Discover and Share the Best World Cuisines
Simple and Tasty Green Peas Curry A truly simple but tasty dish. This Green Peas Curry is great served with Indian Bread like Paratha, Bature, Chapathi or Naan. It’s also yummy with Appam, Idiyappam or Puttu. My favorite is Green Peas and Paratha. It is a flavorsome curry and great for a quick and …
Puttu Recipe – How to make the best, softest Rice Flour Puttu Puttu – A breakfast item made by steaming rice flour and coconut into a cylindrical/log shape. Served with curries or banana. It’s very simple, yet it still takes a special hand to make a good, soft light and fluffy puttu! It’s like …
Special Yang Chow Fried Rice – ‘Yang Zhou Chao Fan’ with Shrimp Yang Chow (Yeung Chow) Fried Rice is a speciality Chinese Wok Fried Rice that is popular in Asia and Western Countries as well. Legend has it that the Emperor Yangdi of the Sui Dynasty, accompanied by General Yang Su visited the Jiangdu province, …
Restaurant Style Green Masala Chicken A lusciously rich coriander based, succulent chicken gravy. Perfect to mop up with some hot and fluffy naan or rotis. This Green Masala Chicken is a delicious North Indian preparation often found at high end restaurants.
Fried Pomfret Recipe – Crispy, Crusted Fried Fish The crust on this fried fish is what makes it so great. Super simple. Super Tasty. A unique preparation that you are sure to enjoy. Serve hot with Rice or even as a starter! Delicious Fried Pomfret Recipe from the South of India.
Meen Pollichathu – Fish Roasted in Banana Leaf with Gravy A great centre piece for your dinner party.’Meen Pollicathu‘ – A piece of work, this one! I make this quite often and it’s pretty simple actually. They key is in baking it to perfection and making sure the skin stays intact. The luscious tangy …
Beef Hor Fun – Flat Rice Noodle Stir Fry with Beef in Dark Sauce Beef Hor Fun – Or as my daughter calls it , ‘Beef Orphan’ is the loveliest dark sauced beef gravy on top of wide rice noodles. Mustard Greens or Spinach are added and the result is phenomenal. One of our …
Mango Chicken Kadai – Tangy Wok Cooked Chicken – Delicious! I can not tell a lie! This dish is fabulously, finger licking delicious! Tangy from the green, unripe mangoes : The ‘cooling agent’ to perfectly balance this chicken dish. The smoky aroma that fills your kitchen will have everyone asking, “What’s Cooking?” Lovely presentation …
Paneer Butter Masala – Paneer Makhani Paneer Butter Masala and Paneer Makhani are often seen on the A la Carte Menus at Indian Restaurants. Although every dish may vary, these two are the same. Paneer Butter Masala, as the name implies is Cottage Cheese Cubes (Paneer), cooked in a spiced (Masala) tomato-based curry that begins …
Indian Chicken Curry – Ultimate Recipe Loved by All When it comes to a great Chicken Curry that is loved by all, this one fits the bill to perfection! I call it the Ultimate Chicken curry or the All India Chicken Curry! You see, there are curries that are distinctly North Indian and there are …
Easy Nutella S’mores Who says these campfire favorites can’t be made at home? They are sooo simple to make. My girls came home tired and wanted a snack. My pantry was not looking so great but hmm, yes I got marshmallows, graham crackers and no chocolate but yes Nutella!! Nutella S’mores – mmhmm! I …
Cheng Tng Recipe – Healthy Asian Dessert! Cheng Tng ( 清汤 )which literally means “clear soup”, is a very popular dessert that is available in almost every Hawkers Centre in Singapore. There is a similar dessert in Vietnam called Ching bo leung. It is a good choice for the health-conscious, as it combines an array of healthy, …
How to make Idiyappam – String Hoppers – Rice Flour Steamed Noodles These thin, laced crepes are made of rice flour which is briefly cooked in boiling water and then kneaded and pressed through a fine ‘Idiyappam’ or Noodle maker. The delicate ‘String Hoppers’ as they are also known, are then placed in a tiered …
How to Make Doughnuts What’s not to like about these Soft, Chewy Rings of Joy? There are several stories of How the original Doughnuts contained nuts in the centre, thus the name, and how the centre became a hole when someone poked out the nuts. The hole in the centre, actually helps the doughnuts …
Hokkien Mee ‘Hokkien Mee’ refers to Fried Noodles Malaysia or Singapore style. However, ‘Hokkien Mee’ in Singapore is lighter in color than its Malaysian Counterpart and is referred to as ‘Hokkien Hae Mee’ whereas the Malaysian Version is referred to as ‘Hokkien Char Mee’. That being said, this dish is commonly termed simply as …
Date and Ginger Tea The ingredients in this tea, combine attributes that benefit the skin and health with anti-oxidants and vitamins, making it a true wonder tea. Helping to keep youth intact, if consumed regularly. To top it off, the taste is sublime and you will love to make it. It makes for a …
Marshmallow Fluff / Marshmallow Cream Marshmallow cream is pretty simple to make. You can use it to make treats or as a sandwich spread with Peanut butter ( A fluffernutter sandwich) or nutella. You can dollop it on Chocolate icecream, make truffles, make fancy milk shakes or whatever you like! Watch video on how …
Rice Crispy Treats Nunu and Zaira are in the kitchen again. This time making a favorite from my childhood. Rice Crispy Treats! Kids love them. I remember we had a bake sale at school once, and this is what I bought along. They were the first thing to be sold out. Perhaps it’s …
Chewy S’mores Granola Bars Made at Home! I remember my school days when I would often have a Granola bar as part of my lunch box. I love the chewy treat! Who knew I would still be packing these as a snack during my Office years as well? One of my favorites, the Quaker …
Homemade Granola Recipe Granola is popular as a breakfast item and also as a snack. It consists mainly of rolled oats, sweetened with honey or other syrup and nuts, raisins or Puffed rice is added. I love munching on this as I start my day (at the crack of dawn) getting everyone ready for …