Non-vegetarian dishes
Stuffed Eggs
- 08
- June
- 2009
Stuffed Eggs: Cheesey Rice stuffed Eggs. Cheesy rice balls. Eggs are essential part of my pantry! When I run out of the vegetables…its an easy solution! I fixed this recipe with left over rice, One could possibly come up with freshly prepared ones, of course! The idea is simple, I love eggs…hmmm, very scared to […]
Saffron Chicken Pilaf
- 06
- June
- 2009
Saffron Chicken Pulav: Saffron Chicken Pilaf. Cornish Hen Pilaf. Saffron Pilaf with Meat. Its been a while, I posted anything meat…my friends started asking me, whether I became a ‘vegetarian’ or what?? That’s ridiculous, how can I become a vegetarian!! My friend Balaji used to tease me…’If I come by with one whole fried chicken […]
Ambur – Vaniyambadi style Mutton Biriyani
- 07
- May
- 2009
Vaniyambadi Mutton Biriyani: India’s finest cuisine developed after Mughal rule(14-16th Century), they took basic Indian cooking to art level! Since Mughal empire was widely spread, one could see biriyani recipe where they had strong foothold. Even now…several 100s of years after…local and outside influences fused together to create a unique style. To name a few […]
Alfalfa Fried Rice
- 23
- April
- 2009
Alfalfa Fried Rice: Science behind the Sprouts: When a seed holds up a tuff cover, packed with high protein and carbohydrate! Upon germination(a crucial period of sudden raise in their active molecules). At the expense of some protein it gets converted into all essential vitamins! Since a germinating plant needs all support for growth(survival of […]
Nargazi Kebab
- 12
- April
- 2009
Nargazi Kebab: Egg Kebab. Egg-Batata Vada. Potato-Egg Bonda. After the regular cooking…sometimes I really play in the kitchen with left over ingredients/food stuff. So when there was enough aloo masala and eggs, I thought about this one dish, they call it ‘Nargazi Kebab’ God only knows the reason!! Where the eggs are covered with potato […]
Drum Chicken
- 09
- April
- 2009
Cornish hen Drummeties: Rock Cornish Hen – Grilled Wings. Drum Chicken. Chicken Wings. Grilled Chicken Wings. Baked n Broiled Chicken Wings. Another Restaurant special, liked by all! Chicken Drummeties…interesting name, as they resemble the drum’s stick!! This is served as an appetizer in many restaurants in India. I really never thought of fixing it at […]
Bok Choy & Shrimps Curry
- 03
- April
- 2009
Boy Choy & Shrimps Thanni Kuzhambu: Sothi Kuzhambu. Iral-Keerai Sothi Kuzhambu. Boy Choy & Shrimps Stew. Shrimps and Greens Stew. Botanical name of Bok Choi is Brassica chinensis. It comes under cabbage family! This is commonly called as ‘Chinese Cabbage’. It initially spread to European countries and America, where Chinese settlements were high! Though I […]
Fish Molee
- 26
- March
- 2009
Fish Molee: Kerala Fish Stew. Fish in Coconut Sauce. Meen Thengai-Paal Kuzhambu. Fish Moli. This fish was caught by AK’s friend Davi Doss from his home pond, at Water Valley, Mississippi. Although went for fishing couple of times with my cooking class crew, it really didnt budge any luck to me…only thing I wasted my […]
Fish Fries
- 18
- March
- 2009
Fish Fries: As usual I was playing with my food, in my kitchen! I had this bag of salmon lying in the freezer, for pretty long time! Actually, I thought of making finger fish…but didn’t like the fact of skinning the fish!! Aaah…that takes away all the good cholesterol, right! So…just like that, sliced them […]
Quail Pakoda
- 09
- March
- 2009
Quail Pakoda: Kaadai Pakoda. Kaadai Pakora. Deep fried Quails. Fried Quails. I love this tender birds! They are gamier in taste, low in calories, better than chicken, low fat/thin skin…pretty fast in getting cooked! What else do we want!! Hmmm today I deep fried it, just for a variation! They turned out super crispy! Ingredients: […]
