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Thai Chicken Burger

An American Thai fusion I had seen this cooking show by a French chef on a PBS channel a while back and I never managed to find out the name of the cook. He was making a chocolate souffle, the day I was watching the show. I have so wanted to make it but never […]

Posted in Chicken, Main Course Tagged burger, Chicken, hubert keller, PBS, pesto, secrets of a chef, thai, thai chicken burger Leave a comment

Sweet and Spicy Coriander (Cilantro) Shrimp

Time for some Shrimp With Christmas all done a couple of days back and the new year just around the corner, I was overwhelmed with all the sweets I have been eating. I really needed something spicy and non-holiday like to just give my taste buds a break from all the sweets. So what do […]

Posted in Main Course Tagged almond, cashew, Cilantro, Coriander, Prawns, Shrimp, spicy, Sweet and Spicy Coriander Shrimp 1 Comment

Garlic Chive Rice

A perfect Accompaniment to a Spicy dish This is the garlic chive rice recipe that goes well with the sweet and spicy shrimp. It’s quick and easy to make and will go with any dish curry that has strong and spicy flavors. This recipe serves two and takes about 15 minutes to prepare depending on […]

Posted in Rice Tagged chive, garlic chive rice, garllic, rice 1 Comment

Stollen Wreath

Overcoming the Fear of Baking Bread I have tried a lot of different varieties of dishes including baked and cooked dishes, but one thing that has eluded me is bread. I have tried making it twice before and both times I was rather disappointed with the end result. I had almost given up on making […]

Posted in Bread Tagged Christmas bread, Daring Baker, German, Stollen, Stollen Wreath 2 Comments

Chicken Souvlaki

My love affair with Greek food Amit will tell you how much he hates it when I decide where to go for lunch, when at school. I decide on My Big Fat Greek restaurant 2 out of 3 times. I so love the food there. Ever since they added the healthier version of their pitas, […]

Posted in Main Course Tagged Chicken, Chicken Souvlaki, Chicken Souvlaki Pita, Tzatziki Sauce 2 Comments

A Berry Trifle Shooter (A Layered Dessert)

A Verry Berry Merry Christmas! What’s Christmas without an awesome dessert. This year instead of making the usual cake, I decided I wanted to make something a little different. So since a cake is a must, the berries make christmas merrier and the white fluffy cream to make my christmas a white christmas (no other […]

Posted in Desserts Tagged berry trifle shooter, blueberry, dessert, layered dessert, raspberry, trifle, triple layered dessert Leave a comment

Eggplant Sambhaar

A secret passed on from Mother to Daughter All of us have that one dish that come what may, whoever else makes it, it’s never perfect. It has to be made by your mom and no one else. One such dish for me is the sambhaar she makes. I grew up having sambhaar every week […]

Posted in Breakfast, Main Course Tagged Brinjal, Eggplant, Eggplant Sambhaar, Sambhaar, Split Pigeon Peas, Toor Dal 2 Comments

Eggs Benedict

My first Daring Cooks challenge For those who are not aware, I shall first give a little background on what the title means. I shall quote from the website thedaringkitchen.com about it’s history: “In November 2006, Lisa of La Mia Cucina and Ivonne of Cream Puffs in Venice decided to challenge themselves to bake pretzels […]

Posted in Breakfast, Brunch, Eggs Tagged Eggs, Eggs Benedict, Hollandaise, Poached eggs 4 Comments

Tilapia in Coconut Gravy

Amit works his magic in the kitchen! I am back and hopefully will not disappear for such a long period of time ever again. Well as most of you may already know I am currently working towards my PhD. The Industrial Engineering PhD program at ASU requires you to take a ton of classes (19 […]

Posted in Fish, Main Course Tagged Coconut Gravy, Fish, Fish Gravy, Gravy, Tilapia Leave a comment

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