicken or even entirely meat free. With a sauce this good, you can put anything in it – and it will taste amazing! Thai Green Curry recipe The single most requested recipe is finally here!! We love the colour, the spiciness, and how fragrant the creamy sauce is. Along with Pad Thai, Chicken Satay and Thai Red Curry, green curry is the gold standard by which we rate Thai restaurants....

Big brother Tony is so smitten! I was worried about how my toddler would react to a new addition to the family but he is so in love with Ace! He always wants to hold the baby and “pet him” (pat his head) lol. I have been soaking up every minute of these newborn days because I know how quickly they fly by. Whenever I’m overwhelmed with emotion, I write poems....

Wash and cook the basmati rice in 1/2 cup of water. Add little salt and a drop of oil while cooking. Pressure cook till 3 whistles.Once done, spread the cooked rice in a plate and keep it aside. Let’s dry roast the masala now.In a pan add 1 tsp fennel seeds, 1 tsp pepper, 1 red chilli, 1 clove, 1 tsp sesame seeds(i used black sesame) and kalpassi.Dry roast this for few minutes in a low flame....

A great, fresh Vietnamese noodle recipe Winter in Sydney swings from being warm enough to run around in shorts and play with your dog at the beach, and cold enough to wear ugg boots and maybe, just maybe, turn on the heater. So the food I make ranges from hearty winter stews to fresh summer salads. I grill outdoors all year round, I make soups in summer and salads in winter....

Simple to make, this most French of French salads makes for a chic change from the usual crumbled goats cheese number! 🇫🇷It’s French Bistro Week!!!🇫🇷 From time to time, I like to dedicate a week of recipes to a theme. This week, it’s French Bistro Week!! Today’s Goat’s Cheese Salad is the starter in a classic three-course French bistro menu I’m sharing over the week. Here’s what’s on the menu!...

Spicy Korean Noodle Soup This is a bit of a gold nugget recipe because it’s actually quite difficult to make good spicy Asian soups. You can’t just add a squirt of chilli sauce into a classic Chinese soup broth. Well, you can, but it lacks the oomph of really good spicy Asian soups which have bold savoury flavour that compliments the spiciness. To make a great one, you typically need a mound of bones simmered for hours to make a homemade stock, a LOT of chilli oil or a deft combination of hard-to-find Asian sauces....

Some working moms, moms with toddlers, bachelors or elderly people, who don’t have time to prepare for an elaborate neivedhyam like uppu seedai, vella seedai, mullu murruku or thattai here are 5 quick recipes that you can make for Neivedhyam to Lord Krishna on Gokulashtami | Krishna jayanthi. In our family, we have the tradition as we have to fry some sweet or savory in oil on Krishna jayanthi. So even if ladies in the house can not go into the kitchen and make anything the men in the house make some simple nei appam and aval payasam....

Loaded with noodles, shrimp/prawns and a variety of toppings, this coconut curry soup lends itself to all sorts of variations. Try adding tofu and other vegetables, fish or chicken. So many possibilities! Thai Coconut Curry Soup – easy, from scratch! This is one for all those times you have a hankering for a Thai curry fix, but don’t have the time or the ingredients to make a full blown Thai Red Curry from scratch....

Aval | Poha 1 cup (any variety) Sugar 1/2 cup Ghee 1/4 cup Cardamom powder Apinch Cashew nuts 6 Roast cashew nuts in 1 tsp of oil till golden brown. Keep this aside. Take out the dust or stones if any from the poha. In a separate pan roast the poha . Dry roast the poha. Roast in a low flame till it becomes crispy. Powder this finely and put this in a wide pan....

Check out my complete collection of poha recipes. Grind coriander seeds, cumin seeds and 2 red chili into a powder. No need to roast them. Alternatively you can use udupi style rasam powder. In a wide bowl add the ground powder(if adding rasam powder add as per your spice preference), jaggery, coconut and salt.In a pan temper the mustard seeds, urad dal and red chili using coconut oil. Add this to the bowl and mix everything well with using your hands....

