Spicy Chilli Chicken
Chile chicken, cooked Kerala style. Ingredients 1 pound boneless chicken meat 1 tbsp masala 1 cup lemon juice Salt to taste 3 tbsp canola oil 1½ ea. red onion, chopped ¾ tbsp red chile powder ¾ tsp turmeric powder 1…
Cuisines Indian
South Indian Millet Swallow (Mudde)
Mudde is a compact ball swallow made from finger millet. It is a lunchtime staple of rural communities in Karnataka, Tamil Nadu and Andhra Pradesh in South India, and an important source of long-lasting energy among the rural poor. Serving…
Soji (Indian Wheat Pudding)
Ingredients ½ cup (120 g) cashew nuts, broken ½ cup (120 g) raisins 4 pods cardamom 3 tbsp cream of wheat 3 tsp sugar 1 pinch salt 1 tbsp butter 1 cup (240 ml) milk Procedure Wash the cashews and…
Shrimp Curry
Ingredients 1 pound peeled, deveined jumbo shrimp, heads removed ½ onion, finely diced 1 tbsp minced garlic 1 tbsp vegetable oil 1 tbsp curry powder ½ cup chicken broth 1 heaping tbsp red curry paste 1 tbsp ghee Procedure Heat…
Sev Puri (Crispy Indian Snack with Potato)
Ingredients 10 flat, crisp puris ½ cup boiled potato (aloo), cubed 3 tbsp tamarind chutney 3 tbsp coriander chutney ½ tsp cumin seed (jeera) Salt ½ tsp red chile pepper (lal mirchi) ½ cup chopped onion 1 cup fine sev…
Rice with Lemon Coconut and Eggplant (Vangibhat)
Ingredients 2 cups (480 ml) long-grain rice, cooked 2 ½ tsp salt 1 medium eggplant, peeled and chopped into ½-inch (1 cm) cubes Vegetable oil 2 tbsp whole coriander seeds 2 tsp yellow split peas ⅛ tsp cayenne pepper 1¾-inch…
Rava Dosa (Indian Semolina Pancake)
Ingredients 1 cup rice flour 1 cup maida (or all-purpose flour) ½ cup suji (semolina flour) Salt to taste 3 Indian green chiles ½ tsp jeera (cumin) ½ cup buttermilk Water Procedure Mix all the ingredients together to a watery…
Rasmalai (Indian Cheese and Milk Dessert)
Rasmalai is a very popular Indian milk-based dessert recipe. Ingredients 250 g paneer or chenna (curdled milk) 2 ½ tbsp refined flour (maida) 4 cups white granulated sugar 10 cups milk ¼ tsp cardamom powder 4 almonds 4 pistachios Procedure…
Pulse Chutney
Pulse chutney is an vegan Indian recipe. Use fewer chili peppers if you do not want it so hot. Ingredients 2 oz (50 g) green mung beans 1 ½ inch (3 ½ cm) piece of ginger root 4 green chile…
Prawn Curry
Ingredients 1 cup vegetable oil 1 kg medium-sized prawns (shrimp), cleaned with tails removed 0.5 kg tomatoes 4 medium-sized onions, cut in julienne 3 potatoes, cut in small cubes 2 green cardamom pods 1 black cardamom pod 2 cinnamon sticks…
Potato-Chickpea Curry
Ingredients 1 small onion 2 cloves of garlic Olive oil 1 tbsp curry powder 1 can coconut milk 3 potatoes, chopped (Yukon gold are good, but use whatever you like) 1 can chickpeas (unsalted, if available) Procedure Chop the onion…
Potato and Cauliflower Curry (Aloo Gobi)
Aloo gobi (or gobhi) is a South Asian dish popular in both India and Pakistan. Aloo means potato and Gobi means cauliflower. This dish has a prominent role in the movie Bend It Like Beckham, and it can be prepared…