Nisha and Nishanth's Culinary Debacles

Being in Dallas for almost 2 years, did make me miss some of the kerala cuisine. anyways, so here it is.. a long 1+ hr drive to this small restaurant and got to eat kerala porota and beef fry! :) Finally!!! Thara's Restraunt: 883-C E. Shady Grove Irving, TX-75060 Directions Saturday & Sunday.. Buffet cost like 7 bucks.. the "parrippu vada" was a hit with Nisha. [Update: 20100404: we checked again and well.. no more Buffet.. seems they stopped around a year back, now - just aviyal, chicken fry and thoran for togo]

We have tried the ready to grill chicken tikkas, chicken kababs available at Indopak supermarket Richardson. I really liked them. I would recommend them to anyone who does not wish to go through the trouble of marinating the chicken ! I think they also have ready to grill beef sheesh kababs. Heres a link to the reviews of Indopak supermarket. http://www.yelp.com/biz/indopak-market-richardson

This is a recipe learnt from my friend Sunitha that has become a favourite with my husband and me ! If you do not like the chopping, you could always pick up a packet of frozen tindora and Vadilal is my favourite brand in terms of frozen foods. I use Vadilal for frozen drumsticks, shredded coconut and on days i am lazy or have a tight schedule tindora. Taste wise there is no difference between the fresh and frozen tindora. Ingredients: 3 pinches Aesofetida powder (Hing) 1/2 teaspoon chilli powder 1/2 teaspoon mustard seeds 1/2 teaspoon corriander powder 1/2 kg tindora 4 table spoons oil 2 red chillies 2-3 curry leaves 1/4 tsp turmeric powder Salt to taste Method 1: Clean the tindora and cut each tindora into 4 pieces length wise 2. Put the same in a microvave safe dish or plate, sprinkle a little water and microwave for 6 minutes. I have heard that those who dont have microwave can pressure cook for one whistle and remove immediately from heat. 3. Heat the oil. Add the mustard seeds an...

We tried out the chicken tikka recipe in http://www.geocities.com/crecmca98/Personal/indian-nonveg-recipes.pdf.gz when we had a barbecue a couple of weeks back. The results were good although there was very little difference between the tandoori chicken and chicken tikka that we barbecued ! Perhaps the masala blend is the same or i am unable to make out the subtle difference in taste !

We have tried this masala out many times and the results have always been good ! Definitely recommended for anyone intending to make tandoori chicken. The recipe from the website http://www.kohinoorfoods.co.uk/catalog/browse/seasonings/tandoori-special-seasonings-150g Marinate the chicken (4 lb) cut into pieces with seasoning powder (1 tbsp) and 200g yoghurt. Keep it in a refrigerator for 3-4 hours. Pass in a pointed skewer through the chicken. In case of electric grill, a baking tray may be used. Roast the chicken in the tandoor or grill in an electric oven for 15-20 minutes. In between, brush some vegetable oil to avoid dryness. Remove chicken from tandoor and sprinkle salt and black pepper if desired. Serve it hot along with sliced onion, green chilies, spearmint leaves and tomato slices.

My husband tried the Mother's recipe Nawabi Chicken masala powder out and it was pretty decent. He added boiled eggs to the same and spruced the taste up... Maybe, we need to try the orignal recipe out and compare the results !

We used the shan biryani masala recently and the result was not as spicy to my liking. Maybe i got used to the Sindhi and Bombay biryani masalas that are much much spicer. We probably should try those masalas out. The masala box had a recipe on it and followed the same.

My husband tried out the Shan biryani masala powder and does not seem to be too happy with the results ! Maybe, its not as spicy a masala mix as we are used to? I could decipher the taste of saffron and nutmeg in the masala and reminded me of the malabari chicken biryani he tried at some point of time... http://www.ishopindian.com/shop/catalog/Shan-Biryani-Masala-Mix-p-23574.html Shan seems to have the spicier versions of biryani mixes too and we should try them out !

PRINT FOR YOUR REFERANCE. Specially prepared recipes of Non Veg food, by Toby. It has taken long hours to compile and hope it will be usefull in your life. Remember to try Tobys Molo Lamb Chops, when in Mombasa!! Link: http://www.geocities.com/crecmca98/Personal/indian-nonveg-recipes.pdf.gz Courtesy (Khairun Nisa's kaka talibcheena, katiecheena and all).