Mains & Sides
Ennai Kathrikai
Ennai Kathrikai is a tamil name. In tamil Ennai means oil and Kathrikai means brinjal. So when brinjals are fried and cooked in a tangy and spicy gravy, it’s known as Ennai Kathrikai. This is a popular South Indian dish which is normally served with briyani’s or pulavs. From the original site: To spice up this week hop I went for a spicy and tangy South Indian gravy, Ennai Kathrikai. Ennai Kathri…
Easy Country Style Chicken in 20 minutes
This recipe was overlooked at Restaurant impossible TV program, I added my personal touches to it and it came out great. To define great I will explain: my fiancé, who doesn’t like chicken, was consuming it, as if it was his favorite sausage, not a chicken… I used cornmeal here, because I love adding it to my pies and muffins, but have never added to my main dishes. Ingredients: 3 boneless chicken breasts½ cup…
A great use for leftovers
(a foodwhirl re-run.. so good we ran it again!) Okay, so remember that roast pork I made a little while ago? Well, it makes a lot of meat, and we always try to freeze some to use at a later date. Last night I didn’t feel like cooking anything elaborate, so I looked in the pantry and the freezer to see what I could throw together. I had some high fiber tortillas (do you know about these? La Banderita makes an Ext…
Garlic Miso Chicken Wings
Broiled chicken drumettes marinated in a soy miso sauce. My kids loves these wings! From the original site: My kids love chicken wings. I usually use drumettes for them so they can easily enjoy these mini-drumsticks. This recipe was originally from my Japanese friend who used to live in San Francisco because of her husband’s work.
Fried zucchini with mayo-dill sauce and tomato
This is a traditional recipe in my family, as well as in pretty much any Ukrainian family fried zucchini with tomato and mayo-dill sauce. It’s resembles a lot the eggplant recipe, but, zucchini, as a base component gives it a different twist. Ingredients: 1 midsized zucchini 1-2 tomatoes 2-3 tablespoons mayo ½ cup of finely chopped dill 1 clove of garlic (optional) 1 egg 2 tablespoons of flour 1 tablespoon…
Neythili Meen Aviya l(Anchovies in Spicy Coconut based Gravy)
I know you might be wondering what is Neythili, Neythili is the Tamil(language) name of Anchovies. This is a popular dish in South India, particularly Kerala. This is one of the best dish which I loved from childhood to now. This can be enjoyed with hot steaming plain rice and fish gravy. Special Instructions: Preparation Time: 10 minutes (excluding cleaning the fish) Cooking Time: 20 minutes Serves 4 Ing…
Angry Birds Onigiri Lunch Box
An idea struck me when it was my son’s lunch box day on Fridays. Jon loves Onigiri, so I decided to make him an Angry Birds Lunch Box! Angry Birds, the popular & best-selling mobile game, has taken the world by storm. The game is about these birds who’re angry because their eggs were stolen by a bunch of green pigs. Since they can’t fly, they’ve to use a giant slingshot to catapult themselves to destroy those…
Spanish Tortilla
Spanish Tortilla or Spanish omlette is something completely different to Mexican Tortillas. Mexican tortillas are flatbread made using flour, whereas Spanish tortillas are omlette cooked with potatoes. This simple omlette is an ideal filling breakfast on a lazy sunday morning or you can also pack these for your picnic, since they are good even when served cold. This dosen’t require any fancy p…
Fritters: Veggie and Tuna recipes
I must agree with Natalie over at Perry’s Plate, I adore fritters, or any sort of savory ‘cake’. Go check out this, which has several recipes (a vegetarian Lentil-Scallion Fritters with Goat Cheese, and a homey Tuna Melt Fritter) plus tips and techniques on cooking them! Read the whole thing, and get the recipes: Fritter Love
Rosemary Sweet Potatoes
When the weather is gorgeous like this, and the days are long, the last thing I want to do in the evening is be inside cooking dinner. So I’ve been working on recipes where I can do the prep work ahead of time, then just stick the dish in the oven to bake, while I go outside and hang out with the neighbors. Then at dinner time an hour or so later, I just come in and it’s ready, easy peasy. So this dish is bo…
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