Continental Cuisine

Continental Cuisine

A salad plate is my favourite portion of the meal. Eating a salad every day is a great way to get the recommended amount of fruits and vegetables. This colourful plate invites me the most. I love to add some seasonal fruits to my salads, which are not too sweet...
Welcome winter! What could be a better way to perfect a day and hit the sack in winter than making a slurpy Chinese mixed veg Curry filled with the goodness of all the beautiful vegetables freshly available in this season? Yes, you heard it right! Chinese Mixed Veg Curry...

Orange Peel Candy

Most of us might have relished citrus candies in our childhood, as these are the most favourite. I too love those flavours and often bake orange-flavoured cakes and cupcakes to which I Love to add homemade orange marmalade. Orange marmalade made by me contains orange peel candy. Everyone in...
This mushroom curry is a lip-smacking curry which goes very well with Fried Rice or Veg Noodles or Hakka Noodles. In this curry mushrooms, veggies and garlic are stir-fried and Chinese flavoured spices are used along with soy and vinegar. This Indo-Chinese Mushroom curry is not as greasy and spicy as...
    Pasta cooked with hummus is a guilt-free recipe without loads of cheese which we usually add to our pasta. In this recipe, I have replaced the cheese with hummus(a creamy chickpea paste with tahini- a creamy white til/sesame paste) In this way, this dish is a complete and balanced one with...
Tofu or bean curd has gained a lot of popularity for past few years.Its a vegan product prepared with soybeans, highly recommended by the nutritionists for those who are seeking for weight loss. This versatile product is a great source of amino acid, iron and calcium.Those who are allergic to...
​ Mix Veg Pasta (no cheese) Whenever I plan to cook pasta I don't have to worry about the absence of cheeses or cream in my kitchen pantry...as most of the times, I use to cook pasta without dairy. I feel that there are many ways that you can make pasta...
Savoury pancakes and fritters are prepared in my house quite often and served with green chutneys which I make with coriander,  green onions and mint leaves. Yesterday when I made Zucchini-corn hash browns, I wanted to substitute the rustic green chutneys with something different which not only contains the...
MUTABAL/MOUTABAL DIP/A CREAMY-SMOKEY EGGPLANT DIP/ LEBANESE DIP WITH ROASTED EGGPLANT The Middle Eastern cuisine has introduced a vast range of dips and spreads to the world. These dips do well as sides or their mezzes (starters) platter in...
HOT N' SOUR VEGETABLE SOUP It's almost the end of October and we can feel the nip in the air. This is the time when we long for some soothing bowl of piping hot soups. The change of season...