Shilpa on February 13th, 2010

Anyone who is regular to this blog, knows my love for biryanis or any kind of flavored rice. It is also known fact that, I like to make something new instead of following same recipe again and again. When we were in India, we had so many favorite restaurants and whenever we felt like, we [...]

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Shilpa on January 31st, 2010

During Christmas holidays we visited our cousins in Boston. My cousin’s place, we had delicious and comfort vegetarian food, something I was craving a lot. At V’s cousin’s place, we had all non vegetarian meals. I was in a foodie’s heaven, amazing food at both places and we had a very relaxing time.
This dish was [...]

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Mr. Smith on January 27th, 2010

Ingredients:
1 liter of chicken broth
1 ½ cups rice
½ kg mushrooms, cut into strips
½ stick butter
2 celery stalks, chopped
1 onion, chopped
1 tsp ground ginger
Salt and pepper
Preparing:
Cook rice with chicken broth, salt and ginger.
Fry the onion …

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Mr. Smith on January 13th, 2010

Ingredients:
4 large flour tortillas
150 g of mashed beans
150 g boneless chicken breast
100 g shredded mozzarella cheese
1 avocado
1 tbsp oil
Salt and pepper
Preparing:
Cook spiced chicken breast in a skillet with oil.
Cut into strips.
Place on each t…

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Mr. Smith on December 16th, 2009

Ingredients:
2 ½ kg of banana leaves
1 kg of corn flour
½ kg pork post
½ kg of green beans, cooked
4 cups mashed potatoes
2 cups chicken broth
1 cup vegetable oil
1 cup lard
1 cup rice, cooked to taste with achiote
6 chicken broth envelopes
4 garl…

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Mr. Smith on November 25th, 2009

Ingredients:
3 cups chicken broth
1 cup unsweetened applesauce
½ cup heavy whipping cream, whipped
20 ounces frozen cooked winter squash, thawed
3 tablespoons sugar
1 teaspoon ground ginger
½ teaspoon salt
Preparing:
Simmer broth and squash in a larg…

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Shilpa on November 22nd, 2009

I am a huge biryani fan. So if anyone even mentions biryani in front of me, I start getting cravings. Last week, we were invited to one of our friend’s home for dinner. She had made a very nice biryani. The next day again I wanted to eat it. So I was pretty [...]

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Shilpa on November 8th, 2009

Aayi has a recipe diary which she had written many years ago. There are many recipes that she has tried many times and some which she just wrote down from different sources. I don’t think she writes in it anymore, but it is one of my favorite things to read. I don’t get bored to [...]

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Shilpa on November 2nd, 2009

It is very rare to get good Indian food here. We have many Indian restaurants, but food quality is very inconsistent. If we like the food once and go there hoping for good food, we get totally disappointed next time. Recently V took me to a restaurant which I never had been before. I had [...]

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Spiceplace on August 1st, 2009

A unique and delicious taste sensation results from this recipe which is flavored with a large variety of Asian flavors. These tastes include McCormick Chinese Five Spice, Hoisin Sauce, Vietnamese Fish Sauce and Sesame Oil. If you’re a regular here, you’ll know we like to marinate our grilled foods before cooking and this recipe is [...]

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