A delicious spiced Potato filling is encased in a slice of dampened humble bread. It’s dipped in a flour paste and breadcrumbs and then deep fried. This crispy snack brings back memories of my boarding school days in Panchgani. For this recipe, I use plain white sandwich bread. It’s easy to trim off the crusts …
Fall
Butternut Squash & Crab Soup | Pressure Cooker Instant Pot recipe
Onions, Veggies, Butternut squash are pressure cooked together with Crab.The Crab meat is reserves and the Veggies are cooled and then pureed. The soup is enhanced with Worcestershire & Hot sauces and salt & pepper, fresh parsley, butter and all the crab meat.
Kefta Bake
Meat is ground together with spices & herbs, packed into an oven proof dish & covered with pine nuts, tomatoes, pomegranate molasses, fried potatoes, sumac & onion. It’s baked and enjoyed! As you may know, I grew up in the middle east, I was born in Abu Dhabi and spent 8 years there before I …
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 …
French Onion Soup – Dutch Oven or Instant Pot
I love French Onion soup, but I don’t love having to stir the pot for 30 – 40 minutes not to mention having to wash the smell of Onions out of my hair. I heard that you can make this in the Instant Pot but I can tell you I was very skeptical. I love …
Dal Gosht – Meat cooked with Lentils
I think almost everyone knows what Dal or Dhal is today. In it’s simplicity, it wows everyone. A Dhal made with lentils typically Masoor or Chana Dhal is Vegetarian and mostly Vegan. This version is for the meat eaters 🙂 Silky Toor Dhal is cooked together with chunks of meat and then mixed together with …
Greek Lemon Potatoes
I originally learned how to make these potatoes to accompany my Greek style Turkey but the results were so appreciated by my boys that I found myself making them over and over again. These potatoes are enriched with Lemon juice, Olive Oil and Garlic. They are soft and silky on the inside and crispy on …
Khaman Dhokla – Steamed savoury Lentil Cake
Khaman Dhokla is made with a batter of Lentils and spices, steamed to cook till fluffy and then enhanced with a tempering of Mustard & Sesame seeds, Chillies, Curry leaves and Coconut. To make this Gluten free omit the SemolinaTo make this Vegan, omit the Yogurt The origins of the Dhokla come from Gujarat in …
Tandoori Fish with a warm Bean Salad
As part of my quest to eat healthier, I’ve devised a few recipes, this is one of them. This Tandoori Fish with a warm bean salad is delicious as a dinner as well packs perfectly for lunch.
Pumpkin Masala & Turkey Pasta
Let’s start with the inspiration for this dish – this zuchette pasta that already looks like cute little pumpkins. I purchased this from Trader Joes and I knew it would come in handy for the fall. If you don’t have this you can use any other type of pasta for this recipe Whether you’re making …