Discover and Share the Best World Cuisines
Mongolian Chicken – Better than Takeout Mongolian Beef may be more popular and one of America’s favourite Chinese dishes. Slightly sweet, slightly hot, with a lip-smacking sauce; it’s quite addictive. It is just so delicious with steamed white rice. But today, I am sharing my recipe for Mongolian Chicken. Many of …
Simple Malabar Fish Fry | Tasty and Quick Whenever we have traditional rice meals at home, having some fried fish on the side is always a welcome addition. A regular Kerala every-day meal consists of Fish Curry or Veg Curry with lots of Vegetable side dishes, Pappadams, and the irresistible Fish …
Buttermilk Crispy Chicken Burger Buttermilk Crispy Chicken Burger. A favorite burger recreated from McDonald’s Singapore Signature Collection. So McDonald’s across the globe is not the same! We know for a fact that McDonald’s in the US and UK really are lacking where some countries have special and extra-special items on the …
Kabsa Spice Mix A wonderful homemade Kabsa Spice Mix to use in a variety of dishes, Not just Kabsa Rice. I will be sharing links to recipes using this Spice Mix on this Page. Also, scroll down to the bottom to see the basic guide on how to prepare Kabsa …
Fish fi Har | Arabic Flame-Grilled Fish Fish fi Har | Arabic flame-grilled Fish is an easy preparation of stove-top BBQ fish. ‘fi Har’ is Arabic for ‘IN HOT ‘ referring to the heat from flames. Here the Arabic Kabsa Spice mix is used to marinate fish. The aromas that come …
Fi har Series (Flame grilled Arabian Fusion Recipes) I am so pleased to be introducing this new series of recipes, called the ‘Fi Har’ series. ‘Fi har’ refers to flame-grilled recipes and fi har means ‘ in hot’ or in fire. The recipes have three things in common. They incorporate …
Kebab fi Har – Flame grilled Potato Kebabs Kebab fi Har is a vegetarian snack recipe in my ‘fi Har’ Series of recipes. All Arabian fusion recipes, that incorporate authentic homemade Kabsa Spice Mix. Now you can make more with Kabsa Spice mix than Kabsa Rice!! These vegetarian Kebabs, are simple to …
Salads and Sides for Biryani This post will be updated with various salads and sides for Biryani. We start with the basics. Onion Raita, Biryani Chutney, Challaas.
Potato Curry for Chapathi. Simple Recipe This is the most simple recipe for Potato Curry that goes really well with Chapathi, Roti etc… Â I dedicate this simple recipe to Sheeja. Sheeja was my helper and Zaira’s nanny back in 2007-2009 when Zaira was in playschool. Â We needed someone to look after Zaira …
How to make Kerala Parotta at home (Soft Layered Paratha) The Paratta Wala may have some awesome tossing skills, that require practice, but here we see how to make Kerala Parotta at home, without the skill that comes only with practice. The word Parotta is generally used for the Malabar …
My earlier Kerala Thenga Aracha Meen Curry, (recipe here ) is quite popular. Here is Version 2 or what I call Red Thenga Aracha Meen Curry. This shows, how versatile the recipe is and can be catered to different tastes. In the previous version, a larger amount is made using a wet …
Tavuk Kapama (Turkish Baked Chicken Pilaf) Tavuk Kapama is a very popular Turkish dish. It is served as the main dish along with some salads or sides. In earlier times, it was baked in special clay ovens with a special type of lid on top. The name itself ‘Kapama’ refers …
Baked Beef Ribs for Turkish Kapama I was recently introduced to some trending Turkish fare by one of my viewers, John. I got the help of one of my Turkish friends from high school, to help me with some authentic recipes. I have posted the Turkish Chicken and Rice Dish …
Turkish Roasted Eggplant in Yogurt (Yogurtlu Patlican Kozleme / Koz Patlican) Many cuisines, feature eggplant in salads and dips. The Levantine Baba Ganoush or mutabbal, might be more popular. However, roasted eggplant is used in lots of cuisines. In Turkey, one such preparation is very similar to Mutabbal, but is …
Padavalanga Curry This Padavalanga Curry (Snake Gourd Curry) is extremely simple to prepare and goes wonderfully with rice. If you need a quick curry for rice, this is a great homely recipe. At my house, we cook most of the gourds quite regularly. Snake gourd has anti-inflammatory properties, excellent for …
Kayikka’s Biryani (Kayees) In search of lost tastes… There is a Mattanchery-style popular biryani in Kochi known as ‘Kayikka’s biryani ‘or ‘Kayees biryani’. Njanga Kochikaarude Swantham Biryani!! There is a name connected with Kochi style Biryani or ‘Kochikaarude Biryani’…that is Kayees or Kayikaante Biryani(Kayees Rahmatulla Cafe. It was served at my sisters’ wedding, …
Shakshouka with Fava beans (Ful Medames Shakshuka) Shakshouka is a dish of eggs poached in tomato sauce with olive oil, peppers, onion and garlic, and spices. It is notably a staple food in North Africa. Ful medames, or simply fuul, on the other hand, is a stew of cooked fava …
Gingerbread House A gingerbread house is a Decorated house, made of gingerbread-cookie dough, cut and baked into appropriate components like walls and roofing. The cookie dough is that f gingerbread. And all decorations are edible like icing and candies. The whole process of baking the components for the house and then building …
Cluster beans Thoran (Kothamara) Cluster beans Thoran OR Kothamara Thoran is a stir fried dish, made with chopped cluser beans, coconut, onion and spices.
Chicken Hot and Sour Soup True comfort. this Chicken Hot and Sour Soup is so simple to prepare. Try this recipe and enjoy it with your family. I have earlier shared the Chinese version of Hot and Sour Soup which adds, mushroom and tofu. Check it out here. This version …
