January 2021 - food fables

Browse Month by January 2021

Curry, Maincourse, Non Vegetarian, Thai Cuisine

Green Thai Curry/ Easy Asian Aromatic Curry

Here is a very tasty recipe of Green Thai curry. It is served with rice and makes a nourishing and tasty meal. You can prepare the green masala paste in advance and use it to prepare a quick weekday lunch or dinner.

Curry, Fish, Goan Saraswat Style, Non Vegetarian

Authentic Goan Mori Xacuti/ Goan Style Shark Curry

In goa we call this dish mori mutton (mori = shark fish and mutton because we use the xacuti masala which is also used in the mutton version.:-)) This is an authentic Goan delicacy made once in a while whenever baby shark filets are available in the fish market.

Back To Basics

How to make Ginger-Garlic Paste

While cooking any dish the cutting chopping and prep part takes time and keeping some essentials ready in the refrigerator helps a lot in reducing the time that you spend in the kitchen. Ginger garlic paste is one such item. Ginger garlic paste is an essential ingredient in many Indian and Asian dishes.

Curry, Maincourse, Non Vegetarian

Easy Chicken Curry/ Malabar Chicken Curry

The most annoying question most of us invariable have is what to make for lunch/dinner????? Especially on a weekday!

I am a big fan of one pot kind of meals or easy curries with rice. A good chicken curry makes everyone in my family happy. Hence I am always on a look out for quick and easy curry recipes. I like to take some elaborate recipes and tweak it to an easier version.

Desserts, Indian Sweets,, Seasonal, Winter Special

Easy Nolen Gurer Payesh / Date Palm Jaggery Kheer

Nolen gurer payesh is a traditional Bengali rice kheer made by using nolen gur. Nolen gur is a type of jaggery made from the sap of date palm tree.

Indian Sweets,, Traditional Festive Recipes

Tilache Ladu / Til Gud Laddoo/ Sankranti Special Laddoo

Makar Sankranti is the first festival of the year. It is celebrated all over India, and every state has its own name for this festival. In Goa we celebrate Sankranti by calling married women home and give them Haldi Kumkum.

Maincourse, Vegetarian

Sarson Ka Saag / Tender Mustard Greens Curry

Sarson ka saag is a winter speciality and is best enjoyed with makki ki roti and a generous dollop of safed makkhan (unsalted white butter).

Accompaniments, bread, Indian Bread, Roti / Flat Bread

Makki ki Roti/ Makai Roti / Cornmeal Flatbread

Makki ki roti is a very popular flat bread made from cornmeal. (Makki means corn/maize in punjabi). It is served with a generous dollop of white butter or makhan also called as loni in Marathi and kokni.

Sarson ka saag is the most perfect accompaniment to this roti. It’s a match made in heaven!

Desserts, Indian Sweets,

Easy Gajar Ka Halwa / Carrot Halwa

Its that time of the year when desi carrots are in season. Whenever I see desi gajar i think of gajar ka halwa!

Breakfast, Indian Breakfast, Indian Snacks

Missal Pav/ Spicy Missal

Missal pav is a very popular breakfast item in Maharashtra. It is a zanzanit / very spicy and tangy gravy topped with raw chopped onions, mix farsan, corriander leaves and generous squeeze of lemon. Best had with Pav (bread to soak up all the liquid.