Naan is a very popular flatbread from India. It’s very popularly called “Naan” not “Naan bread”. Naan is bread so it’s like saying coffee-coffee. Ingredients: All-purpose flour (2 cups) Wheat flour (1 cup) Milk (1/4 cup) Water (1/2 cup) Yogurt (1/2 cup) Oil (1 tablespoon) Powdered Sugar (2 tablespoons) Baking powder (1 teaspoon) Baking Soda (1/4 teaspoon) Salt (to taste) For garnish: Sesame seeds Chopped cilantro Melted butter Directions: Add water, milk, yogurt, oil, and powdered sugar in a large bowl and mix them well using a whisk. Add the all-purpose flour, the wheat flour, and other ..read more

We recently went to the wonderful hole-in-the-wall Yemeni resaturant (Bab-Al-Yemen) in Boston. I absolutely fell in love with this dish and I did some research and worked out this receipe and it turned out just as soothing. Ingredients: For Lamb Stew: Lamb (2 pounds; cut into large chunks) Onions (2 medium-sized; finely chopped) Tomatoes (2 medium-sized; diced) Tomato paste (2 tablespoons) Nutmeg (grounded; 1 teaspoon) Cloves (grounded; 1 teapoon) Turmeric (grounded; 1/4 teaspoon) Cumin (grounded; 1 teaspoon) Black pepper (1 tablespoon) Beef stock (5 cups; boiled; you can use vegetable/chick ..read more

Ingredients: Ground Beef (2 pounds) Onion (2 medium; chopped) Garlic (3-4 cloves; chopped) Tomato (2 medium; chopped) Tomato Paste (2 – 3 tablespoons) Turmeric Powder (1/4 teaspoon) Coriander Powder (1 tablespoon) Chili Powder (1/2 tablespoon) Cumin Powder (1/2 tablespoon) Ground Black Pepper (to taste) Shell Pasta (1 pound) Quroot (1 pound; read notes for substitute) Green Onions (2-3 spings; chopped for garnish) Dried Mint (for garnish) Salt (to taste) Soak the Quroot in a bowl with warm water overnight, this will break down the quroot and make it slurry Heat some oil in a pan, add garli ..read more

Ingredients: Carrots (2 pounds; peeled and finely grated) Milk (3 cups; room temperature) Khoya/Mawa (1/2 cup; grated) Green Cardamom Powder (1/2 teaspoon) Sugar (3/4 cup) Almonds (5-10 chopped) Cashews (5-10 chopped) Ghee (1/4 cup) Directions: Add the ghee to a pan, let it melt, and lower the heat. Add the chopped almonds and cashews and fry them till golden brown. Scoop out the nuts from the pan and set it aside. In the same pan, add the grated carrots and turn the heat to medium. Saute the carrots for 5 minutes till they start to sweat and change color. Add the milk to the pan and stir ..read more

Kichri Quroot is an Afghan dish that consists of shola (sticky rice), meatballs, and quroot (whey). It’s a hearty and loved dish all across Afghanistan.  Ingredients: For the meatball mixture:  Ground beef (2 pounds) Yellow onions (2 medium; chopped) Garlic (3-4 cloves; minced) Egg (1 Large) Coriander powder (2 tablespoons) Crushed black pepper(1 teaspoon) Salt (1 teaspoon or to taste) Cumin powder (1 teaspoon) For meatball sauce: Oil (2-3 tablespoons; you can use any oil  you prefer)  Tomatoes (2-3 large; pureed)  Yellow onions (2 medium; chopp ..read more

Ingredients: Moth beans (2 cups; sprouted) Onions (2 medium-sized; roughly chopped) Garlic (3 cloves; peeled) Ginger (1 inch; roughly sliced) Green Chilies (2; roughly chopped) Tomato (1 large; roughly chopped) Coconut (1/2 cup; grated) Cumin Seeds (1 teaspoon) Mustard Seeds (1 teaspoon) Curry Leaves (1 spring) Turmeric Powder (1/2 teaspoon) Chili Powder (1 teaspoon; adjust as per spiciness required) Coriander Powder (1 teaspoon) Goda Masala/Garam Masala (1 teaspoon) Salt (to taste) Jaggery (a small piece; optional) To serve: Pav Mixture (Indian trail mix) Onion (chopped) Cilantro (chopped ..read more

Ingredients: Jackfruit (4 lbs) Onion (1; sliced) Garlic (2-3 cloves; finely chopped) Cumin Powder (1 tablespoon) Chili Powder (1/2 tablespoon) Paprika Powder (1 teaspoon) Dijon Mustard (1 teaspoon; you can use regular mustard) Coconut Amino (1 tablespoon; you can use Worcestershire sauce) Vegetable Stock (2 cups; like always if times are tough use water) Black Pepper (1 teaspoon) Salt (to taste) Brown Sugar (if using raw jackfruit; 2 tablespoons) BBQ Sauce (optional; to taste) Notes: 1. It’s best to use raw jackfruit/semi-ripe ones. 2. Jackfruit usuaully gives out a sap especially the raw o ..read more

Ingredients: Butternut Squash (1; peeled and cut into cubes) Thyme (3-4 springs plus more for garnish) Garlic (4-5 cloves; peeled) Arboria Rice (2 cups) Chicken Stock/Vegetable Stock (6 cups) Onion (1; finely chopped) White Wine (1/2 cup) Saffron (a pinch) Grated Parmesan Cheese (1/2 cup) Shaved Parmesan Cheese (for garnish) Salt (to taste) Pepper (to taste) Olive Oil Directions: Preheat the oven to 400oF/200oC. Place the diced butternut squash and garlic on a baking tray and drizzle olive oil over it. Season with salt and pepper. Pluck the thyme leaves from the stem and drizzle them over t ..read more

Ingredients: For the Salsa Roja: Dried Ancho Chilies (2 chilies) Dried Chipotle Chilies (4-6 chilies) Dried Cascabel Chiles (2 chilies) Dired Pasilla Chilies (1-2 chilies) Onions (2 medium; peeled and chopped) Plum Tomatoes (2; halved) Garlic (3 cloves; peeled) Dried Oregano Salt (to taste) Pepper (to taste) For Ground Beef Filling: Ground Beef (1-2 pounds) Onion (1 medium; finely chopped) Garlic (2-3; peeled and finely chopped) Adobo seasoning Oregano Salt (to taste) Pepper (to taste) For Queso: Butter (3 tablespoons) Flour (3 tablespoons) Whole Milk (2 cups) Mexican Blend Cheese (8 oun ..read more

Ingredients: Spinach (2 cups) Wheat Flour (2 cups) Salt (to taste) Water (as required) Oil (as required) Directions: Rinse the spinach thoroughly. In a saucepan, bring water to a boil and add some salt. Add the spinach and cook for 2- 3 minutes and then strain out the spinach leaves and put it over an ice bath to stop it from cooking any further. Take the spinach out and put it in a blender and blend it to a fine paste. In a large bowl, add the wheat flour and season it with some salt. Add the spinach paste and start mixing it together, and knead it into a dough. If the dough is dry, add so ..read more