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 …
Hakka Chinese is always a fave in our household. One of the items my sons love to order is Crispy Beef however, one order is never enough. After developing this recipe for a while this comes pretty close. Beef is sliced very thin, marinated and then fried twice to get it nice and crispy. It’s …
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 …
It’s about time, I picked up the ‘ol East Indian Cookery Book and tried something new! This was one of my Mom’s treasures and now mine. I decided to try this Ball Curry aka Meatball curry as it has some unique ingredients like poppy seeds, peanuts and coconut and it was marked good by my …
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 …
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!
Did you know that Dill or Dill weed is from the Celery family? It’s used in a lot of Western dishes but not terribly popular in Indian cuisine. The word Dill in Hindi is called Sui ki bhaji and a simple translation is needle vegetable since the leaves look like needles. In the West, Dill …
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 …
A special chilli sauce is prepared and beef chunks are marinated and wrapped in banana leaf before cooking it in a dutch oven. Barbacoa is an old traditional Mexican method of cooking either Beef or Lamb. Large pits in the ground layered with hot coal house bundles of this meat wrapped in Avocado leaves and …
We LOVE our green masala, whether it’s used as a dip, a chutney or a marinade – coriander and chillies with other spices is King! In this recipe, I’m giving my Instant Pot a whirl by cooking chunks of beef in this glorious green blend. If you don’t have an Instant Pot, you can easily …