Poricha kuzhambu is made using veggie and moong dal as the key ingredients. We roast spices and grind with coconut and add to this. This gives a very nice flavour and taste to the poricha kuzhambu. It is a very protein-rich recipe and a balanced meal too. You can serve this with plain rice and spicy curry of your choice. Also, you can serve with any podi rice too. Poricha kuzhambu | poricha kootu is a very staple in most of the Tamil brahmin families....

Method: Wash the baby corn and cut them into medium size pieces. In a pan add water and add little salt. Put the baby corn into this and cook for 5 to 7 minutes, till the become little tender. This process makes the baby corn to absorb the manchurian gravy and makes the dish juicy. Take this out from water and drain the water. Pat dry this. Make the batter with the ingredients given under the heading”for the batter”....

Plain flour | Maida 1/2 cup Almond flour* 2 tblsp Hot oil 2 tsp Salt a pinch Baking soda a pinch Turmeric powder 1/4 tsp or food color Oil for deep frying Sugar 1/3 cup Saffron a pinch Cardamom powder a pinch Almond slices few (for garnishing) Dry coconut 2 tsp (to garnish) *You can soak 2 tblsp of almonds in hot water and take out the skin. Grind into a paste and add to the flour....

(For the record… this is obviously not meant to replace actual medicine. I’m literally just a food blogger who enjoys cooking/eating). What’s besan ka sheera? If you’ve never heard of besan ka sheera, it’s a sweet Indian drink made with ghee, besan (Indian chickpea flour), milk of your choice, sugar, and spices. It’s a drink that’s often given to young kids and adults when they feel under the weather. You’re supposed to drink it at night before bed – and it’s supposed to be served hot....

This butter corn paneer rice is a very simple and easy rice recipe using frozen corn and paneer. We are not adding onion or garlic to this recipe. So you can make them in a jiffy. Also, you can pack this for the kid’s lunch box or make it for a weeknight dinner too. Both sweet corn and paneer are kids’ favorites. We are seasoning the rice with oregano and chili flakes, which give a very nice flavour....

Chaat Sauce = Chaat Masala Dressing Chaat masala dressing is one of my favorite condiments! It’s made with tangy chaat spices like amchoor (dried raw mango powder), roasted cumin seeds, and sulfurous black salt. These spices add so much flavor to this chaat sauce which is also made up of coconut sugar (or jaggery) and water. If you’re reading this post and thinking, “um, I’ve never heard of chaat sauce” before?...

These chai chocolates are so simple to make. Just melt ghee in a double boiler and add freshly ground spices and then chocolate. Pour into a cute mold and then put into the refrigerator for an hour until solid. If you have any leftover chocolate, just spread it out onto parchment paper and make some chai chocolate bark. These chai spiced chocolate candies are like an explosion of sweet chai masala in a tiny chocolatey morsel....

This is not the authentic Punjabi chana masala recipe, this is my simple version which I follow at home for many years. We all are huge fans of chole masala and I make this once in 10 days at home. We mostly pair it with roti or poori. The leftover chana masala, if any, will be used as bread chana for the next day’s breakfast. Chana masala | chole masala | chhole masala is a tomato-based gravy made with pre-soaked chickpeas | white chana and cooked in flavourful Indian masalas....

It dawned on me the other week that I haven’t shared a fun recipe in quite a while. “Fun” being things like bite size French Toast Bites (have you tried them?? They’re fabulous – and fast!), Mini Potato Gratin Stacks, Mini Pizzas made in Garlic Bread Cups. That sort of thing. Tasty, fun food. And these Cheeseburger Party Meatballs are the first thing that popped into my mind when I found a packet of beef mince in the fridge....

A cracking recipe for summer BBQ’s, game-day, and just when you need something seriously moreish. THE chili sauce for hot dogs…. This is a chili dog that is inspired by the famous Half-Smoke Chili Dogs at Ben’s Chili Bowl in Washington DC. It’s an institution famous for their chili which is served in various formats – in a bowl, burgers, and chili dogs. The chili sauce used for the hot dogs is different to the chili served in bowls....