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Fish Pakoda

My Friend Tina always complained that we did not visit her often, so she came up with a plan. She would call us and tell us that her mom prepared “fish”. Me and Poorni would be there in a jiffy. Personally I dont like fish too much because of the fishy taste but aunty prepares [...]

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Chicken Biryani

This came out fabulously.. I looked up quite a few recipes and different styles of making biryani. Wikipedia gives a nice explaination in the different styles of biryani making. Finally I thought that for a first time biryani maker, I should try out Sanjeev Kapoor’s recipe. Check out his video demo here.
Here is what it [...]

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Spaghetti with tomato, basil, and mushroom sauce

I love to cook itallian food for my wife. Itallian cooking to me is very calming and very romantic and it always puts me in a great mood. I put on some nice music and open a bottle of wine and then start cooking… I think this is my first Ittalian recipe for my blog.. [...]

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Goat Curry

I think this has been my best attempt at making goat curry. I have made goat curry both in south indian style and north indian style. the major difference between the two style is that in South indian Style I add coconut milk and curry leaves. The other big thing I have started to do [...]

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Quick-fried Shrimp

I saw this recipe in a book and found the recipe to be interesting… We decided to try it out for a pot luck get together and every one loved it.. Its a very easy recipe and just took few moments for us to cook this wonderful appetizer.

Ingredients:

Cooked and peeled shrimp – 1 pound
Ginger-garlic paste [...]

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kolumbi fry

I finally found my kolumbi fry recipe. If anybody has been following my blog, I had earlier written about my quest for this recipe I had tried. Read here for details if you havn’t read it before. Yesterday I got a great deal for shrimp at my local grocery store and my craving for that [...]

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Chicken Chettinaad

Ingredients:

Chicken
Onions – Chopped
Tomatoes – Chopped
Whole red chilly – 4 stalks
Whole black pepper – 10 seeds
Coriander seeds – 1 tsp
Grated coconut – ½ cup
Cumin seeds – ½ tsp
Green cardamom – 3-4
Cloves – 3-4
Cinnamon sticks – 1
Aniseeds – 1 tsp
Poppy seeds – 1 tsp
Ginger Garlic paste – 1 tsp
Curry leaves – 4/5
Red Chilly Powder – 1 tsp
Lemon [...]

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mutton rogan josh, keema matar

its rough ..have to fare it
mutton rogan josh
ingredients— mutton-500gms
fat-30 gms, onions-155 gms
ginger-15 gms, garlic, 5 gms, turmeric 1 tea spn, coriander pwdr- 15 gms
red chilli pwdr-10 gms, tomatoes 155gms , salt to taste, garam masala, green coriander leaves
method.—–cut mutton into small pieces, grind masala to a fine paste, heat fat and brown sliced onions, add [...]

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Chicken Teriyaki

This is one of Suren’s favourite dishes. It came out really well.. Next time I just have to make sure I make the sauce less thick.

8 bone-in, skin-on chicken thighs (about 5 ounces each), trimmed, boned, and skin slashed
Table salt and ground black pepper
1/2 cup soy sauce
1/2 cup sugar
1/2 teaspoon grated fresh ginger
1 clove garlic [...]

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Frittata

I saw this recipe in America’s Test Kitchen on the Create channel. Just made it as soon as I saw it on TV. I am gonna go and eat this and will post on how it tastes.. Meanwhile this is how it came out!

Ingrediants:

12 large eggs
3 tablespoons half-and-half Table salt and ground black pepper
2 [...]

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