Vietnamese stir fry – Pork Mince recipe Ground pork – which we call “mince” here in Australia – is extremely good value. It’s also just about the least sexy protein I know. Don’t you think? A dry aged piece of New York strip is sexy. Quail is gourmet. Oysters are….well, we’ve all heard that oysters are an aphrodisiac, right? 😉 Mince is…well, it just isn’t fancy. And yet, it makes it into my shopping trolley every single week because it’s such good value and so versatile....

Idli rice 1/2 cup Urad dal 2 tblsp Methi seeds | vendayam 1/2 tsp Whole wheat (Muzhu Godhumai) 1 cup Salt as needed Oil as needed to make dosa Wash and soak the idli rice, urad dal and methi seeds together for 2 hours. Do not soak the wheat grain. After 2 hours just wash the wheat grain nicely and grind this along with the soaked rice and dal mixture....

The electric pressure cooker is a godsend, especially when it comes to Indian cooking. It used to take me hours to cook authentic Indian food, but now I can create almost any Indian dish in my Instant Pot in less time and with less effort. In my cookbook, Indian Food Under Pressure, I wrote a section about why I love cooking Indian food with my electric pressure cooker. I figured I’d share that section here for all of you....

Choose from a classic Aglio e Olio (garlic pasta), tomato basil pasta, Spaghetti Napolitana (tomato pasta), Arrabiata (spicy tomato pasta), pasta with anchovies, spaghetti with olives and tuna pasta! 8 quick and easy Pasta Recipes Here are 8 quick pasta recipes that are simple Italian classic pasta dishes. Don’t mistake simple for bland, because while these are quick and easy, all of these are totally slurp-worthy and you’ll find these on the menu of trattoria’s all across Italy....

Check out my Mani kozhukattai with poornam Kothamalli ammini kozhukattai Boil the water by adding salt and sesame oil to it. Keep the rice flour|idiyappam flour in a wide bowl. When the water comes to a rolling boil,slowly add the water to the flour. Normally for idiyappam flour, it will take 1 and 1/4 cups of water for 1 cup of flour. But for store-bought rice flour, it will be a little less....

Find the recipe on page 154 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!...

I’m a big fan of beef mince – it’s economical and convenient (no chopping!). And this is a great quick way make turn a packet of beef mince into a complete meal! Ground beef and rice Flavoured rice. Seasoned beef. AND veggies. All made in ONE POT. How handy is that?? This ground beef and rice recipe is a complete meal, with barely any chopping. Full of bright colours, plenty of nutrition, simple and fast to make....

These adorable little cabbage dolmas are stuffed with spiced ground beef and then simmered in a flavorful beef curry. This delicious and meaty dish is just one of more than 150 recipes in my friend Caitlin’s new cookbook, Mediterranean Paleo Cooking. You may already know that Caitlin of Grass Fed Girl is a certified nutrition consultant (she’s also the author of this excellent Gelatin Treats ebook). Her other half, Nabil, happens to be a classically trained chef who grew up eating traditional North African food....

I never know that we can make koftas with Cabbage and this is the first time I attempted it turned out well and was a super hit among the kids. Actually, I wanted to deep fry the kofta ballas as I did for Malai Kofta Recipe, but after I start putting one ball in oil, I felt it absorbed more oil. So I immediately changed the idea of deep frying it and made it in a paniyaram pan....

Channa dal 1 cup Toor dal 2 tblsp Cabbage 1 cup Red chili 3 Ginger a small piece Asafoetida 2 pinches Mint leaves a handful curry leaves few Salt as needed Oil to deep fry Video of cabbage vadai Soak the channa dal and toor dal in water for 2 hours. You can ad the dried chili too while soaking. It will help in easy grinding of the red chili....

Carne Asada When we talk South American grilled meat, Carne Asada is the first thing that pops into most people’s minds – I think. Maybe I’m wrong. Well, it’s the first thing that pops into my mind. 🙂 “Carne Asada” means “grilled beef” in Spanish, but the dish we know as Carne Asada is so much more than just a plain grilled beef. Marinated in a wicked citrusy, garlicky, coriander/cilantro mixture, it infuses beef with flavour and tenderises it too, making it perfect to use for secondary beef cuts like skirt and flank....

Carrot rice is one of the simplest meals, you can make it in a jiffy even with leftover rice. I have fond memories of taking this for my school lunch box. After my mom got retired, she used to make more varieties for our lunch box. One such recipe is this carrot rice. My friends used to love it and she always packs 2 boxes. Even her brinjal rice is more popular among my college friends....

Rice flour 1 cup Cashew nuts 1/4 cup (15-20) Butter 1 tsp Hot oil 1 tblsp Black pepper powder 1 tsp Water to make the dough Salt as needed Oil for deep frying Method: Soak the cashew nuts in hot water for 15 minutes. Drain the water and grind this into a smooth paste. You can add little water while grinding. In a wide bowl, add the rice flour, pepper powder, butter,hot oil and ground cashew paste....

Char Siu Pork – Chinese BBQ Pork No trip to Chinatown is complete without taking home a container of Chinese BBQ pork. And I am yet to manage the drive all the way home without sneaking in a little taste test (or two…or three). The darn traffic lights! If they were GREEN all the way home, then I wouldn’t have a chance to do that! OK, that’s a blatant lie. Where there’s a will, there’s a way, and we both know I would be hooning over the Harbour Bridge, holding the steering wheel with one hand and rummaging around in the plastic carry bag with the other, blindly trying to feel my way to the barbecue pork container....

I feel like the combination of cherries + chocolate doesn’t get enough credit. And I think I know why. I think cherry cordials are to blame. I’ll explain. I’ve loved chocolate all of my life. I had never met a chocolate candy I didn’t like… until I ate a cherry cordial. Those candies are terrible, right? To be fair, I haven’t tried one in my adult life because the memory of trying them as a child was just so bad....

This Chicken and Spinach Strata is a great end of week meal. Or a great start of week meal to use up leftovers from the week before! The only ingredients in this recipe you actually need to have are egg, milk and bread (stale is fine!). Everything else is optional or use what you have. No cheese? No problem. Just up the salt a bit to make up for it....

Chinese food for breakfast? Definitely! I can tell you for a fact that breakfast in Asian countries are so much more interesting than toast and cereal! And so much more delicious!! Though I was raised in Australia, all my relatives are in Tokyo. Every time I visit them, even though I am on holidays, I find myself bounding out of bed when the sun rises in anticipation of the mini-dinner buffet that is considered breakfast in Japan....

Whenever i call anybody for dinner i generally make a north Indian meal as it is liked by everyone . Generally i make the dessert the previous day . If making rotis i make the dough in the afternoon after lunch and will make all the dishes and roll the rotis in the last. Last week when the exams got over for kids and the school holidays started. As we all are in a relaxed mood and it was raining badly i planned to prepare an elaborate meal for dinner....

Cucumber Salad Cucumber is probably one of my most consumed vegetables. They make an appearance in many of my salads – from Greek Salad and Ottolenghi’s Middle Eastern Chickpea Salad to epic Asian salads like Thai Beef Salad, exploding with spicy tangy lime flavours. I serve them the classic South East Asian way – cut into wedges and served plain on the side of foods like Nasi Goreng (Indonesian Fried Rice) and Thai Fried Rice....

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