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Badaga chicken curry
The Badagas are one of the original aboriginal tribes who have lived in the Nilgiris for close to 5000 years. These tribes have a unique...

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Feb 24, 20223 min read
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Snow pea salad with preserved lemon and goat cheese medallions
This is one of those showpiece salads that start every dinner ideally. Snow peas are now available for a short season, so I am trying to...

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Feb 23, 20223 min read
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Stuffed green chilies
The art of stuffing vegetables, or meats and whole animals is very old. It derives from the concept that the stuffed item imparts its...

kzafarullah
Feb 22, 20223 min read
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Vietnamese-style pork lettuce wraps
Lettuce wraps have become so popular around the worl and have been adapted to almost any culture. What I love about them is the delicious...

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Feb 20, 20222 min read
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Karwar drumstick curry (Moska saang ambat)
This is a beautiful day from the Karwar region, made in its traditional style. Ambat means "sour," and this is a class of curries from...

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Feb 19, 20222 min read
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Fruit salad with chili and lime syrup (Foll-er salad diye shira)
I have started getting obsessed with spicy syrups on fruit; see this fantastic recipe for Roasted pineapple carpaccio in a light syrup...

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Feb 18, 20222 min read
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Potato-chili cheese toasts
Indian street food is an almost infinite variety of delicious bites, the most popular and well known being the samosa. However,...

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Feb 17, 20222 min read
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Black pepper and garlic chicken wings
I do love chicken wings and have quite a few recipes on this blog. In my opinion, they are one of the most perfect finger foods. These...

kzafarullah
Feb 16, 20222 min read
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Tomato rasam from Udipi (Udipi saaru)
I have recently been making several rasam recipes, see my blog, and it has opened my mind to the different textures and flavours this...

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Feb 15, 20223 min read
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Baked winter pasta with sausage
The history of this Sicilian pasta dish is quite interesting. For Lent, Sicilians are not allowed to eat eggs, and on Good Friday, they...

kzafarullah
Feb 13, 20223 min read
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Black rice with wilted red cabbage, colored peppers and anise seed
I love colourful food. From a scientific (and nerdy) perspective, your brain is attracted to bright colours, and it automatically...

kzafarullah
Feb 12, 20223 min read
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Minted cucumbers and strawberry stacks (Kheera kachumbar)
I have made several strawberry salads this year, but I wanted to top them off with this wonderful Indian-influenced salad. A kachumbar is...

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Feb 11, 20222 min read
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Basque chicken with peppers (Pollo a la Vasca)
I always love a recipe where I can set the whole dish on fire! I do favour Basque cuisine, primarily because of the amazing combination...

kzafarullah
Feb 9, 20223 min read
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Ham and scrambled eggs in the Danish fashion
These are super simple open sandwiches, but the trick lies in making perfect scrambled eggs. To make delicious scrambled eggs, unlike dry...

kzafarullah
Feb 8, 20222 min read
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Kerala fish curry with mashed tapioca root (Meen mulakittathu)
This recipe is from one of my favorite cookbooks for contemporary Indian cuisine. Once again, this recipe was off the charts good! A...

kzafarullah
Feb 6, 20224 min read
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Strawberry and buttermilk ice cream
I have made several other variations of strawberry ice cream and sorbet (see the ice cream section on this blog) , but I like to keep...

kzafarullah
Feb 5, 20222 min read
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Afghan braised eggplant with yogurt dressing (Banjaan borani)
Sometimes, I cook a dish that surprises me. I love everything eggplant, but this dish, in particular, is phenomenal. As I follow culture...

kzafarullah
Feb 4, 20223 min read
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Japanese ginger and garlic chicken with two salads
Charcoal grilling is probably one of the oldest and most favored cooking techniques in the world. In my view, no one does it better than...

kzafarullah
Feb 2, 20223 min read
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Japanese edamame and snow pea salad
I was very pleasantly surprised to see snow peas in a grocery store in Hyderabad. Of course, I had to get a few boxes. I love this...

kzafarullah
Feb 1, 20222 min read
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Japanese smashed cucumber salad
Japanese cuisine is so much more than sushi; it consists of robata grilling, ramen and udon soups, teriyaki cooking and, of course, the...

kzafarullah
Jan 31, 20222 min read
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