This one is world famous for a reason. A very good reason. Rogan josh – a tale of two curries There are two distinct dishes that go by the name rogan josh. There’s the Kashmiri version. The Kashmiri version has no onions or garlic. It’s all about asafoetida and fennel. And lamb. Tasty stuff. You should definitely try it some time. And there’s the Muslim version. It has onions. Garlic....
This is a great dish when you are craving bold summer tastes. Nice thing is, you can make this year round. If you can’t get to a grill, pan fry the steak. It will be just as good. You can mix up the greens if you want. The only must have is mint. Other than that, use what you like. Spinach, mesclun, shredded napa cabbage. They all work. But no kale....
on Sep 28, 2016, Updated Jul 04, 2024 This stir fried black bean chicken lettuce cups recipe post is sponsored by Big Banyan who make some of the best wines in India. Denver and I are particularly fond of their Merlot, a bottle of which is usually cooling in the fridge on most evenings. Is it okay to break some rules today? Like pairing a beautiful glass of white wine with a fun, healthy dish like these Stir Fried Black Bean Chicken Lettuce Cups instead of fancy poached fish?...
Thai dipping sauce is great on just about everything. Maybe not ice cream but other than that. It’s called nam jim. That’s actually just another way of saying Thai dipping sauce so that’s not particularly useful information. The flavours are wonderful though. Salty, sweet, spicy and sour. The core flavours of Southeast Asia. Let the flavours come together when you make Thai dipping sauce The only thing to plan for is a bit of time to let the flavours combine....
You might also like these recipes for vegan Irish hand pies and vegan chickpea mushroom turnovers. Come, gather all, because I have an exceptionally delicious recipe to share with you today. This gorgeous and rather rustic but tasty Vegan Cabbage Chickpea Torta. These are hand pies that you can make as big or as small as you like. I often use this trick when feeding my son, Jay, who will eat anything so long as it’s inside a flaky, tasty crust (like these yummy vegan empanadas with a black bean filling or these vegan puff pastry empanadas)....
I have for you today a delicious recipe to make the weekend sparkle: my Vegan Carrot Almond Breakfast Pudding with natural sweeteners. It’s healthy and delicious, all at the same time. The pudding is inspired by that great Indian vegan sweet, Carrot Halwa or Gajar Halwa, but it is nowhere near as rich. It tastes almost as decadent though–like having dessert for breakfast! I came up with this recipe while trying to empty the refrigerator of veggies in preparation for the new week....
You might also like this classic and very traditional style vegan lasagna, vegan Instant Pot lasagna, and vegan mushroom lasagna. A crockpot is my favorite kitchen apprentice, especially in winter when I use it to cook up delicious recipes like slow cooker chana masala and creamy curried crockpot chowder. And ever since I learned how to use a slow cooker to make one of my most favorite foods – a vegan crockpot lasagna – I am more in love than ever!...
This vegan Keema Masala is my favorite dish to take to potluck parties, and it’s usually the first thing to disappear from the table, it’s that good. If you like complex Indian food without having to spend a whole lot of time and effort making it, this is the perfect recipe. If you have a meat-eater around who thinks vegan food is all salads and quinoa, and you want to rub their nose in it, this is the perfect recipe....
This vegan kheer was the first Indian dessert I veganized and shared with you all the way back in 2008, and it’s always been a hit with everyone who’s made it. It’s one of the Indian sweets I make most often because it’s so easy and needs just a few ingredients. Anyone, newbie or experienced, can make it successfully. It is also absolutely delicious, guaranteed to be loved by anyone you share it with....
Here’s a decadent weekend-morning recipe that will not hug your waistline for eternity: gluten-free Mango Waffles. When I make gluten-free baked goods, I stay away from those readymade flour mixes that tend to make the end product gummy. Mixes, in my opinion, also have a rather strong flavor that doesn’t always work with baked goods and they tend to be, like many gluten-free foods, pretty starchy. For my healthy vegan gluten-free waffles, I use four kinds of flour: sorghum, millet, brown rice, and cornmeal....
