Month: July 2012

Nargisi Kabab

Nargisi Kabab

Nargisi kababs are popular on the Iftar table. Nargisi kabab is egg covered with minced meat. I would say it is shami kabab (recipe here) with an egg filling. One of the easy and favorite starters in Ramadan, Nargisi Kebab is one of my family’s […]

Chicken Tandoori

Chicken Tandoori

Chicken tandoori has always been a challenging recipe to be prepared at home. And it’s not the cooking that is the challenge – it is the tandoori masala. My hunt for a delicious, almost professional and authentic chicken tandoori recipe ended here. For the real […]

Harira

Harira

Harira is a popular Ramadan dish from the Moroccan cuisine. Harira can be vegetarian or non-vegetarian. You can simply prepare a vegetable broth instead of using meat. Moroccans usually include Harira in their iftar. Rich in nutrition with meat, lentils, and herbs, Harira provides the […]

Cheese Samosa

Cheese Samosa

Present these cheese samosas to food lovers and they are over in a minute! A heavenly combination of crispiness and melted cheese. Cheese samosa is a famous iftar recipe as well. The tricky part of preparing this is the duration of frying the samosas. The […]

Aloo Kheema Patties

Aloo Kheema Patties

Patties with minced meat and mashed potatoes. This patties recipe does require some effort but is a really filling starter on the menu – which means you wouldn’t have to make many. It’s distinct from the usual cutlet recipes and deliciously combines the flavour of […]

Dates and Rice Pudding

Dates and Rice Pudding

Dates are easily digestible and furnish the body with required energy for physical activities in about half an hour. Dates are rich in natural fibres, potassium, and magnesium. During Ramadan, date recipes are ideal to start iftar ( breaking fast), as the body requires energy […]

Fish Fry with Green Masala

Fish Fry with Green Masala

Here is one of the simple fish fillet recipes by my mother-in-law. We use kingfish, also called the king mackerel, or seer fish (surmai) for this recipe, since the masala goes very well with fillets. This is a perfect recipe if you are trying your […]

Spicy Malay Fish Fry

Spicy Malay Fish Fry

I churned out this recipe drawing inspiration from the palatable Malaysian Ikan bakar (grilled/barbecued fish with spice based sauce). I just couldn’t resist harnessing the temptation to visit Malaysia again and relish the fish and sambal sauce. Sambal belacan sauce, made with shrimp paste, is […]