Salt and Spice

Ingredients Mushroom – 200 gm cut into pieces Basmati Rice / Long grain Rice – 2 2/1 cups Water – 3 cups Milk – 1 1/4 cup Butter – 2 tbsp Bay leaves – 2 Peppercorns – 1/2 tsp Onion – 1 chopped Green chilly – 2 slit Ginger garlic paste – 1 tsp Salt [...]

Ingredients Jeera Rice/ Thai Jasmine Rice – 1 1/2 cups Water – 2 1/4 cups Thick coconut milk – 1/4 cup Salt – to taste Ghee – 1 tsp Oil – 1 tbsp Cloves – 3 Cardamom – 2 Bay leaf – 1 small Cinnamon – 2 (2 ” piece) Cumin seeds – 1/2 tsp [...]

Ingredients Thai Jasmine Rice/ Jeera Rice – 2 cups Water – 3 cups Cooked Beef – 1 cup shredded Beaten Eggs – 2 Garlic – 1 big chopped Onions – 3/4 cup chopped Bok choy or Cabbage – 1 cup shredded Celery – 2 tbsp chopped Spring onions -2 tbsp Soy sauce – 2 tsp [...]

Wishing You All A Happy and Prosperous New Year! Ingredients Prawns – 1/2 kg Turmeric powder – 1 tsp Chilly powder – 1 tsp Pepper powder – 1/2 tsp Lime juice – 2 tbsp Salt – to taste Basmati Rice – 2 cups Water – 2 1/2 cups Curd – 1/2 cup Thick coconut milk [...]

Ingredients Raw Rice – 2 cups Instant dry yeast – 1/2 tsp Sugar – 1 tsp Luke warm water – 1/4 cup Grated coconut – 1 cup Cooked rice – 3/4 cup Sugar – 5 tbsp Cardamom powder – a pinch (optional) Salt – to taste Golden raisins – few Method Wash and soak the [...]

Ingredients Fine rice flour/ Appam podi – 2 cups Coconut milk powder – 1/4 cup Rice flakes/ Aval – 1 cup Small onions – 4 Cumin seeds – 1/2 tsp Dry yeast – 1/2 tsp Warm water – 1/2 cup Sugar – 2 tsp Salt – to taste Water – as required Oil – as [...]

Ingredients Cooked raw rice – 4 cups Onion – 1 medium chopped Green chillies – 2 chopped Ginger – 1 tsp finely minced Dry red chillies – 6 broken, seeds removed Curry leaves – 2 sprigs Turmeric powder – 1 1/4 tsp Lime juice – 4 to 5 tbsp Mustard seeds – 1 tsp Channa [...]

Ingredients Thai Jasmine rice/ Jeera Samba rice – 2 cups Water – 3 cups Boneless chicken – 200 gm Water – 1 1/2 cups Garlic – 1 big finely minced Onions – 2 medium chopped Carrots – 2 medium chopped Beans – 100 gm chopped Capsicum – 1 chopped Leeks – 1 chopped Spring onions [...]

My daughter came home today after three years of study in Singapore.  It was really a joyous occasion for the whole family!  To celebrate the day, I made this delicious Kerala style ‘Chicken Biriyani’.  I made the Biriyani in the simplest way possible since I had very little time after coming back from the airport.  [...]

Ingredients Frozen Corn – 3/4 cup Methi leaves / Menthi keerai – a bunch (take only the leaves) Basmati Rice – 2 cups Water – 4 cups Cardamom – 4 Cinnamon – 2″ piece Cloves – 4 Bay leaf -1 Onion – 1 sliced Green chillies – 2 slit Ginger Garlic paste – 1 tsp [...]