There are 3 cuisines that I love —“ Asian, Italian and Japanese. The last one I must confess is something that I still am eager to learn. For me, Japanese cooking is somewhat complicated and requires long hours in the kitchen. Also I have to brush up on certain …

This is one of the recipes which uses Tahini, a sesame paste used frequently in Middle East and Mediterranean cooking. I was told by Marie Claire Magazine that this can be bought in specialty stores and supermarkets but I did cannot find it here. I found one when I …

It’s not hard to make Moroccan Tomato Soup. I love this recipe at times, especially when I have a sore gums or something. I will make it a point to prepare this recipe. Of course you will need tomatoes for this recipe. And some salt, pepper …

Ingredients :
Cauliflower - 1
Turmeric powder - 1/4 tsp
Salt
Garam masala powder - 1/2 tsp
Chilli powder - 1/2 tsp
Maida flour - 1/2 cup
Bread crumbs - 12/ cup
Oil
Method :
1. Seperate florets from cauliflower and wash nicely.
2. Boil water with little salt and turmeric powder
3. Add cauliflower florets to the boiled water and …

A very popular snack in southern India, among Malay and Chinese communities. I like this tasty and crispy snack made out of simple ingrediets at home. All that is needed is an achappam mould. Yesterday I tried out this recipe and it was the first time I …

Ingredients :
Big Onions - 2
Small Potatoes - 1/4 kg
Curds - 1cup
salt
Oil or ghee- 2 tbsp
Cardamom- 3
Turmeric powder
Grind together:
Coriander leaves - 1bunch
garlic - 5 flakes
Green chillies - 5
onion -1
Cinnamon - 1inch piece
cloves - 2
Method :
1. Cook potatoes in pressure cooker
2. Peel the skin and keep aside
3. Cut onions into fine …

I find baking time-consuming and don’t do it very often. I am always on the look-out for easy baking recipes, and the following one really is easy, quick, and delicious. This one only uses only one bowl, and the frosting only takes 7 minutes to make. It is also …

I love makeing gifts for my family and friend. A day in the kitchen with my kids makeing Chili Salsa from the tomatoes, peppers, and onions we have grown in are garden can’t be beat as a gift to my children in family values. This recipe is easy and …

Here is a fun and tasty recipe I created last week. It was a big hit.The kids loved it, so I guess it’s a keeper. I call it Taco spaghetti. I had made Taco’s and had a lot of meat left over, so I decided the next nite to …

I would like to share a very yummy and easy dish.
Ingredients :
Butter : 1/2 cup
Egg : 2
Walnut : 2 cup
Vanilla essence-1 tsp
baking powder - 2tsp
sugar-2 cup
Maida - 2 cup
Dates - 1 cup
salt - little
Method :
1. Mix butter and sugar and melt it in low flame. When it becomes …

This crouton recipe is a variation of the one that I got from Alton Brown (from the show Good Eats of the Food Network). I tweaked it a bit to suite my tastes, and so far it has been a HUGE hit with my salad-loving family!
What I also love …

1/2 pound ground beef
1/2 pound ground pork
1 egg
1/4 cup of chopped onion
3/4 cup of cooked rice (or 1/2 cup of uncooked instant rice)
2/3 cup of milk
1 teaspoon of Worcestershire sauce
1 teaspoon of salt
some pepper
6-7 large cabbage leaves
Sauce: 1 can of tomato soup, 1 tablespoon of brown sugar, 1 teaspoon …

The mushroom fried rice is one of my all time favourite rice recipe as it is very tasty to eat and also very easy to prepare. The mushrooms are good for our health too. My kids also love to eat the recipes made using the mushrooms. …

The capsicum masala is a side dish, which is prepared to eat with the butter non-and the tanduri roties. I have also tasted the capsicum masala with the bread as a topping of which the taste was just great.
Ingredients: 3 big sized capsicum chopped big size, big size …

I love spinach. It isn’t always a favorite of my daughter. However, she has been liking spinach dip lately. I found a recipe for cheesy creamed spinach casserole. I thought I would give it a try since it sounded like something similar to a dip.
The …

I’m from the South and cobblers are a big deal where I’m from. There are various types of cobblers to choose from, but my all time favorite is the peach cobbler. There is this debate over which cobblers are the best: the soft, cake like cobblers and the pie …

This recipe Wholemeal Bread Chocolate Ice Cream is perhaps one of the easiest snack or dessert to make. This was taught by my boyfriend and I have picked up the tab since from him and he loves it every time I make this for him.
First of all, get some …

Ingredients:
Half liter milk and some fine quality rice of about 250 grams, and take some sugar(may be 250 grams), now finally take some ghee (4 table spoons of melted butter) and some finely chopped nuts according to your choice to garnish it with.
Method:
Now first of all wash the rice and …

Ingredient:
Gourd 2 (fresh)
Moong Pulse 250 gm
Ginger paste 1 teaspoon
Mustard 1 teaspoon
Sugar 1teaspoon
Salt 1 teaspoon
Ghee
Water
Method:
Clean and slice fresh gourd into small pieces and keep it in a dish
Clean Moong pulse and fry it on medium flame for 2 minutes without oil and keep it in a dish
Add 3 cups of …

This is one of the ‘mezes’ dish in Greece. They serve it in any restaurant or traditional Greek taverna or in any of the small places they call “ouzeri” and you can find hundreds of small dishes like this. This one is sort of a dip, although the translation …

When we are trying to avoid eating beef or pork, I began to think of substituting fish on most of my recipes. It is healthier and it is just as delicious. Egg rolls and spring rolls are family favorites. Hence, the birth of my tuna roll recipe. It is …

It is not that hard to make Baked Custard. It’s best to serve this type of food menu cold, instead of just being baked.
But at times, I would love the aroma of a baked custard and that’s something unavoidable and I would eat it hot. Custards …

