This recipe is courtesy of my aunty in Australia. She and her husband were in Dubai for a short stint and we were invited over for lunch one day. She made this fish curry which we freaked out on and I asked for the recipe immediately. I am one of those who still refers to…
Category: Main Course
Biryani
I love biryani; any kind and from anywhere though I’ve been told that Hyderabadi biryani is the best. It is believed that biryani originated from Persia and made its way to India. When I was in the UAE, there were couple of biryani joints we used to frequent. One was in Sharjah called Morning Star…
Aloo Achari
If this is your first look into my recipes, let me tell you that I am a huge achari fan. Achari means pickled and aloo is potato and so this dish is pickled flavoured potato. My mum is a vegetarian and with all the various achari dishes I had been cooking lately made her want…
Achari Karela Chicken
My executive chef and I tried a new concoction of making achari karela chicken. That’s pickled chicken with bitter gourd. We were pretty spot on but I would like to try using the small karela (bitter gourd) next time cos I think it wouldn’t be so bitter…. Ha ha. But like what my executive chef…
Achari – Chicken/Mutton
I was introduced to a lot of Indian and Pakistani cuisine when I was in the UAE. It was truly mind blowing to have been exposed to such vast variety of cuisines. There is something to be said about the food in UAE. You have the high end restaurants (famous international chains) to little cafeterias…
Paneer Bhurji
Paneer (cottage cheese), you either like it or you don’t. What I normally like to do is to make it scrambled so that it looks and almost tastes like scrambled egg! I love to eat it on its own or butter couple of slices of bread and place the bhurji on it and toast the…
Mutton Serendipity
You may be wondering what this dish is all about?! ‘Serendipity’ means finding an interesting or unplanned discovery and in this instance, the creation of this dish! Mum had a chicken breast in the freezer which she had marinated with a bit of turmeric, salt and chilli powder as standby if the grandchildren were to…
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