Discover and Share the Best World Cuisines
Inji Puli | Puli Inji Inji Puli or ‘Puli Inji’ is a delicious, sweet, hot and sour ginger chutney from the state of Kerala in India. Made with extra-finely chopped ginger, jaggery syrup, tamarind extract and green chillies along with some other simple spices. Truly a mouth lip-smacking condiment /accompaniment to serve alongside the main dish. Made …
Chicken Fried Rice – Restaurant Style Chicken Fried Rice Restaurant Style, is one of those recipes that always hits to spot. Simple to prepare and if you follow this recipe, you can make this favourite Fried rice at home. I have earlier shared the recipe for Indo-Chinese Chicken fried rice, where, the chicken is marinated …
Kannur Style Pathiri – Vaatti Pathiri Pathiri is a popular Muslim dish from Kerala. These are gluten-free flatbreads made of ground rice or rice flour. The version using Roasted Rice flour or Malabar pathiri which I have shared earlier is the most popular throughout Kerala. Pathiri is also called Pathil or Orotti in some areas.  It is …
Egg Omelette Curry – A simple breakfast curry Egg Omelette Curry is a different and very easy way to make an Egg curry, perfect for breakfast. This goes great with most Breakfast staples like Idiyappam, Puttu. Here, I have served it with Mani Puttu and it was a great combo! Do try!
Kannur Style Varutharacha Chicken Curry ‘Varutharacha’ refers to curries or gravies, where a spice blend is added to grated coconut and roasted together till the coconut is golden and crisp. This golden mixture is then pounded on stone or ground in a blender, to make a spice paste that forms the base of the Varutharacha Curry. …
Mongolian Chicken – Better than Takeout Mongolian Beef may be more popular and one of America’s favourite Chinese dishes. Slightly sweet, slightly hot, with a lip-smacking sauce; it’s quite addictive. It is just so delicious with steamed white rice. But today, I am sharing my recipe for Mongolian Chicken. Many of my readers prefer chicken over …
Simple Malabar Fish Fry | Tasty and Quick Whenever we have traditional rice meals at home, having some fried fish on the side is always a welcome addition. A regular Kerala every-day meal consists of Fish Curry or Veg Curry with lots of Vegetable side dishes, Pappadams, and the irresistible Fish Fry.  There are several ways …
Buttermilk Crispy Chicken Burger Buttermilk Crispy Chicken Burger. A favorite burger recreated from McDonald’s Singapore Signature Collection. So McDonald’s across the globe is not the same! We know for a fact that McDonald’s in the US and UK really are lacking where some countries have special and extra-special items on the Menu. I find it interesting …
Kabsa Spice Mix A wonderful homemade Kabsa Spice Mix to use in a variety of dishes, Not just Kabsa Rice. I will be sharing links to recipes using this Spice Mix on this Page. Also, scroll down to the bottom to see the basic guide on how to prepare Kabsa using any Kabsa Spice Mix.
Fish fi Har | Arabic Flame-Grilled Fish Fish fi Har | Arabic flame-grilled Fish is an easy preparation of stove-top BBQ fish. ‘fi Har’ is Arabic for ‘IN HOT ‘ referring to the heat from flames. Here the Arabic Kabsa Spice mix is used to marinate fish. The aromas that come from the finished dish are …
Fi har Series (Flame grilled Arabian Fusion Recipes) I am so pleased to be introducing this new series of recipes, called the ‘Fi Har’ series. ‘Fi har’ refers to flame-grilled recipes and fi har means ‘ in hot’ or in fire. The recipes have three things in common. They incorporate the Arabic Kabsa Spice Mix, …
Kebab fi Har – Flame grilled Potato Kebabs Kebab fi Har is a vegetarian snack recipe in my ‘fi Har’ Series of recipes. All Arabian fusion recipes, that incorporate authentic homemade Kabsa Spice Mix. Now you can make more with Kabsa Spice mix than Kabsa Rice!! These vegetarian Kebabs, are simple to make, melt in the mouth …
Potato Curry for Chapathi. Simple Recipe This is the most simple recipe for Potato Curry that goes really well with Chapathi, Roti etc… Â I dedicate this simple recipe to Sheeja. Sheeja was my helper and Zaira’s nanny back in 2007-2009 when Zaira was in playschool. Â We needed someone to look after Zaira when my husband and myself …
How to make Kerala Parotta at home (Soft Layered Paratha) The Paratta Wala may have some awesome tossing skills, that require practice, but here we see how to make Kerala Parotta at home, without the skill that comes only with practice. The word Parotta is generally used for the Malabar or Kerala parotta, the flaky, …
Kerala Thenga Aracha Meen Curry – Version 2 My earlier Kerala Thenga Aracha Meen Curry, (recipe here ) is quite popular. Here is Version 2 or what I call Red Thenga Aracha Meen Curry. This shows, how versatile the recipe is and can be catered to different tastes. In the previous version, a larger amount is made, …
Tavuk Kapama (Turkish Baked Chicken Pilaf) Tavuk Kapama is a very popular Turkish dish. It is served as the main dish along with some salads or sides. In earlier times, it was baked in special clay ovens with a special type of lid on top. The name itself ‘Kapama’ refers to this “closure”. Kapama can …
Baked Beef Ribs for Turkish Kapama I was recently introduced to some trending Turkish fare by one of my viewers, John. I got the help of one of my Turkish friends from high school, to help me with some authentic recipes. I have posted the Turkish Chicken and Rice Dish Tavuk Kapama, and here a …
Turkish Roasted Eggplant in Yogurt (Yogurtlu Patlican Kozleme / Koz Patlican) Many cuisines, feature eggplant in salads and dips. The Levantine Baba Ganoush or mutabbal, might be more popular. However, roasted eggplant is used in lots of cuisines. In Turkey, one such preparation is very similar to Mutabbal, but is served differently. I am totally …
Padavalanga Curry This Padavalanga Curry (Snake Gourd Curry) is extremely simple to prepare and goes wonderfully with rice. If you need a quick curry for rice, this is a great homely recipe. At my house, we cook most of the gourds quite regularly. Snake gourd has anti-inflammatory properties, excellent for diabetes, and wards off constipation. …
Kayikka’s Biryani (Kayees) In search of lost tastes… There is a Mattanchery-style popular biryani in Kochi known as ‘Kayikka’s biryani ‘or ‘Kayees biryani’. Njanga Kochikaarude Swantham Biryani!! There is a name connected with Kochi style Biryani or ‘Kochikaarude Biryani’…that is Kayees or Kayikaante Biryani(Kayees Rahmatulla Cafe. It was served at my sisters’ wedding, at my wedding, and countless …