Turkish zucchini fritters (Mücver)
Zucchini is favoured all over the Mediterranean for its light flavours and the numerous ways chefs can cook them. They are used as...
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kzafarullah
- Oct 7, 2022
- 2 min
Olives with Svanetian salt
Svanetian salt is magic. Found throughout Georgia, the salt originates from the northeastern mountain region of Svaneti. It is a complex...
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kzafarullah
- Oct 5, 2022
- 2 min
Captain's chicken curry from Malaysia (Ayam Kapitan)
This is a very traditional Peranakan Nyonya dish from the fusion of Malay and Chinese cuisines in the region of Malaysia, Singapore and...
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kzafarullah
- Oct 4, 2022
- 2 min
Avocado quesadillas with pickled onions
Quesadillas are an open palate for creativity, and should never be boring and plain as we most commonly find. I love them stuffed with...
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kzafarullah
- Oct 3, 2022
- 2 min
Georgian red adjika
The history of Georgia is like a bowl of adjika. The condiment is as complex as the history of the nation, it stands at the crossroads of...
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kzafarullah
- Sep 28, 2022
- 2 min
Lettuce salad with apples and jalapeño vinaigrette (Ensalada de lechuga con manzana)
This modern salad uses everything Mexican in one bowl bringing all the familiar flavours to your palate with a bang. I discovered Takis...
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kzafarullah
- Sep 27, 2022
- 2 min
Spaghetti with fresh tomato sauce (Spaghetti col Pomodoro fresco e la cipolla)
Sometimes I crave a large bowl of pasta, hot, cheesy and delicious. Italian Pomodoro sauce is an essential sauce in Italian cuisine with...
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kzafarullah
- Sep 25, 2022
- 3 min
Mutton and lentil potage (Dalcha)
Dalcha is core to Hyderabadi culture and one of the dishes that define the culture and cuisine. History teaches us that the dish was...
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kzafarullah
- Sep 24, 2022
- 2 min
Eggplant with buttermilk sauce
It is said, "Never judge a book by its cover", but that rule definitely does not apply to this cookbook. This is a simple yet phenomenal...
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kzafarullah
- Sep 23, 2022
- 2 min
Napa cabbage salad with peanuts and cilantro
This is a super simple salad that depends on great ingredients. I love Napa cabbage, or Chinese cabbage as it is called in India. It has...
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kzafarullah
- Sep 21, 2022
- 2 min
Korean tofu stew with kimchi (Soondubu jjigae)
This dish plays with all the traditional Korean ingredients in perfect harmony, kimchi, gochugaru and black sesame seeds. Korean cuisine...
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kzafarullah
- Sep 20, 2022
- 2 min
Roselle leaves with black gram (Ambada chana)
Roselle leaves (gongura or ambada) are a very nutritious tart green that is very popular in Southern India. It is the perfect substitute...
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kzafarullah
- Sep 18, 2022
- 2 min
Chicken wings with XFF spices
I love chicken wings and usually pick recipes that have a sauce and are sticky. However, the photograph of these in the book looked so...
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kzafarullah
- Sep 17, 2022
- 3 min
Zucchini fritters with fresh tomato sauce (Frittelle di zucchine col pomodoro fresco)
Zucchini has always been a favoured vegetable on the Italian table and the cuisine has developed lots of recipes to bake, fry, braise,...
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kzafarullah
- Sep 16, 2022
- 1 min
Roasted raw tamarind with chili and salt
This was a recipe that was sent over to me Indra Gill when I published the recipe for Green tamarind chutney. I am always happy to get...
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kzafarullah
- Sep 14, 2022
- 2 min
Cheese and mushroom quesadillas (Quesadillas de hongos)
Quesadillas have become one of the most boring dishes in India, they are just grilled cheese between flour tortillas. Boring,...
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kzafarullah
- Sep 13, 2022
- 2 min
Mushroom salsa
Salsas are generally thought of as a tomato-based dip, see Three beaks of the rooster salsa, but there are countless variations with...
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kzafarullah
- Sep 11, 2022
- 3 min
Fish in coriander sauce (Meen kakkathilakiyathu)
Kerala has unlimited variations on how fish is cooked because of its large coastline that sits where breeding grounds for numerous fish...
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kzafarullah
- Sep 10, 2022
- 3 min
Spinach and walnut tarts
I love the crisp delicate nature of filo pastry. We mostly see it in desserts from the Middle East but I particularly love it in savoury...
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kzafarullah
- Sep 9, 2022
- 2 min
Saffron-jeera pulao
I tend to be a very pedantic cook, and when I want to cook a recipe I research the authentic version of the dish. This is one of those...
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