by Currylicious | Apr 26, 2012 | Nandini's Food Court
I am a huge fan of Ben Starr from Master Chef Season 2 and have always cheered for him. I feel like apart from being a wonderful chef, he is such a nice person and has been very encouraging. He has now become one of my good friends and my idol. In our recent conversation, Ben had mentioned eggplants and said to me that in India there are so many varieties of eggplants. i promised him that I would publish the recipe of my favorite eggplant curry in his honor. So here goes Ben- my currylicious eggplant dish in your honor!
You can use this eggplant curry with crackers(like in this pic), or with any bread, or pita or on a sandwich:) so enjoy!
by Currylicious | Apr 18, 2012 | Recipes
Ingredients
Extra virgin Olive Oil
1/2 head of Cauliflower
1 large Onion
3 cloves of garlic
5-6 Mint leaves
1/4 cup slivered almonds
1 tsp cumin powder
1 tsp coriander powder
Pinch of turmeric
1 tsp cayenne powder
1 tsp lemon pepper powder
1/2 cup low fat or Greek yoghurt
2 tsp lemon juice
Salt to taste
For garnish
Mint leaves and dried red chilly
Preparation
Preheat oven to 400 degrees.
Cut the cauliflower to small florets.
Take a bowl and add 2 tbsp of extra virgin olive oil. To this add all spices, salt, cayenne and whisk well.
Now take a baking pan and transfer the almonds and cauliflower florets. Drizzle the oil mixed with spices onto the florets and toss well so they are evenly coated. Place the pan in the oven for 20 minutes.
Now take a bowl, add yoghurt, salt and whisk in the lemon juice and 1/2 tsp EVOO. Add some mint leaves and mix well.
Now chop the onion lengthwise and finely chop the garlic.
Heat a pan add some EVOO, add the chopped garlic and onions and sauté till onions caramelize a little.
Now after 20 minutes, transfer the cauliflower and almonds from the baking pan to the pan on the gas which has the onions and garlic.
Transfer to a plate and spread the yoghurt over it. For garnish place a sprig of mint and a dried red chilly- enjoy this Currylicious healthy dish and let me know if you liked it:)
by Currylicious | Apr 18, 2012 | Nandini's Food Court
I opened my refrigerator to cook dinner for us and found just cauliflower and some yoghurt!
It was too late to go out and get something and then cook so figured will have to come up with a dish 🙂
I made this awesome healthy cauliflower dish with crunchy almonds, yoghurt, mint and ofcourse my spices!
My husband loved it and the best part is you can use any vegetable for this recipe and I promise it will turn out perfectly CURRYLICIOUS!!!!!!! Look for the recipe in my recipe section and would appreciate your feedback.
by Currylicious | Apr 11, 2012 | Nandini's Food Court
I never gave Chick Peas that much attention or respect that it deserved:) all this time until there was this weird craving of a snack once my kids got back from school. I always gave them cookies/ sandwiches/ cupcakes and was tempted to eat some myself. I decided to make something healthy for them as well as me one day and opened my pantry to find canned chickpeas!!!OKK K now what? So I opened it and made something that took me less than 5 minutes:) to prepare.
Now if you do not want to use the canned ones, you can always buy the packet of chick peas from the store and soak some overnight and pressure cook it! Well, I have 2 kids and I really need something that saves me time hence the readily available cooked ones works better for me:)
by Currylicious | Apr 5, 2012 | Recipes
Ingredients
4 eggs
1 onion
1 tomato
2 cloves of garlic
Ginger, about an inch
Pinch of Turmeric
1 tsp cumin seeds
Salt to taste
Crushed Black peppercorn preferably Tellicherry grade
A tablespoon of Garam masala
Preparation
Crack open 4 eggs into a bowl. Add salt and crushed black pepper. Chop onion, ginger and garlic and tomatoes finely. Heat a pan with oil. Add the chopped ginger, garlic and onions and sauté for 3 minutes or so. Now add salt, turmeric, Garam masala and sauté for another minute or two. Transfer the chopped tomato and sprinkle some water and mix well. Cook till water evaporates and you get a nice onion tomato paste like consistency. Now add the eggs from the bowl and mix well on low heat. Enjoy this masala scrambled eggs with any kind of bread/ pita/ even tortilla!
Nutrition Facts
Eggs:
One egg is considered to be the equivalent (for protein) to one ounce of meat. One of the egg’s most important nutritional benefits is that it is the best source of a B vitamin called choline. Eggs are a good food source of certain vitamins and minerals essential for good health. Eggs are rich in riboflavin (vitamin B2). Eggs are a good source of minerals like phosphorous and selenium. Egg yolks provide rich source of lutein which is one of the carotenoids that acts as an important antioxidant.
