Discover and Share the Best World Cuisines
A collection of delicious, tested recipes that can be made in a hurry.
Instant Garlic Sauce is always a handy recipe! I have shared the Arabian Garlic Sauce Recipe earlier ( Toom). Check that out as well. It tastes exactly like the garlic sauce availble with fried chicken or in shawarmas. It does however, take some practice and a bit more time and patience. In this instant version, …
Making Two Layer Tea… just because it’s so very lovely to look at! Today we take a look at how to make a two layer Black Tea with Lemon. It’s quite magical how the tea layer just floats above the clear / lemon water layer. Lemon tea is quite popular in the Malabar region after …
Dancing Tea and Dancing Coffee are relatively newer innovations in how tea and coffee is served at restaurants. Taking into account the law of liquid density, this drink is pure science. The lighter layer floats over the denser layer without mixing with each other. This is a fun drink not only to behold, but to …
Middle Eastern Garlic Sauce – Toom : Hard to kick the addiction. Growing up in the Middle East, we always loved our toom. Do you know that it comes with fried chicken, or rottiserie chicken there. It makes anything taste better and yummier! Many people in the Gulf refer to it as garlic paste – …
This Prawn Appetiser with Starfruit, is a perfect amuse-bouche or party bite.. It’s a breeze to make. In fact, if you want to impress your guests you can make it while they watch! It’s that easy. This is my entry for the 5-ingredient challenge on Foodies+ for the month of July(2018). Foodies+is a wonderful foodie community on …
How to Make A Tuna Sandwich? One of the Classic American Sandwiches: The tuna salad sandwich, originated from the desire to conserve and use up leftovers.
Authentic North Indian Garam Masala Recipe Here, I am sharing with you my Original and Authentic North Indian Garam Masala Recipe. This makes any Butter Chicken, Paneer Masala, Chole, and just any of your Favorite Restaurant dishes, even better! I am a huge spice lover. I buy just about every spice that I can find …
Fattoush is one of my favorite salads to whip up as a quick side or many times in fact as a healthy snack. It is known as the Peasant Salad, because farmers of north Lebanon, used to throw in whatever was the harvest of that season and made large amounts to feed large families. Fattoush …
Kothu Parotta is a popular Street snack, in parts of South India and Srilanka. ‘Kothu’ means minced or chopped. This is a stir-fry, made with savoury scrambled egg and chopped up / torn pieces of parotta (paratha) which is the popular layered and fried flatbread You can hear the signature clacking noise in the evenings …
Chicken Karahi – Dhaba Style. What’s not to love about Super Quick Punjabi Khaana? A Punjabi Dhaba is a roadside eatery in parts of India and Pakistan that served Punjabi food. Usually found on highways and at truck stops on the linkways between cities, towns, and villages. They were in fact first opened to feed …
Fresh Aloe Vera Summer Salad Aloe Vera Salad – A cooling fresh salad for the hot summer days. This is my brunch after my long morning walk! This salad wakes you up, refreshes you and cools you down. It is a great picnic salad or post workout salad. Aloe Vera facilitates digestion and helps to …
Orange Blossom Bellinis – The Exotic Mocktail. I was introduced to this beautiful drink on my trip to Dubai. It’s been a staple at my dinner parties ever since. The perfect mocktail, if you ask me. The light scent of the Orange Blossom Water along with the addition of nibbles is a combination of flavours …
Instant Wheat Dosa | Gothambu Dosa The quick breakfast remedy. Instant wheat dosa is a lifesaver in my house on days when I wake up late or just am a little too sleep-deprived to make a time-consuming breakfast. There are a few varieties of Wheat dosa that I have seen. Some versions are more savoury, …
Pisang Goreng or Goreng Pisang? Well the popular snack of deep fried banana is referred to by both of these names, but Goreng Pisang refers to the ‘action’ of cooking the banana while ‘Pisang Goreng’ actually means ‘Fried Banana’. Small sized bananas are fried whole, with a crispy coating enclosing the hot and soft banana filling. …
Charmoula | Coriander Parsley Dressing/Marinade Charmoula ( شرمولة) is a North African Herbal Marinade, an all purpose dressing used a lot in Tunisia and Morocco. It is often used for seafood but works with meats as well as vegetables. When you are looking for a different kind of marinade, something less Masala-ish and more Herby… it …
Tabil | Aromatic Tunisian Spice Mix Tabil – تابل , is a Tunisian Spice Mix, that is often used in North African Cooking, in grilled meats or salads. It lends a deep and earthy flavor with some spicy kick, but it’s the undeniably enticing aroma that I just love so much! ‘Tabil’ actually means coriander in …
Spicy Grilled Baby Corn My daughter often wanders into the kitchen, proclaiming she is hungry and that I must fix her something yummy to eat. Three meals a day is hard enough, it’s not possible to give the kids cooked, tasty snacks everyday.. usually our tea time, is biscuits and Milo for the kids. Naureen helped …
Delicious Green Chutney | Green Coriander Dressing This is my take on a Delicious Green Chutney or ‘Dahi Wala Hara Chutney’. My recipe is slightly different, but give you a perfect, creamy sauce like chutney that is perfect for all types of Tikkas and Kebabs. It is also great in sandwiched like my Chicken Tikka …
Iced Honey Lemon Drink – Hong Kong Style This Iced Honey Lemon Drink , is a popular thirst quencher in Hong Kong. It sure helps to beat the Singapore heat too! This lemonade is sweetened using organic honey. No sugar or sugar syrup is used. There is an art to the drink. Usually, when …
This recipe for Smoky Chicken Tenders, served with Potato Salad was a spur of the moment meal idea, that turned into a quick favorite. The ‘hot’ and ‘cold’ combination of hot grilled chicken with cold delicious potato salad has won everyone over around here. We are all looking for those quick and easy meal plans, aren’t we? Those …