Ingredients Recipe loosely adapted from Kothiyavunu (Original recipe from The Arabian Nights Cookbook by Habeeb Salloum) Chicken leg quarters (with or without skin) – 4 2. Ginger-garlic paste – 2.5 tbsp (Grind 1 inch ginger and 6 – 8 large cloves of garlic to a fine...
Ingredients (Serves 2 – 3) 1. Basmati Rice – 1.5 cup 2. Oil / butter – 2 tbsp 3. Onion – 3/4 cup, finely chopped Ginger-garlic paste – 1 tsp 4. Tomato – 2 medium, ground 5. Spice powder – 1 – 1.5 tsp (recipe below) 6. Saffron – 1 tiny pinch Dried lemon – 1 7. Salt – To taste 8...
Ingredients (Serves 2 – 3) Recipe courtesy – Adapted from here 1. Basmati Rice – 1 cup 2. Shrimp (medium sized) – 12 – 15, cleaned (reserve the prawn shells and tails) 3. Butter – 1 tbsp 4. Garlic – 2, minced Turmeric powder – 1/8 tsp Chilli powder – 1/2 tsp Coriander powder – 1/4...
Ingredients (Makes 4 wraps) 1. Boneless chicken (thighs preferred) – 500 gm, thinly sliced (I used chicken breast) 2. Greek yoghurt / hung curd – 1.5 tbsp Lemon juice – 1.5 tbsp Minced garlic or garlic paste – 1 tsp or 1/8 tsp garlic powder Seven spice powder – 1/2 – 3/4 tsp Coriander...
Ingredients (Makes 12) 1. White chana / garbanzo beans – 1 cup, dried (Soak it in enough water for 10 – 12 hours) 2. Onion – 1/2 small, coarsely chopped Garlic – 3 cloves, chopped Parsley – 1/2 cup, roughly chopped (You can use cilantro instead)...
Ingredients (Makes 5 skewers) 1. Skinless, boneless chicken breast – Around 350 gm, cut into medium cubes (I used 4 chicken breast tenders) 2. Garlic – 3 – 4 cloves, crushed or ground to a paste Lemon juice – 1 – 1.5 tbsp Tomato paste – 2 tsp...
Hooraaay! It’s celebration time! Guess what??????? Today marks the first anniversary of our blog and we have this feeling that we were doing this for a long time! This blog has been a part and parcel of our life for a year and we presented you 175 different...
Hummus is a popular dip/spread in the Middle-East. It is made from chickpeas pureed with tahini(sesame seed paste), garlic, lemon juice, olive oil and salt. Hummus is high in iron and vitamin C, and also has significant amounts of folate and vitamin B6. The chickpeas make it a...
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