This soup is one of the simplest to prepare. Creamed corn is added to hot stock, enhanced with soya and vinegar, studded with chicken and thickened with egg ribbons. Whenever I’m at a Chinese restaurant, it’s always a toss up between ordering a Hot & Sour or a Sweet Chicken Crab or Crab soup. If …
Hyderabadi Haleem (Daleem)
This dish is made not just in the Indian subcontinent but also in Pakistan and Bangladesh by the Muslim community especially during the holy month of Ramadan. This dish is made with lentils, pulses & grain slow cooked together with either Mutton, Lamb, Beef or Chicken. Slow cooking this makes it paste like and hearty …
Rechad Shrimp Potato Chops
I know what you’re thinking … OMG if you know what Potato Chops are and what? if you’ve never heard of it. Potato Chops, a well known stuffed potato patty is loved by the Christian community in India – Goan, Manglorean & East Indian. Typically it is stuffed with ground Beef or Chicken but Shrimp …
Salsa Chicken & Eggs
Aaargh this lockdown! We’re lucky to still have access to grocery stores here in Toronto, but sometimes the lineups are so long, I just can’t be bothered. I’ve started shopping once a week and then just making recipes work with whatever I have on hand. I’m also sending some meals for the frontline worker families …
Jalebi – Crispy syrup filled dessert
Jalebis start with simple batter that is fried in a circular funnel like shape, till crispy and then dunked in a simple super syrup to soak in all the sweet goodness. The result is a crispy treat with a juicy centre. Honestly I never thought in a million years that I would actually be making …
Chocolate Banana Muffins
Let me come clean – I don’t like Bananas at all, but the rest of my family does and very often I’m left with Bananas that get overripe and then nobody wants to touch them. Most of the time with my busy schedule these just gets chucked in the garbage but since we’ve all been …
Beef Baffad – Red Goan Curry
My granny would make this and the Chicken version of this curry all the time. I never learned how to make it from her but years ago found a recipe scribbled by my Mom is one of her many many books and when I tried it, memories of my granny came back!
Chocolate Wontons
This is an easy and completely unexpected dessert to put together. Simply stuff wonton skins with chocolate, seal with egg wash, fry and enjoy! Dip with cinnamon sugar for extra brownie points!
Bone Stock Soup
Reduce, reuse, recycle. This exemplifies that! Many don’t know this but you can take bones from poultry, fish, lamb or beef and shells from shrimp and all bits and pieces leftover from veggies and create a wonderful stock. Typically when I cook, I bag the veggies and any of the bones or shells separately and …
Tea Roasted Duck
Duck is rubbed with a sesame oil and a tea infused spice rub and then roasted in a hot oven till crispy and delicious. I’ve never been a huge fan of Duck, but my husband used to eat this when he lived briefly in Pondicherry India. The last time he brought home a whole duck, …