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Pickled Carrots

Ingredients: 2 cups white vinegar 1 cup sugar 1 cup water 1/2 teaspoon salt 1 1/2 pounds peeled Baby carrots, boiled for 10 minutes and drained Preparation: Boil the carrots for 10 minutes and drain in a colander. Wash the carrots and place in a glass jar. Add the remaining 4 ingredients in a saucepan [...]


White keema curry

Ingredients: Lamb mince 750 gm Almonds 15 gm/1 tbs Cardamom powder 2.5 gm/ ½ tsp Cashew nuts 15 gm/1 tbs Cooking oil 60 ml/4 tbs Garlic, chopped 15 gm/1 tbs Green chilies, whole 4 Onions, chopped 80 gm/ 1/3 cup Poppy seeds (khus khus) 15 gm/3 tsp White pepper powder 5 gm/1 tsp Yogurt 240 [...]


Meen Moily Fish Curry

Ingredients: Pomfret/sole darnes or small whole fresh fish 900 gm Cardamoms 2 Cinnamon 1” stick Cloves 2 Coconut, grated 120 gm/ 1/2 cup Coriander, chopped 10 gm/2 tsp Fenugreek (methi) seeds 2.5 gm/ 1/2 tsp Groundnut oil 80 ml/ 1/3 cup Lemon juice 30 ml/2 tbs Mustard (sarson) seeds 5 gm/1 tsp Oil to fry [...]


Taiwanese Fried Rice

Taiwanese Style Fried Rice Ingredients: 10 medium size mushrooms, chopped 1 large red bell pepper, thinly sliced 3 eggs, or as needed 4 pieces of garlic, crushed 1 1/2 thumb size pieces of ginger, finely chopped 3 spicy red chili peppers cut into thin strips 4 “breakfast bowl” size servings of rice (4 cups of [...]