View my step-by-step video Popular in India, this recipe is made using marinated chicken cooked with onions and spices. My friend Sheela Sonawane shared this recipe with me and I was fascinated to see ingredients like onions and coriander cooked in different ways in the same prep. While this was being prepared, my son who is …
Curries
Chicken Korma – Tender chicken in a creamy gravy
Watch my step-by-step video When it comes to a Korma recipe, there are so many variations from the use of yogurt, cream, nut pastes and coconut cream. Some gravies are dark and earthy and others are light and creamy. This recipe uses cashew nut paste that makes this gravy creamy and luxurious. If you love …
Vindaloo or Vindalho paste
Watch my step-by-step video If you’re familiar with Indian food, you must know that Vindaloo is one of the most famous curries from Goa. With it’s origins from Portugal, the cuisine from Goa is famous for it’s curries made with a combination of chillies, spices and vinegar. This Vindaloo recipe is my mom’s. Kashmiri Chillies …
Mild Chicken Curry With Yogurt
Watch my step-by-step video Eating a chicken curry doesn’t have to have you breathing fire like a dragon. This curry is mildly spiced and finished with yogurt. [youtube-subscriber channelname=kravingsblog] Print Yum Chicken Curry With Yogurt Ingredients1 whole chicken cut into pieces Juice of half a lemon 2 tsps of ginger and garlic paste 1 tsp …
Fish Caldine or Caldinho
Watch step-by-step video I am originally from Goa, so I love to make dishes that I’ve tasted growing up. This Fish Caldine or Caldinho as it’s known to the Portuguese purists, can also be prepared with Shrimp or Veggies is a mild and mellow curry compared to many other more fiery Goan curries. Typically local …
Prawn Masala
View my step-by-step video instructions As long as I can remember, Prawn and Shrimp have been the center of our family’s menu. My father’s side of the family comes from Goa surrounded by beaches so seafood is always the protein of choice. My mom’s side are based in Mumbai, also on the coast and …
Jhinga Makhni – Shrimp cooked in a buttery curried gravy
View my step-by-step video Jhinga Makhani is a very popular Indian curry where Jhinga or Shrimp is cooked in a well balanced buttery gravy. I learned how to make this gravy from the very talented Sanjay Thumma of vahrehvah.com. This base gravy is so delicious that you can use this to also make fish, crab …
Prawn Masala
View my step-by-step video instructions As long as I can remember, Prawn and Shrimp have been the center of our family’s menu. My father’s side of the family comes from Goa surrounded by beaches so seafood is always the protein of choice. My mom’s side are based in Mumbai, also on the coast and famous …
Mutton Xacuti
View my step by step video Xacuti conjures up memories of my Nana and her incredible cooking skills. Born in Goa, she raised 6 kids and many of them were still fairly young when my grandfather passed away. I never know what the names of the dishes were, but I always remember them being perfectly …
Murgh Methi – Chicken Cooked in Fenugreek
In this recipe Fenugreek of methi is used in 3 states – seeds, fresh leaves and dried leaves and is cooked together with mustard oil Turmeric and Chicken to make this golden flavourful curry. What fascinates me about Fenugreek (Methi in Hindi), is that the seeds are considered a spice, the leaves are considered a …