Tandoori Chicken

When it comes to Indian cooking / cooking with spices, I rarely (ok, up until this weekend, never) buy premixed spices. I always add my own quantities of each spice to whatever I’m making. I learnt from my mom and she would also cook this way, meaning she wont use a briyani mix that you [...]

Chicken a la King

This is very old recipe of mine – I learnt how to make it in high school. It was taught to me by my home economics teacher – you generally get taught flop proof recipes, so I can assure you, its not difficult and chances are, it wont flop.
I stopped making Chicken a la King [...]

Haleem

This is my first attempt at making haleem. I used my mother’s recipe and eliminated the crushed wheat and gram dholl because it wasn’t available at any store near me.

Ingredients

1 cup barley
500g chicken (I used fillets)
butter
cooking oil
½ t whole jeera
¼ t black peppercorns
1 onion
1½ t chilli powder
1½ t gharam masala
1½ t dhania & jeera powder
1 [...]

Chicken Stroganoff

Since I love pasta, I thought I’d try this recipe from the Australian Women’s Weekly. Its very simple to make. It got done faster than I anticipated.
What you need:

olive oil
1 medium onion chopped
2t paprika
250g sliced mushrooms
1T worcestershire sauce
¾ cup chicken stock (I used water)
1 ¼ cup sour cream
1 cooked chicken (I used a bunch of [...]

Impromptu Meal

What do you do with 3 uncooked chicken fillets and extra spaghetti from 2 separate packs? (This happens because I cook about 350g of pasta and eventually I have to use the spares). Well, you throw them together to get a filling meal!
This meal was an impromptu one – I just used whatever spices that [...]