Cooking an entire fish is pretty easy and can be done in an oven or on your barbecue grill. It hardly takes time as most of the work is done by the fishmonger. I discovered this spiced fish in a seafood restaurant in Qatar. And ever since I feasted on it I always wanted to…
Coffee Chocolate Chip Blondies
This post was suppose to be my Blondies recipe, but I was craving for coffee flavored desserts so I ended up making this one. My first attempt on making this Coffee Chocolate Chip Blondies was a huge success and we just cant have enough of this that I ended up making a second batch. This…
Chocolate Brownies
This is my absolute favorite brownie recipe. They are fudgy, rich, chocolatey, and extremely moist. These are better than the boxed brownies and are made entirely from scratch. This is the basic brownie recipe and can be easily customized to your liking. I have kept it simple by not adding any toppings. You can add…
Mie goreng
Mie goreng is an Indonesian sweet and spicy fried noodle dish usually served by the street hawkers in south east Asia. The noodles are cooked with a sticky sweet soy sauce and a combination of vegetables and protein either chicken or shrimp. I have made it simple by not adding any protein hence its vegan…
Baked Donuts (Yeast free)
These baked donuts are yeast-free and taste delicious. These are easy to make as they are made in a donut pan, hence a no-knead recipe. They can be made in a jiffy (just 15 min!!) whenever the kids demand for donuts. These donuts are soft and cakey and generously coated in cinnamon powdered sugar. You…
Mutton Mandi (without oven)
Mandi, a traditional dish prepared in the middle-east is flavorful and subtly spiced with a slight hint of smokiness from the charcoal. Traditionally Mandi is prepared in an oven, but this time I thought why not try it on a stove-top. It yielded the exact same results as that of the traditional oven baked mandi….
Mutton Dum Biryani
Mutton Dum Biryani is a flavourful biryani cooked with layers of rice and meat and cooked in dum. This is my usual go to recipe when I want to make a quick biryani but yet flavourful. I have cooked the meat in the pressure cooker to reduce the cook timings. The most important step in…
Orange Sponge Cake
Fragrant, fluffy and extremely light Orange sponge cake which will be devoured in seconds. Do give this recipe a try.
Chicken Mandi
Mandi is a traditional yemeni dish and is now cooked widely in arab countries. The word “Mandi” comes from the arabic word “nada” which means dew. Mandi is usually prepared in an underground pit lined with clay and the meat is suspended in the air above the rice. The steam from the coals cooks the…
Chocolate Cake with Salted Caramel buttercream
Who doesn’t love chocolate? Chocolate is one of my go to desert whenever I crave for something sweet. This chocolate cake is my favourite go to recipe. Its super moist, rich in chocolate and deeply flavourful. I always end up baking this chocolate cake for birthdays, anniversaries and sometimes just for the sake of having…
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