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Banana halwa cakes This recipe is my own creation. But I was kind of inspired by chef Sanjeev Kapoor's Banana Halwa recipe.The name itself made me imagine a yummy taste, but when I read the recipe it made me feel heavy. It is no doubt a delicious recipe made with rich ingredients (like khoya, ghee, cashewnuts, sugar etc), but not quite suitable for my kids' taste. First of all t
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Ever imagined eating a biryani and not feeling heavy? The White biryani does the trick. It is less oily, less hot and less spicy, but full of flavour and very tasty. Ever since I created the white chicken, I have been wanting to create this dish for so long and had been imagining it all the time. Thanks to the Almighty it turned out to be as tasty as I had imagined it to be. The chick
Ingredients: Fresh Cranberries - 1 pack Sun-dried tomatoes - 1 cup Thai red chillies (pricked) - 10 Green chillies (pricked) - 5 (optional) Dried red chillies - 4 (optional) Vegetable oil - 1 cup Cumin seeds- 1 tblspn Fenugreek seeds - 1/2 tblspn Red chilly powder - 1 tblspn Brown sugar - 1/2 cup Juice of one big lemon Garlic cloves peeled - 6-8 Crushed garlic cloves unpee
My Koubideh call for no fat, absolutely no fat at all. Yet when I made them nobody could tell the difference! They were just as juicy as any other koubideh and everybody just enjoyed them asking for seconds and thirds. I always wanted to make koubideh but without fat and each time I tried they turned out so dry and tasteless that it felt like eating a piece of cardboard. I got fed up
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The Fresh Gourmet crispy onions from Costco are amazing. Their crunch and flavor gave a new dimension to the samosa chaat I made today. Unlike other fried onions we buy from Indian stores these are neither oily nor salty. I would say you could not only use them in some of your dishes but also eat them as a snack. I served my chaat with pomegranate seeds strewn on top, also some hicko
I usually made scalloped potatoes in the traditional style which I found quite bland. So I gave a twist to the recipe by using caramelized onions and cheese in between the potato layers as well as at the top. It turned golden brown in the oven and the dish looked not only appealing but also very tasty. The caramelized onion enhanced the flavour and it was so yummy. Ingredients: Pot
Who says Sushi can be made with only uncooked sea-food or raw vegetables? My little parcels of joy can change the way we eat indian food. I feel I am down with Sushi mania now and I suppose my daughter Asma who is Sushi crazy has already infected me!! I enjoy eating all kinds of Sushi except the ones with the soft shell crab which is stuffed . I find it gross as the whole crab is stuffed wit
I have been looking for a good brand of garam masala powder for so long and only last week this new Zafrani Shaan garam masala attracted my attention and when I checked the ingredients, I knew this is it! I am not a fan of Shaan spices at all and I hate them all except for one or two as they are all the same. But this garam masala has all the spices which go into making good garam mas
This is chicken maglooba - a popular Palestinian Arab dish which I made for dinner. It turned out very well. I followed a recipe from Youtube (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s_KFpxb_bpM), just tweaked it a little bit by using italian rice instead of falak basumati. It tasted better with italian rice than with basumati. Italian rice gives that texture and flavour which goes so well
This is another quick recipe which is ready in no time and is very flavourful and light. The white mushrooms coated with flour and sauteed in olive oil gives a creamy texture to this dish. Ingredients: White button mushrooms (whole) - small size 1 box (1/2 lb) Garlic - 1 big clove Thai red chilly- 1 Fresh parsely chopped - 1 tbspn
I made this chicken for my son's lunch this morning. I was pressed for time and I could think of nothing better than this considering his western taste buds. I packed this with some cooked pasta. Here's the recipe! hotell London
This recipe is a result of my passion for fusion cuisine. I am highly impressed and inspired by the idea of fusion cooking. It is nothing but a marriage of different cultures that gives you a single eating experience where imagination is the limit! The traditional nargisi kofta is usually stuffed with boiled eggs or onion chutney (chopped onions and green chillies mixed with yoghurt
This recipe can be used for a whole chicken as well. For the whole chicken use the zafrani chicken baking technique by closing and cooking the chicken for 1 hr at 350 degrees fahrenheit and then roasting the chicken on convection roast in the last half hour. If you do not have convection roast setting in your oven then raise the temperature to 400 degrees fahrenheit and let it roast for 30 min
These vadas smell great when frying and taste great too. They are very flavourful and make a good evening snack with tea. I made them for Ifthaar with ganji (a kind of flavourful rice porridge made in south India especially for ifthaars. Ingredients: Whole urad dal - 1 cup Spinach chopped - 1 cup Dill chopped - 1 cup Onions chopped - 1/2 cup Green
Yesterday I made Salmon biryani for Ifthaar. I had such a craving for fish biryani as I hadn't made it in a long time. Unlike me, nobody loves fish in my family. It turned out delicious - just the way I imagined it! I did not touch any of the ifthaar snacks as I could not wait to enjoy it. The mint and the yoghurt chutneys I made with it added the zing to it. But one thin
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I call it the happy sandwich because everybody loves it. Fast to make, good to eat - a yummy lunch for school kids! Ingredients: Frozen Croissants Chicken breast Romaine or Leaf Lettuce Tomatoes Swiss cheese singles Lemon pepper/Mango Chipotle powder or spices of your choice Mayonnaise Dijon Mustard sauce Olive oil Ketchu
I had left over roasted sweet potato lying in the fridge and I wanted to make good use of it. The thought of making chaat or eating it with sprinkled cinnamon, brown sugar/honey was not appealing. The other day I made flat bread (rotis) out of it and enjoyed eating them all myself. But this time I thought that the kids who are always picky and have canadian taste buds wouldn't like it.
