Chicken salad drizzled with zesty Asian peanut butter dressing… It’s been a few weeks since I’m out of the blogging world. I even started to think if I have lost interest in cooking and blogging. To blog, I need to cook something interesting and different. Well, the creative part of my brain was literally dead for a few weeks. I so needed a break! Yup,...
Easy to make and tastes awesome- Sesame Soy chicken… I made this awesome dish last Saturday for lunch, it tasted so good that I wanted to post the recipe right away. It didn’t happen though. Finally, after a week long break from blogging, I am back. This is a Chinese style dish that can be made with very less ingredients and effortlessly. This can be...
Delicious Chicken Chow Mein Noodle recipe… Chow Mein or Fried Noodles (chow means fried and mein means noodles) is my favoirte among the noodles. Chow mein stir fried with chicken and veggies makes an excellent dish, any day any time I will be ready to enjoy a bowl of this delicacy. For making this dish, I added dried chow mein and fried chow mein after cooking...
Delectable Shrimp Biryani that is going to be loved by everyone… Holidays have made me lazy, getting back to work tomorrow, hopefully I will not hit the snooze button on my alarm a gazillion times. Gearing up to rise early and shine! The last time I had made biryani with shrimp was a few years ago. So, last week I decided to make shrimp biryani. This is quite...
Lamb shoulder chops marinated in an aromatic herb marinade and roasted in the oven… Wishing everyone a Happy Holiday season!!! Isn’t December the best time of the year? For me, Dec is my birthday month too so it’s definitely a special month. We are having a green Christmas and a gorgeous weather this time. We didn’t get any snow yet and the...
Murgh Musallam is a Mughal style eggs stuffed whole chicken that is slow cooked in a rich almond/poppy seeds/yogurt and saffron gravy… For the past couple of weeks I’d been down with severe cold and sinus infection. Before that, I’d taken my first ever flu shot and thought I am going to be free of flu and cold and all those bad guys. I was so wrong, I...
Idiyappam stuffed with Kerala style Beef roast… We welcomed Fall a few weeks ago, Nature has turned colorful and gorgeous and I was seen admiring her beauty. And then all of a sudden, it started to snow this morning. Snow in Fall is quite unusual yet we all rejoiced. The kids and dogs in the neighbourhood were out in the backyard playing in the snow and...
Chicken dipped in flour batter, coated with bread crumbs and baked, combined with pasta and mushroom sauce, sprinkled with parmesan cheese and baked…it’s a delicious one pot meal… It’s Thanksgiving long weekend in Canada. I had a shopping spree and back with all the things that’s needed to make a fantastic Thanksgiving feast. Wishing...
Chicken pesto pasta, a delicious one pot meal… Hope everyone had a wonderful Eid with family and friends. I attended an Eid potluck party hosted by a dear friend and had a great time. I took two of my favorite dishes: Pistachio Saffron pudding and Chicken pesto pasta. The pudding was a huge hit, everyone loved it. This chicken pesto pasta is a delicious one...
Healthy curd oats, South Indian style… One of my favorite South Indian comfort foods is curd rice, a plate of curd rice along with pickle is just plain heaven. This dish is also popular among hard core vegetarians in South India. The other day, I first thought of making curd rice. Then I got really lazy to cook rice, I know I just have to put the rice in the...