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How To Use Spices: The 10 Best Spices for Healthy Cooking

posted June 09, 2010 in Authentic Curry Recipes

For an easy and guilt-free way to add flavor to any recipe, use food spices. Even the smallest amount of the top spice of your choice in a dish transforms a recipe from blah to ta-da! Let this spice list show you how to use the best spices to add ton (read full article)

Black Pepper chicken curry recipe

posted March 03, 2010 in Authentic Curry Recipes

Black Pepper chicken curry recipe Ingredients : • 2 teaspoons coriander • 2 teaspoons cumin • 1 1/2 teaspoons coarsely crushed peppercorns • 1/2 teaspoon turmeric • 1 teaspoon salt • 1 pound chicken breast – cubed • 1/4 cup (read full article)

Smoked chicken salad

posted March 03, 2010 in Chef vishal singh

Serves 10 person’s For roast chicken chicken boneless gms 1300 soya sauce ml 50 salt gms 20 crushed pepper gms 10 carrots gms 20 olive oil ml 20 onion gms 20 oregano gms 5 bay leaves gms 2 peppercorns gms 2 garlic (read full article)

Beef Tenderloin with Anise and Crushed Peppercorns

It sounds strange for me to say this, but in my 25 years of cooking, I've never made a roast beef dish. Pot roast, stews and beefy soups are always on the menu, Chez Diva - but an actual roast beef? Nope. Never. Not even once. Weird, huh?Or maybe n (read full article)

Black Beer Mustard

posted February 01, 2010 in Anyone For Seconds?

I really wanted to make something slightly different than a normal sunday roast, so decided to have a go at James Martin’s Cotes de Boeuf with Watercress and Black Beer Mustard (recipe to come). Having written down all the ingredients I didn (read full article)

tripe madrid-style

posted January 19, 2010 in gourmet traveller

After reading an article in The Guardian singing the praises of tripe (low fat, packed with vitamins and cheap) we decided it was time to re-visit this often overlooked offal. B’s first effort with tripe a few month’s back was a punchy t (read full article)

Tiny Eggplant and Okra in Lime-Scented Tamarind Sauce - Recipe

posted January 07, 2010 in Herbivoracious

  Tiny eggplant, rubbed with spices and ready to roast I didn't have a definite plan when I picked up these gorgeous little eggplants, I just knew they had to come home with me. I ended up rubbing them with spices and roasting, then serving th (read full article)

Borscht

posted December 15, 2009 in Masala flavour

Borscht or Borschtsch is a nice and warming soup which comes originally from Eastern Europe. It is always made with beet root which gives the distinct red colour. Borscht is especially good to eat in cold weather and has been always one of my favouri (read full article)

Chicken Pork Adobo

posted October 26, 2009 in eKusinero

Adobo is the Spanish word for seasoning or marinade. The word is the first-person singular present indicative form of adobar, a Spanish verb meaning “to marinate.” Adobo is also the name of a common and very popular cooking process in th (read full article)

Sauerbraten

posted October 10, 2009 in Goddess of Cooking

October is finally upon us and it is quite possibly my favorite months. While the candy and treats of Halloween rank high on my list what I really love about October is Oktoberfest!!!!  My mother side of the family is mostly German and you can†(read full article)

Sauerbraten

posted October 07, 2009 in Goddess of Cooking

October is finally upon us and it is quite possibly my favorite months. While the candy and treats of Halloween rank high on my list what I really love about October is Oktoberfest!!!!  My mother side of the family is mostly German and you can†(read full article)

Braised Pork & Chicken (Adobong Baboy at Manok)

posted September 07, 2009 in eKusinero

Adobo is one of the popular Philippine dish. Basically, it is pork or chicken or a combination of both although sometimes it can be a fish or beef. The meat is browned in oil and simmered until tender in a mixture of garlic, bay leaf, black pepperco (read full article)

Thai Chicken Curry Recipe – Green Chicken Curry

posted August 27, 2009 in Authentic Curry Recipes

Of all the Thai chicken curry recipes, Green Chicken Curry must be THE most well-known and popular.  It’s also very simple to make, so give it a go. Ingredients 2 tbsp vegetable oil 1-2 tbsp green curry paste 1 tbsp dark brown sugar 1 clove (read full article)

Mutton Do Piyazah (do piyazah means onions used twice)

posted August 17, 2009 in 2 Recipes a Day for the Gourmand

Ingredients500 gms mutton6 - 7 medium onions half of them chopped and half made into a paste1/4 cup oil or ghee (Ghee is Indian cooked and clarified butter)2 & 1/2 cups hung curd (yoghurt)2 tsp salt1 tbsp coriander powder1 tsp red chilli powder1 (read full article)

Garam Masala ~ Indian curry spice

Spices are the most important ingredient in Indian cuisine. One of those spices or rather spice mixture you'll come across most often in Indian recipes is Garam Masala. I've come across so many variations that I get the feeling that every family or r (read full article)

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