Alfredo Sauce is very good and tasty and it goes down very smoothly in the mouth. I like to eat it with certain types of breads or even on certain Italian foods. It goes well with a lot of food and the great thing about it is that it …

This is a wonderful recipe for if you are trying to loose weight, maintain weight, or just want something fun and different to eat in the home or office pot luck.
I love Pink Stuff because not only because it is super easy to make but tastes like it …

This is a recipe I found on the internet and as a Tiramisu-Lover, I decided to try this recipe, based on the reviews. The only thing I can say is WOW!!!! The RICH & CREAMY flavor mixed with the Coffee-soaked lady fingers leaves you wanting more! VERY IMPORTANT: Let …

Broccoli Stir Fry with Tomato & Boiled Eggs is a recipe that I tried to mix and match when I get the chance to cook a vegetable dish. Broccoli is a very healthy vegetable and I think it is very delicious, especially when I stir fry it. For …

The masala dosa is prepared for the breakfast in south India. The dosa is very crisp and it delicious food which is eaten with the potato subjee (for which I have given the recipe in my earlier recipes) or else it is also eaten with any kind of …

The sweet corn soup is also very nutritious and it is the tastiest soup among many other soups. This has been my favourite soup since my child hood. Whenever I have the time I prepare the sweet corn soup for my self. I just love it.
Ingredients:
Sweet …

Green Beans Potato Soup is very easy to make. It is one of the amazing type of soup that I really love to make and I find it easy to. You will need some potatoes; around 4-5; depending on your crowd actually. Then you will need to …

My cousin cooked this one time and I enjoyed it. My cousin gave me her recipe but it was too localized. I searched this online and found it at allrecipes.com. I studied the recipe and tried this and eventually I’ve developed my own. I incorporated some hints albeit the …

I love this dish very much and this is considered to be one of the must-have for me and my family whenever we have the extra bucks to purchase some seafood prawns.
First of all, get some large prawns or medium-sized ones in the supermarket. Make sure that …

Egg curry is an excellent side dish to have it with the plane rice or even with the roties. We can also use it as a best stuffing between 2 bread slices to make the bread sandwich. Not only that the eggs are very rich in protein …

Two nights ago, my husband craved for some seafood paella. Its been a year since we last ate one. So the following day, I went to Walmart and check out some of the basic ingredients of Seafood Paella and I am lucky that its just a one-stop grocery and I …

I am very happy to know that one of my French colleague at work knows how to eat Sago Pudding, an Asian type of side-dish or used for dessert mainly.
The key word recipe to this would be to make sure you boil water first. Ingredients like brown …

When traveling in Spain, I fell in love with the salsa that was served at the tapas restaurants that I ate at. It had a different flavour than the Mexican-style tomato salsa, and when I got home, I searched very hard to find a recipe for it. I was …

The potato is my favourite vegetable and I can prepare many kind of recipes using the potatoes. Mainly I prepare the potato subjee, which is a side dish, and it can be used with the paratha, rice, or even with the Puri (Indian breakfast).
Note down the …

Vegetarian cooking is becoming more and more popular as people are becoming more health conscious. One of my favorite vegetarian cookbooks, and one that is perfect for someone who is just getting started in vegetarian cooking, is How to Cook Everything Vegetarian by Mark Bittman, I do not cook …

Peanut Butter Playdough is one great way to entertain your children and their tastebuds simultaneously! Not only is it a hoot to watch children make their own playdough from scratch, but it creates endless hours of fun and activity for children ages three through eighteen! What is …

I love a good dip, and this easy to make, serve and eat Black Bean Dip is a must have in every cook’s kitchen! I serve this dip all year round to family and friends everyone adores the flavors and is amazed when I explain how simple …

ingredients:
tamarind (paste) :3tablespoon
redchilly :2 numbers
pepper :1tablespoon
cuminseeds :1/2tablespoon
garlic …

I think egg salad is one of those recipes that people just either love or hate. I love egg salad, but I don’t like buying it from the grocery store, because I never know how long it may have been sitting out unrefrigerated after it was made. …

I found the idea to make Prata Egg Casserole pretty recently. That’s because I am totally inspired by the way a ‘murtabak’ is made, and I try my hands on making this particular menu.
Get some flour ready; the way that you are making a normal prata. I love …

This recipe was created by a truck driver that I once worked with. It is this hearty, tasty dip that goes great with corn chip scoopers. I tried taking a batch to different events such as reunions and carry-ins and now it is requested on a regular …

Tomato soup is, as we all know a very tasty and ever liked soup. It is very simple to prepare it at home and it also needs very less amount of ingredients. The tomato is very rich in vitamin C. it is very good for the kids.
Ingredients:
Tomatoes …

I thought I would share one of my favourite recipes with everyone, as this is something I cook often, using any left overs from the previous nights dinner. Not only do I use up what has been left over before it has to be thrown out, but I …

Ingredients :
Gram dhal - 1 cup
Finely cut mint leaves - 1 cup
Finely cut coriander leaves - 1cup
salt
Oil to deep fry
To grind
Ginger - 1 small piece
Green chillies - 10
Method :
1. Wash gramdhal well and soak in water for 2 hrs
2. Grind the soaked dhal coarsely
3. Add salt, coriander leaves, mint …

4 good size chicken breast
1 teaspoon butter
1/2 cup of milk
Boil your chicken breast just like in the original recipe for chicken and dumplings. Once your chicken has cooked, pull it off the bone. Put all chicken back in the broth you took it out of and bring to a …

I really like imitation crab meat, because I think it’s like having the pleasure of eating seafood minus the burden of preparing it. So I’m always searching for new recipes to make it with. During one of my recent online quests for easy crock pot recipes I …