Indo-Chinese Vegetable Stir-Fry noodles is a super easy comfort meal that comes together in less than 30 minutes. The noodles are loaded with vegetables and flavored with soy, oyster sauce, ginger, garlic and served with chili vinegar. You can easily customize this dish to make it vegan and vegetarian friendly. Most of us have a memory of food that takes us back to our childhood or special moments in our lives. These Indo-Chinese vegetable stir-fry noodles remind me of my last birthday I ...
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Tandoori Chicken Tikka (easy summer dinner)
Tandoori Chicken Tikka is a popular North Indian dish consisting of succulent pieces of marinated chicken thighs that are skewered and then cooked in a tandoor. Chicken tikka is very easy to cook, it is healthy and makes for a perfect summer meal. What is a tandoor? Tandoor is a cylindrical shaped oven made of clay. Traditionally they are built into the ground with the top of the oven curving inward. Wood or charcoal is often used to build the fire at the bottom of the oven and the top of ...
Palak paneer (spinach with Indian cheese)
Palak paneer is the most popular vegetarian dish in North India. It consists of soft Indian cheese called paneer cooked in a smooth spinach (palak) curry. This dish is one of my all-time favorite Indian dishes. I love palak paneer so much that when I finally got the chance to return to India after eight long years, it was the first thing I requested my grandmother to make. Of course, my parents had made delicious palak paneer for me many times, but nothing beats the version made by my grandma ...
Aloo keema (Spiced ground turkey with potatoes & peas)
Aloo keema is a dish made of spiced minced lamb, simmered with potatoes and peas. Traditionally, it is made with minced lamb, but I use ground turkey. This is a dish I grew up eating; it’s a popular Indian meal and there are many variations of this dish. The recipe that I’m sharing with you today is my dad’s recipe for Aloo Keema and it’s absolutely scrumptious. The bond between a father and daughter is special one and it’s hard to describe this unique relationship in words. I ...
One pot chickpea stew (Indian Chana curry)
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Mom’s Simple Chicken curry
Growing up my parents, who are phenomenal cooks, fed us all kinds of delicious food, especially mouthwatering Indian food. The house was always filled with the aroma of Indian spices. Since I lived there, my senses were immune to these smells, but my friends would often tell me that coming over to my house would make them instantly crave chicken curry. Speaking about curry, I often hear this phrase “I love curry”. The word curry in India translates to any dish with sauce. We always use a ...