Gjelina: Cooking from Venice, California
Charred steak with green peppercorn and wine sauce
Steak is rare in India, and well-cooked steak is even more obscure. Most Indians like their steaks overcooked into tough leather. While...
Roasted prawns with garlic, parsley, crushed red pepper flakes and limes
Sometimes, a dish shines because of its simplicity. The flavours are elegant, and the dish is subtle. This is one of these extremely...
Greens with Fuyu persimmons, pomegranate, crisp garlic, and blue cheese dressing
I have been on a roll recently with posts on persimmons. Here is another one for the season. I personally love blue cheese in all its...
Grilled mackerel with ginger, garlic, lime & green onion
I am not generally a person who will order mackerel in a restaurant. I have never known why, but I like the fish's flavours. It is an...
Braised spiced Romano beans with yogurt & mint
This is a wonderful recipe that pops with flavour. I love the spices and tart Omani lemons in it. This recipe needs dried Omani/Persian...
Grilled oyster mushrooms with tarragon butter
I absolutely adore mushrooms. They are diverse and earthy in flavour and my go-to vegetable on any restaurant menu. Oyster mushrooms, in...
Chickpea stew with tomato, turmeric, yoghurt, and harissa
Tagines are Morocco's national dish. They are complex, diverse, and always delicious. Though most traditional tagines are meat-based,...
Grilled kale with shallot-yogurt dressing and toasted hazelnuts
Grilled greens achieved culinary importance a few years ago when chefs sought new flavours. But grilling greens is an essential technique...
Grilled squash with mint-pomegranate pesto
Occasionally, I come across a side that takes over the dinner table. Beautiful, packed with flavours and fun, this dish is what everyone...
Spinach salad with honey-garlic dressing, feta and pine nuts
I love visiting farmer's markets in California because of the variety of produce. The fanatical farmers grow fresh vegetables and regrown...
Eggplant caponata and burrata on toasted sourdough
I love Caponata! The first time I had this dish was at a friend's house in the Bay Area over twenty years ago, and I have been obsessed...
Braised green chickpeas with pomegranate and feta
Here is a wonderful and unusual recipe. The season for fresh chickpeas just got over, but I had enough for this recipe and the amazing...
Spicy herb salad with ginger-lime dressing
For me, a salad should pop with flavours and be unique and different. For years, I refused to eat a salad because of the boring wedge or...