Yakhni Pulao is a fragrant rice dish made with Mutton or Chicken. A special stock is prepared first and then the rice is cooked in that special stock. What makes my recipe special is that I cook it all in one pot and I reuse the aromatics so there is no wastage. Make this once, …
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Beef Biriyani
In this special recipe, Beef chunks are pressure cooked with Onion and spices. While the liquid reduces down, onion is sautéed with whole spices, powdered spices & tomato, together with fried Onions and Ghee. The Beef liquid is added slowly, together with the Beef chunks and this is thickened with a mixture of Yogurt and …
Mulligatawny Soup
This soup is interesting to research, it’s not technically an Indian recipe, however it was invented by an Englishman to replicate the Indian flavours. Today, this is very popular with Anglo Indian community. This is loosely translated to ‘Pepper Water’ in Tamil. This British adaptation of a south Indian Rasam or Pepper Water can be …
Instant Pot Chicken Pulao – Pressure Cooker recipe
I took a cooking class in Mumbai in December 2022, and one of the recipes I learned was this delicious and easy Chicken Pulao. I developed it and modified it to cook comfortably in my Instant Pot. While you can easily make this recipe on the stovetop or finish it in the oven, the Instant …
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 …
Shammi Kebabs – Ground Meat & Lentil patties
Shammi Kebab is made by cooking meat, spices and Chana Dhal togetherIt’s ground to a paste, add ingredients to and formed into disc like kebabs. It’s then dipped in Egg and fried. This kebab is gluten free unless of course you decide to add breadcrumbs. The tricky part with Shammi Kebabs is getting the mixture …
Dal Bukhara – Dal Makhni
Many years ago we visited Delhi with the boys and my husband’s cousin Shahdhab who is an excellent host, insisted that we visit the ITC Sheraton to try the famous Dal Bukhara at the Bukhara restaurant. We also got the famous tour where they very proudly show their patrons how they cook their dhal, freshly …
Chukander Gosht – Instant Pot
Chukander is the Hindi and Urdu name for Beets and Gosht is meat. I literally stumbled upon this recipe one day while looking for a way to combine my extra beets with a meat dish. I tried a few different recipes using both beef and mutton and finally settled on a bone in mutton/lamb recipe …
Lemon & Garlic Chicken Dinner – Instant pot
This is easily one of the tastiest and quickest meals you ever prepared. Don’t know what to make for dinner? Throw a whole Chicken into the Instant Pot and once that’s cooked finish off with some Penne and Brussels Sprouts – delicious. Follow the video for step by step instructions to making this recipe in …
Mexican Chilli – Instant Pot
This is my very first Instant Pot post — yay! I’m an Instant Pot virgin. I’ve resisted buying the IP for a very long time, infact a few have made their way over from the stores via my hubby the shopaholic and I’ve politely sent them back? Why? I really didn’t have the space for …