Month: April 2019

Mushroom and Cheese Flatbread Pizza – healthy, tasty, quick and easy.
April 29, 2019

Mushroom and Cheese Flatbread Pizza – healthy, tasty, quick and easy.

  Make this easy, tasty and healthy flatbread pizza in minutes at home. The recipe makes gourmet thin crust pizzas. You can use store bought flatbread or make your own dough (check my earlier recipe). You can add more vegetables, cheeses and herbs of your …

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Healthy Flatbread Recipe – easy, tasty, healthy – make this delicious bread in your own kitchen
April 29, 2019

Healthy Flatbread Recipe – easy, tasty, healthy – make this delicious bread in your own kitchen

There is nothing as enticing and intoxicating as the scent of fresh baked bread. Every time I smell fresh bread, I am transported back to Paris, waiting to bite into a fresh warm baguette. My wife loves to bake, but I have never tried my …

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Pan Fried Spicy Meat Kebabs
April 15, 2019

Pan Fried Spicy Meat Kebabs

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PAN FRIED SPICY MEAT KEBABS

This is my version of a spicy kebab sold in street-side stalls all over South Asia. Pan frying the kebabs in vegetable or olive oil and draining them on paper towels before serving, makes this lighter but equally tasty. All the taste, but less guilt. Works as either an appetizer with drinks or as an entree with a fried rice.
Course Appetizer
Cuisine Indian
Keyword fried, kebab, meat, Spicy
Prep Time 20 minutes
Cook Time 20 minutes
Resting Time 1 hour
Total Time 40 minutes
Servings 4 people

Ingredients

  • 1 lb ground meat lamb or beef
  • 1 small or medium red onion finely chopped
  • 1 small tomato seeded and chopped
  • 2 green chillies chopped
  • 1 tsp red chilli flakes
  • 1 tsp garam masala
  • 2 tbsp corn flour or besan gram flour
  • 1 egg
  • ½ cup cilantro chopped
  • 1 tsp mild chilli powder or paprika
  • ½ tsp turmeric powder
  • 1 tsp kosher salt
  • ½ tsp fresh ground pepper
  • 2 tbsp vegetable or olive oil
  • 1 tsp butter or ghee optional

Instructions

  1. Mix the first 9 ingredients together in a non-reactive mixing bowl using your hands.
  2. Cover and refrigerate for 1 hour or more.
  3. When ready to cook, take out of the refrigerator.
  4. Add the next 4 ingredients and mix again.
  5. Using wet hands, form mix into flat round patties, 4-5” diameter and ½ “ thick (should make 5-6)
  6. Heat 2 tbsp vegetable oil in a large frying pan.
  7. Add ghee or butter if you wish (I didn’t).
  8. Pan fry the kebabs in a single layer on medium heat, uncovered for 8-10 minutes per side.
  9. Place on paper towels to drain the oil before serving.

Recipe Notes

The salt is added later, just before cooking so as to keep the meat mixture dry. Adding it earlier will make the kebabs soggy.

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GRILLED JALAPENO CHICKEN BURGER
April 9, 2019

GRILLED JALAPENO CHICKEN BURGER

  Spring is finally here and what better way to welcome spring than to grill. This weekend I made spicy chicken burgers, which turned out really well. Here is the recipe below. Enjoy with your favorite brew. These burgers are healthy, spicy and super-tasty, as …

Entree, Grilling, Recipes
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Slow Cooker Spicy Meat Curry
April 2, 2019

Slow Cooker Spicy Meat Curry

A very tasty and healthy slow cooker version of a spicy Indian style meat curry. Traditionally this would be cooked with goat meat, but boneless beef, lamb or pork works well here. You can turn down the spice level to your taste. The prolonged marination …

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