Tag: indian
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Kashmiri Chilli Powder
Kashmiri Chillies add a warm, earthy flavour and a deep red colouring to any dish. Known for their mild spiceyness they are a versatile ingredient like their cousin paprika.聽 Enjoy, PK Check out some of the dishes I use them in and some more herbs and spices:聽
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PK’s Curry Paste Kit
You’ve probably noticed, that for me, cooking is a journey thing and not a destination thing. Nothing epitomises this more than making your own curry pastes. I love the experience of sourcing the spices and getting inside tips from聽Asian grocers. It has also driven much of the layout of my kitchen garden聽so I can get…
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Bish’s Curry Nuts
We have a new special guest blogger and this guy know a lot about the web of life and the impact that feeding our population has on it. It is partly because of him that I realise we have a moral duty to ask where our food comes from and how it gets to us.…
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PK Makes Rick Stein’s Chettinad Chicken
This is by far my favourite recipe from the TV series and book, ‘Rick Stein’s India’ (see BBC link here). In my family’s version we keep the heat factor low and serve it with lightly steamed vegetables to keep it kid friendly. Well that is what my wife (who hates chili and curries in general)…
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Dr C’s NoRecipe Tandoori and Coriander Rissoles
Dr C has the right idea on the minimal recipe idea so his is the first ‘RecipeFree’ cab off the rank. Experiment with your own quantities and remember to enjoy yourself :). He writes: Try my tandoori and coriander rissoles with chili and mint yoghurt. Eat them with salad or whack’em between two bits of…
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Dr C’s Tandoori and Coriander Rissoles
Try my tandoori and coriander rissoles with chili and mint yoghurt. Eat them with salad or whack’em between two bits of toast with fresh spinach. Yum! Take say 500 g beef mince and combine with a good whack of tandoori paste, an egg, lots of breadcrumbs (say 2 cups), coriander sprigs and chopped spring onions.…
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Cardamom Green
Most of us have used or eaten the ground powder, seeds or pods of Cardamon , perhaps without knowing so. Also called Cardamon or Cardamum it is an essential spice especially in Indian, Middle Eastern and South East Asian cuisine. There are two types, large brown pods and small green pods, from two different plants.…
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Cardamon Green
The seeds: Links: see more green cardamon posts here go to all ingredients
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Dagarful (Parmotrema perlatum)
Dagarful, also known as Dagar Phool, Black Stone Flower or Kalpasi, is a lichen used in Indian cuisine. It has a flavour similar to cinnamon and you can use that as a substitute if you have to. I have to agree with Rick Stein though, it is transformational and brings something to curries that I can’t…
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Mung Bean Sprouts
Wikipedia writes ‘also known as the moong bean, green gram, or mung, is a plant species in the legume family. The mung bean is mainly cultivated in India, China, and Southeast Asia. It is used as an ingredient in both savoury and sweet dishes’. Here are the seeds and as you can see I am…
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Basmati Rice
This rice variety is originally from India. It is characterised by long slender grains and light fragrance. It is my favourite rice as it pairs well with any dish that you would normally use rice, pasta or potato in. I have read that this variety of rice, even white, has a lower GI than some…
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PK’s NoRecipe Yoghurt Marinaded Butterflied Chicken
It is really easy to dry a chicken out when cooking on the barbecue. This yoghurt and herb marinaded butterflied chicken won’t let that happen though 馃檪 You can of course use chicken pieces for the same great result and if you don’t have any yoghurt handy you can use this recipe instead – PK鈥檚 NoRecipe…
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How To Microwave Pappadams
I love pappadams (or papadums) and with this FoodHack I can eat them anywhere , any time I want. Even at my work, that has no hob, with curry for lunch. Grab some Maharajah’s Choice dried pappadams or similar and whack them in the microwave on paper towel. One minute should do it but never…
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PK Makes Rick Stein’s Chicken Vindail
I love the beguiling simplicity of this curry. For me, the fenugreek makes the dish but everything works together to make a most tender, most aromatic meal. My wife loves it too as it is a one pot, low mess deal. 馃檪 Steps Preparing everything Cooking the curry Serving Ingredients A good slug of olive…
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Mukhwas, Indian Breath Freshener And Digestive
Mukhwas is an Indian mix of fennel and other spices, served after dinner as a breath freshener and digestive. The aniseed flavour of the fennel seeds, the addition of mint essences and added sugar leaves the mouth feeling clean and smelling great. This is what I used: 1 tsp Fennel seeds 1/2 tsp Dhanna Dal 1/2…
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Dhanna Dal
Dhanna Dal is the inner core of a coriander seed. You can get them at your local Indian grocer. They have a warm zingy nutty taste with citrus tones, are very morish and have a pleasant crunch. Dry-roasting them reduces the warm zingy taste and brings out the nutty flavour making it earthier and less…
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Ghee: Clarified Butter
Ghee is a type of clarified butter that has also been simmered to give it a delightful nutty flavour (that it imparts to what you are cooking or eating it with). It hails from India and is also used in the surrounding regional cuisines. Milk solids and water are removed from milk, leaving just milk…
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Gram Flour
Gram flour (also called Besan Flour) is a high fiber flour made from ground chickpeas. It is used in many Indian dishes and unsurprisingly has the same nutty bean taste as a chickpea. In India and the region it used in everything from snacks to main dishes to deserts. Did you know that Gram flour…
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Bombay Brasserie’s Chicken Shorba Soup
Making this spicy Indian chicken soup was a labour of love. It was however very worth the effort. The recipe comes from an collection called The Bombay Brasserie Cookbook.聽It tastes and smells amazing with a hearty but flavoursome kick to it. I love the colours of the ingredients and also that it uses chicken frames…
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Easy Masala Eggs Fry Up
I often reach for this simple Indian dish if I forget to get something ready before work or I need comfort food, especially on a meat free day. Nothing fancy here just eggs, vegetables and garam masala. You are bound to have everything you need in your cupboard and lurking at the back of the…
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