I LOVE Halloween – each year I think of creepy ideas to make for potlucks as we typically have one at work each year. I’ve had so many fun ideas over the years, check it out here, but this time I had this idea to make the intestines look realistic by piping the filling. This …
Crispy Rice Flour & Lentil Chaklis
This is one of my favorite snacks! It’s cripsy and delicious and you cannot stop eating it. This is pretty popular all over India and goes by so many names, Chakli, Sakli, Murukku, Chakri. The recipe also varies quite a bit, some are made with rice flour and some are made with flour. I’ve never …
Rasmalai
From all the recipes I’ve created or developed for this channel, I had the most trials and errors with this one. It’s very easy to make Rasmalai, but takes some finessing to get it right. I’ve had everything from unmoldable dough to disintegrating dough in the syrup and with every failure, I was more convinced …
Trader Joe’s Halloween Grocery Haul
I love Trader Joe’s! It’s a pity there isn’t one in Toronto, but we always visit the one in Buffalo whenever we can. This was the first time I visited during Halloween. The staff were all in costumes and the shelves were groaning with BOO-tiful stuff! Here are all the items I bought!
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 …
En Chile Rojo – Mexican Turkey
Every year I try to make a different style of Turkey. This year I came across this great blog post This is a great story of a Mexican lady that brought her traditions to the North American feast. I was sold and decided to try this for myself. The marinade itself is amazing, it’s not …
Kerala Pepper Beef
Kerala in India is referred to as God’s own country. The landscape is lush and green and loaded with coconut trees. When I lived in Dubai we had many friends from Kerala called Keralites and we were able to sample their great cuisine. After I moved to Canada, we visited this great state on a …
Kheema Patties
Kheema Patties are Puff pastries stuffed with a spiced ground meat filling. Typically found in bakeries in Goa, Mumbai and all over India, these are devoured at tea time or eaten as a snack! These patties are reminiscent of the bakeries back home with it’s spicy Meat filling. Puff pastry is made by rolling layers …
Fried Shrimp
I’m always looking for new recipes to try. Last week we hit up a Sri Lankan store for some Mutton rolls (mmmmmmm recipe in development). On the buffet they had fried Crab. These were swimming crabs, battered and deep fried. I do love crabs, but decided to try this with the incredible fresh Shrimp from …
Shrimp Patties
These patties are reminiscent of the bakeries back home with it’s spicy Shrimp or Prawn filling. Puff pastry is made by rolling layers of dough with butter in between to give it that incredible buttery taste and flaky texture. I’ve made Chicken Patties on my channel before and I will be uploading a ground meat …