Category: Entrees

Grilled Stuffed Mackerel

Anjum's New Indian Grilled Stuffed Fish, Grilled Spanish Mackerel,

Starting today, I am doing a 2 week blogging marathon, 3 days a week. I am participating in the marathon after almost a year and am excited to be part of it again. The themes I chose to do for the marathon are cooking with color for this week and cooking from a cook book… more

Sun Dried Tomato & Onion Tart

Baking Partners, Savory tart

The bake for Baking Partners # 6 is a tart and I chose a savory tart suggested by Samantha. I made half the recipe, following the recipe to dart, except for the cheese. The recipe called for gruyere cheese and I used gruyere cheese for half the tart and paneer (Indian cheese) for the other… more

Rajma Pulao ~ Kidney Beans Rice

Kidney Beans Rice, Rajma Pulao, My Legume Love Affair,

Rajma or kidney beans are kidney shaped red color beans which are very rich in fiber, protein, iron & many other nutrients. Although these beans have many health benefits, under cooked and raw beans are toxic. Dry beans need to be soaked for at least 5 hours and cooked in boiling water for at least… more

Capsicum & Paneer Rice ~ Bell Pepper & Indian Cottage Cheese Rice

Capsicum Paneer Rice 1

After posting one biryani & one pulao recipe, for the last day of the marathon I am sharing a recipe that falls under the other rice varieties category. In the other varieties of rice, the rice is fully cooked, then seasoned and/or tempered with spices to enhance the flavor of rice. When I announced the… more

Kheema Dum Biryani ~ Ground Goat Biryani

Goat Kheema Biryani, Mutton Kheema Biryani, Blogging Marathon, Dum Biryani

Biryani,Pulaos, Fried Rice; both Chinese & Indian style fried rice are one of my favorite one pot meals. If any of these rice varieties are on the menu, I do not need anything else; rather I cannot see any other food on the table. All I need is some riata to go with the rice… more

Pasta Salad

Avocado Pasta Salad, Avocado Salad, Blogging Marathon

Blogging marathon # 17 started last with a new format. In this new format, anyone participating in a marathon has to blog for two weeks, three days in a row, every week. I did not participate last week but will be participating this week and next week. Unlike previous editions, in this new format, I… more

BM#3 Day 3: Ham Salad

Ham salad

One of the most difficult part of cooking is deciding the menu. Every day, the big question is what do I cook? Like most of the days, yesterday I was asking myself the same question over and over again, and could not decide on anything. I did not want to cook chicken or fish, as… more

BM#3 Day 2: Spinach Stuffed Chicken Breast

Spinach stuffed chicken breasts

Last week, as I was blog hopping I came across this post and it inspired me to make this chicken. I did not follow her recipe. I am not very fond of the chicken we get here in the US and especially the boneless breast pieces. I prefer boned pieces to the boneless pieces. I… more

BM#3 Day 1: Carrot Pulihora ~ Carrot Rice

Carrot pulihora

Hello dear readers, are you ready for another marathon, the third one this year? Blogging Marathon # 3 starts today and just like last time, we have a theme. This time I chose ongoing events.  All the recipes I post during these 7 days will be for an ongoing food event. Just like last time,… more

Flavored Brown Rice

Flavored brown rice

As I mentioned in my last post, I am beginning to fall in love vangibath powder. I made this powder few days ago and used it in to prepare flavored brown rice. The outcome was one delicious brown rice! I actually made it for lunch last Thursday  and loved it a lot. I wanted U… more