Five Spiced Glazed Roast Chicken

The Building Blocks: Five Spice Powder: Marination: Putting it all together:

Barbeque Pulled Pork Burgers

Juicy, sloppy and packed with mouthful of happiness on every bite. I mean who doesn’t love a juicy pulled pork that just oozes out of the bread and trickles down the side of your mouth with every bite. Super easy to make, wouldn’t call it healthier than a fried chicken patty but definitely tastier, and

Kingfish Tikka Curry (without Coconut milk)

The Building Blocks: Putting it all Together:

Hawaiian Chicken

The Building Blocks: Chicken: Coconut Rice Putting it all Together:

Loaded Vietnamese Chicken Pho

“Made Pho for each other” ~ secret gourmet The Building Blocks: Broth: Noodle: Toppings: Putting it all Together: BROTH: Noodles and toppings: Assembling:

Dhaba Style Chicken Curry

For those who have travelled extensively on the highways in India, they would have surely relished some of the finger licking, nose flaring, spicy but tempting curries that are served on most highway dhabas. Even though each bite gets tears in your eyes and makes your nose runny from the generous amount of spiciness, you

Pork Pandi Curry

The dish is a local favorite and can be popularly found in the town of Coorg which is located in Madikeri district, Karnataka, India. Coorg is known as the coffee plantation hub of India and is also famous for its spices, in particular whole black pepper corns. I got a lot of suggestions to try

South Indian Prawn Biryani

The Building Blocks: 500gms prawns deveined 2-3 green chilies 1/2 cup grated fresh coconut 1/2 cup fresh coriander leaves 1/2 cup fresh mint leaves 1/2 cup chopped tomatoes 2 tablespoon ghee 3-4 whole cloves 7-9 whole black peppercorns 2 bay leaves 1 inch piece of cinnamon stick 4 green cardamoms 1 cup chopped onions 1

South Indian Ginger Chicken Curry

The Building Blocks: Marination 750gms curry cut chicken 8 garlic pods 1/2 inch ginger 1 tsp turmeric powder 1 tbsp coriander seeds 1 tsp cumin seeds (Jeera) 1 tsp whole black peppercorns (saboot kali mirch) 1 tsp fennels seeds (saunf) 1 whole star aniseed 3 fresh green chillies 5 dry red chillies (soaked in warm

Spicy Crock Pot Chicken Pulao

This is a dish which is usually cooked at our house on a lazy Saturday Lunch. But just coz you are lazy, doesn’t mean the food has to be boring. This simple dish can be easily cooked up in 20-25 mins with the least amount of skills. (as long as you follow the instructions :p)

Coffee and Rum Whole Roast Chicken

Yeah you read that right, incase you were double checking.. Coffee!! and Rum!! in Chicken??!! oh yesss.. thats definitely a knock you right off your butt recipe there. You’ll be surprised how well the coffee and rum come together to give this beautiful flavor to the chicken which is evenly balanced with some fresh orange

White Mutton Curry Stew (Non Coconut Based)

Rustic, hearty, buttery and just a delicious bowl of comfort food. Extremely simple to make and is the best dish if you want to avoid the spices. The gravy gets its beautiful white color from the use of fresh curd, cashews and lightly frying the onions. If the onions are cooked on a high flame,

Sarso ka Saag and Makki ki Roti

Not living in the Northern Part of the country, I really miss out on experiencing real winters down south-west. I absolutely love the snow, the chilling air, the layers and layers of woolen clothes and stylish jackets and best of all, warming up the cold hands and feet next to a heater / fire. But

Malabar Prawn Curry

The Building Blocks: For the Curry: 500gms prawns (deveined) 2 medium sized onions (puree) 1 large tomato (puree) 1/2 cup tamarind pulp puree 12-15 fresh curry leaves 1/2 tsp mustard seeds (rye) 2 Dry red chillies 1/4 tsp hing 1/2 tsp turmeric Powder 1/2 tsp Red chilly powder 1 tsp garlic paste 2 cups Coconut

Coconut Chicken Curry

I love experimenting with coconut milk. Though most widely used in Seafood curries or South East Asian curries, I like to bring that sweet, creamy texture to other dishes as well. I have earlier tried this curry version with mutton (goat) meat and it turned out absolutely stellar. Same ingredients, just a different cooking style.

Mayo Chicken and Lettuce Roll Ups

A very simple and interesting way to eat a wrap. This dish is a reminder of how some basic plating skills can help shape different dishes 😀 Make a simple roll, slice it up and serve it upright and voila, you have a new dish. The beauty of this dish is that you can play

South Indian Green Mutton Curry

A very different and relatively easy recipe to make. The mixture of 3 different kind of fresh leaves i.e. coriander, curry and mint when combined together add such a different flavor that you’ll be surprised that these 3 go so well together. The curry is not very spice heavy and relies on the flavor coming

Moroccan Dukkah Chicken Stew

My fascination for trying out new recipes has pushed me to the far depths of the Instagram feed…. okay enough of my dramatic mad scientist talk. I came across this very interesting recipe while scrolling through my feed and I just had to recreate this in my kitchen. I have never heard of such a

Chicken in Creamy Mushroom Sauce with Sautéed Veggies

When eating healthy is on my mind but I also want it to be wholesome and delicious, this is usually my go to meal. Its the most well balanced meal you could take off your stove with the richness of proteins from the chicken, the fibers and carbs from the veggies, low fat content and

Loaded Chicken Ramen

“The more noise you make while eating ramen, the more delicious it becomes” ~ Secret Gourmet Ramen has recently been a craze and has caught up a lot in the list of exotic dishes. Most of us might have seen Ramen being consumed in Japanese Anime movies / tv shows during our childhood days and