Quite an interesting and different sauce in which I cooked rawas fish. I served it alongside Penne in garlic cream sauce. The penne recipe is posted in a different post. Fish in pine nut sauce 1/2 cup toasted pine nuts 4 tablespoons olive oil1 large onion, finely chopped1 teaspoon paprika 1 tablespoon finely minced garlic1/4 cup bread crumbs Pinch …
February 2015 archive
Feb 11
Penne in Garlic cream sauce
Pastas are my favourite thing to cook. Am always looking out for some new kind of sauce to dunk my pastas in. Another simple and easy to make but super delicious pasta sauce is the garlic cream one, I served this along with rawas cooked in pine nut sauce which was equally delicious. Posting the …
Feb 11
Lemon garlic pan seared rawas
Lemon garlic pan seared rawas on a bed of sautéed vegetables with a side serving of creamed corn and mash potatoes I had so many plans for that fish – en papilotte or some interesting sauce but alas, it’s a school holiday and spent the good half of the day shopping with the kids. A …
Feb 10
Mangalorean Bhindi Curry & Beans Upkari
Before marriage, most of our home cooked meals were always saars, resaas and upkaris. That in translation means coconut based curries or dry veggies. Post marriage, being married to a Pahadi, I cook south indian simple food only occasionally. Today’s lunch was a tangy Bhindi curry in a spiced coconut gravy with some steamed rice. …
Feb 10
Pindi Chhole on mini Laccha Parathas
I have been making Chhole since years and they always turn out wonderful. Spicy, tangy and I thought it can’t get better than this. Well it just did. I recently read an article how dried lentils like chickpeas, rajma , beans, etc don’t need to be soaked before cooking. So went ahead and straight away …
Feb 08
Chicken and cheese quesadillas
My world famous Mexican paste, (oh I meant my household famous mexican paste) is quite a handy sauce to have in your freezer. I made some a while back and used it to make Mexican rice then. Popped the leftovers in the freezer and brought it out for a perfect Sunday meal Had some store …
Feb 08
Hyderabadi Dum Baingan and Tomato Saar
An amalgamation of simple home cooked South Indian dishes. Hyderabadi baingan and Mangalorean tomato saar served with steamed rice. The Baingan is spicy and tangy with a pickle like flavour to it. The recipe is courtesy veg recipes of India and I am a big fan of Dassana’s cooking. The tomato saar is my moms …
Feb 06
Berry salad with honey balsamic vinaigrette
I recently bought some goose berries from the local vendor, at least I thought they were goose berries. While researching some recipes, I realised that they are not called gooseberries but have multiple names Cape gooseberry (South Africa), Inca berry, Aztec berry, golden berry, giant ground cherry, African ground cherry, Peruvian groundcherry, Peruvian cherry, pok pok (Madagascar), poha (Hawaii), ras bhari(India), aguaymanto (Peru), uvilla (Ecuador), uchuva (Colombia), harankash (Egypt), amour en cage (France, French for love in a cage), and Physalis (United …
Feb 04
Cognac infused truffles with fig and walnut
My mind seems to be moving towards romantic, intimate dishes this week. What could be the reason I wonder? 🙂 I had soaked some figs in Cognac for my fig sauce in which I had pan seared chicken last night. I had some figs left over, and wanted to make a dessert with it. Read …
Feb 03
Pan Seared Chicken in a Drunken Fig Sauce
I am part of a group of like minded foodies who interact on a daily basis about all things Food. Recently we decided to challenge ourselves by working on a common ingredient and presenting different dishes with it. With Valentine fast approaching, we agreed on an ingredient that is considered an aphrodisiac too. FIGS. Figs, whose …
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