Easy but delicious pasta dishes like vegan Pasta e Fagioli, vegan Pasta Puttanesca, Pasta alla Norma and this Vegan Instant Pot Pasta Bake are among my go-to dinners on weeknights when I want to get something together in a hurry. This gorgeous vegan Penne alla Vodka is just as easy and tasty, with a dash of extra elegance. There are just nine ingredients needed for this recipe (and salt and ground black pepper) and you can put it together in no more than 30 minutes....
Rhubarb is strictly a seasonal goodie, putting in an appearance in spring through summer, when it tastes its best. Although rhubarb is a vegetable and can be used in savory recipes, including a yummy rhubarb sauce, I love it most in desserts. In fact, there are so many delicious sweets you can bake up with these amazing ruby-red stalks with their distinctive, tart flavor, ranging from delicious cakes, cobblers and crisps to yummy pies and tarts, jams and compotes....
What is sooji halwa Sooji halwa (north India), sheera/sheero (western India), mohan bhog (eastern India) and rava kesari (south India) are all variations of a simple but very tasty Indian pudding made with ghee, semolina (rava/sooji), milk and cardamom. Proof of its deliciousness lies in the fact that even in a country as culinarily diverse as India is, a billion-plus people are united in their love for this sweet dish. This is a versatile food....
You might also like these recipes for vegan chocolate chip cookies and vegan keto chocolate chip cookies. I love finding new things to do with my sourdough discard, and here’s one of the most delicious I’ve come up with so far: these vegan Sourdough Chocolate Chip Cookies. These are just the most incredible cookies. They are soft and chewy and they taste so good, you won’t be able to keep your hand out of the cookie jar....
There are perhaps as many sweet and savory edibles associated with Holi as there are colors in our world, and I have vegan versions of many of them on this blog, including kachori, vegan phirni, vegan malpua and vegan gulab jamun, among others. But one of my favorite foods to make around this time of year, not just because it’s so delicious and so timely but also because it’s so good for you, is this Vegan Thandai....
Vindaloo is a dish that sprang from the belly of Goa, a lush paradise along India’s scenic west coast. When the flower children went east, this is the land where many found the spiritual fulfillment they were seeking. Not surprising because not only is Goa indescribably gorgeous, but it was home to inclusive, diverse, happy people steeped in the intoxicating culture of “susegado” – taking it easy. The locals joked that there were three things Goans do best: khavap, pivap, nidap....
on Apr 09, 2019, Updated Oct 20, 2020 This white sauce pasta recipe is seriously taking me back to my childhood. Back then we didn’t really know all the fancy pasta names and recipes, so this is what my mom made at home. A basic bechamel sauce pasta that was whisked to creaminess along with lots of veggies and macaroni – it was pure comfort food! Obviously, my recipe is slightly more fancy....
You might also like these recipes for cabbage curry and cabbage rice. A cabbage thoran is a dry cabbage curry from the gorgeous Indian coastal state of Kerala. Although famous for its seafood, Kerala has a vast repertoire of vegetarian foods that is absolutely, dazzlingly, fingerlicking good. A big part of the allure is the cooking medium which infuses vast quantities of flavor into nearly every dish ever cooked here – coconut oil, a staple of the Kerala diet because coconut trees grow abundantly along the waters – and the spices for which Kerala is so famous....
on Sep 21, 2018, Updated Jul 03, 2024 Crisp and amazing – our quesadilla game is strong, thanks to many practice sessions that went into the making of this recipe video. I’ve made quesadillas a few times and it’s our favorite way to use leftovers mostly. They are generally clean-out the fridge kind of quesadillas where I chop up veggies + protein, season them with a mexican style seasoning and stuff up a tortilla with them....
on Nov 17, 2021 This has turned out to be one of my favourite chicken gravy recipes! I LOVE how some simple ingredients transform into a beautiful, rich, white gravy that’s simple, aromatic, peppery and so comforting. This recipe ticks all the right boxes when it comes to comfort food, especially winter food: The gravy is creamy, smooth, almost soupy and has warm, fragrant notes from the black pepperThe spice isn’t over powering but more like a gentle hum in the backgroundThe chicken pieces remain juicy and soak up all the black pepper flavourThe recipe is really simple and you don’t need fancy ingredients...
