Brisket is slathered in a mixture of mustard and hot sauce, crusted with my BBQ spice mixture and cooked low and slow on my Kamado grill. This cut of meat comes from the underside of the cow, it helps to support the cow and has a lot of muscle and tissue, hence it really benefits …
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Texas Chilli
Ground Beef is jazzed up with spices, passata or tomato puree, chipotle and beans for that perfect Chilli! I love me a mean Chilli – ground beef and beans simmered together is pure comfort food. Of course there are many variations of this humble dish. I often make an Indian version but my kid’s fave …
Baigan ka bharta | Eggplant Curry
Eggplants, Aubergines or Brinjal are stuffed with Garlic & green Chilli , brushed with Mustard oil and cooked till soft smoked and tender. They are then chopped fine and then added to onion and ginger, powdered spices and tomatoes and cooked till soft mushy and delicious! This is Vegan, Vegetarian and Gluten free. Growing up, …
Arayes – Stuffed Pita with Meat
This is pure heaven – Kefta meat stuffed inside a pita and grilled! Although most people associate Arayes with Lebanon, versions of this are found all over the Middle East. Some use the flat Arabic pita and some use the thicker pitas that have a nice handy pouch for the stuffing. In Egypt this is …
BBQ Pahadi Kebab
Chicken is marinated in oil gram flour spices ginger and garlic paste, yogurt and a ground chilli mint and coriander paste and then smoked on the BBQ. Pahadi kebabs are delicious nuggets of chicken marinated in mint, coriander, garlic and ginger and tenderized with hung yogurt. This is skewered and barbecued to delicious perfection. I …
Indian Short Ribs
Beef short ribs are marinated with salt, ginger and garlic paste, mustard oil, spices, green chilli and simply cooked on a nice hot BBQ. This cut of meat was introduced to us by a good friend Pamela Vasandani so many years ago. I remember eating it for the first time, fascinated how thinly the meat …
BBQ Brisket
This hunk of brisket is seared, slow cooked and then roasted in the oven and then smothered in a smoky BBQ sauce. It starts with a simple homemade BBQ spice rub put together with pantry ingredients. Brisket is one of my fave cuts of meat to cook as it can be slow cooked or roasted …
BBQ Spice Rub
This is a simple recipe made with pantry staple ingredients. I like to make this in small quantities fresh so can use it on Beef or Chicken for the grill or the oven!
Best Tandoori Masala Marinade
It’s easy to just go out and but store bought marinade, but you can’t compare it to this spectacular blend of spices. Try it for yourself!
Achari Kebab
This time I’m in a pickle lol. I love the taste of a pickle. For those that aren’t familiar with the Indian style of pickling, it’s different from a North American style one. In India spices are ground together with chilies and lemon or vinegar is used to preserve a variety of vegetables, shrimp, fish …