Tag: sides
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Easy Banchan Recipe for Irresistible Korean Braised Potatoes
My favorite thing about eating out at Korean restaurants is all the little side dishes or banchan that come out before the meal, that often make the main meal slightly redundant. My absolute favorite banchan is gamja jorim. Sweet, salty, crispy potatoes – How can you go wrong? The thing was, I never felt I…
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Soothing Fennel, Potato, and Leek Gratin Recipe
This is my favorite potato gratin, the combination of leeks, potato and fennel is altogether incredibly soothing and comforting. You can serve it as a side as part of a bigger meal but I’ve served it on its own with a greens and beetroot salad – called it dinner and been well satisfied. Fennel, Potato…
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Old-Fashioned Creamed Spinach Side | Indulgent Spinach Recipe with Dill and Nutmeg
When I make creamed spinach I usually make this Indian version from Madhur Jaffrey but sometimes I get a craving for an old school bowl of creamed spinach like they serve at steak houses or the creamed spinach they used to serve at the long gone, but legendary St Kilda institution Cafe Scheherazade, as a…
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Chinese Fried Cabbage Recipe – Simple and Delicious
The first time I made this cabbage I ended up eating almost the entire thing myself, it’s that good! I like to serve this as a side with a Chinese stir-fried omelette for a simple Sunday supper but it goes well with tofu dishes or any Asian style protein. Make sure you don’t mince the…
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Madhur Jaffrey’s Green Peppers with Besan Flour | Easy Side Dish Recipe
Simple Indian home-style cooking
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Moro’s Warm Squash Chickpea Salad with Tahini Dressing Recipe: Winter Food
I used to make this salad a lot a few years ago, but I forgot about it until I was having some friends to dinner on Saturday and a large Jap pumpkin that need to be used up. This is the most fabulous winter salad, hearty and warming and a meal in itself if you…
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Delicious Indian Creamed Spinach Recipe
I love creamed spinach. I have fond memories of going to Cafe Scheherahzade in Melbourne during the eighties and feasting on their latkes and creamed spinach. Tragically Cafe Scherherazade closed its doors eight years ago so their creamed spinach now exists only as a memory. During the winter, I had a sudden craving for some…
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Easy Bengali Zucchini Sabzi with Panch Phoron Spice Mix
This zucchini epitomises the best of Indian home-style cooking, simply spiced and freshly made. You will never find this kind of vegetable sabzi on a typical Indian restaurant menu, it’s far too simple and homely. It uses the Bengali five spice mix panch phoron, a mixture of – cumin, fennel, fenugreek, nigella and mustard seeds.…
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Delhi Style Sweet and Sour Pumpkin Recipe by Madhur Jaffrey
Pumpkin is one one of my favorite vegetables but a lot of Indians I know seem to loathe it – probably because during monsoon season, it is one of the few vegetables available and they get completely sick of it by the time they reach adulthood. I survived a childhood pumpkin glut when my Dad…
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