Rogan josh is an spicy aromatic red curry of kashmiri origin. Traditionally the dish is cooked with mutton or lamb, you could however use any meat or vegetable you like. The long slow cooking required in this recipe is to make the lamb tender and draw as much flavour as possible out of the whole spices. Other meats or vegetables will not require this, if using beef i would still probably cook for a long time.I recommend you have your whole and powdered spices measured out and mixed together ready to throw in when required. I usually will have several small bowls with the spices for each different stage of the process ready to go. This recipe has three separate instances where spices are added. First is the tempering whole spices, second is the powdered spices added after browning meat and the third is at the end of the cooking process to season the dish.As always if you're missing a few spices don't worry about it, it will still taste delicious. There are also substitutions you could make like the mace blade can be replace with 1/2 tsp nutmeg powder. The nutmeg powder would go in later with the other powdered spices as you will burn it if you throw it in with the whole spices at the start.

#reststyle - This is a traditional Kashmiri style pulao, loaded with dry fruits and cooked in saffron infused milk. It is a very easy recipe and quite popular in many restaurants. Though it slightly differs from the usual pulao as it has minimum of spices, is slightly towards the sweeter side due to the presence of dry fruits and is non spicy. Few chopped fresh fruits, fried paneer cubes and fried onion may be used to garnish this exotic rich pulao. It can be served along with any veg. / non-veg. side dish or raita.

Kashmiri Dum Aloo: This is a very famous North Indian curry recipe, made with baby potatoes cooked in spicy and aromat curd based curry. Delicious and delightful.

Mutton rojanjosh is an aromatic dish from Kashmiri cuisine.It is known for it's aroma ,red colour and deep taste. It is accompanied with rice. #ultrafoodie

#deepfriedThis is a type of traditional flavourful Kashmiri deep fried sacred cookies which are prepared by Kashmiri Pundits at the time of "Punn deun". In this day they wake up early in the morning and make these cookies in separate utensils which are not used in other times. These utensils are only used during Punn deun and the cookies are offered to the Goddess of Harvest.

Amazing Medeterranean flavors for family and friends. Medeterranen Chicken and Kofta Balls served with Rice Pilaf, Hummus, Pita Bread, Spiced Tomato Sauce and Garlic-Parsley Yogurt Sauce.

Kashmiri chile is like super charged paprika! Red for days.

#navratri2019Navratan Korma is very rich and flavourful dish. This dish is named so as a tribute to the navratan, that is nine jewels or nine courtiers of the Mughal Emperor. So this dish is made with nine type of veggies and nine type of whole spices.

Mapo Tofu is made with tender Wagyu ground beef, tofu, garlic, ginger, onion, oil, soy sauce, chili bean sauce, and sichuan peppercorns. This spicy and easy-to-make dish is served over fluffy jasmine rice! Try this delicious dish for lunch or dinner!

The good thing about making fried rice is you can throw any leftover meat or vegetables in it.Since this dish is Indonesian style of Fried Rice, I used "KECAP MANIS (SWEET SOY SAUCE)" and "SHRIMP PASTE/Belacan (TERASI)" as the special seasoning.

This is a work in progress. I used a very dark miso when I made it and a artisanal soy sauce that made it very salty. I had some fresh red shiso leaves that where delicious, but I still think this dish just needs something else. Maybe I'll add fennel or roasted red peppers. Maybe carrot and/or burdock to keep the Asian emphasis. Sorry for the messy pic. Cooking up a storm that day.

#reststyleKombadi Sukka Masala is basically a dry chicken gravy from Maharashtra where some authentic, traditional spices are used in it’s preparation alongwith coconuts. This dish tastes absolutely delicious and different from the regular chicken curry. Traditionally it is relished with vade, a type of fried flatbread similar to puri but quite different from it in texture as well as taste. This is a dish found generally in restaurants serving Malvani food in Maharashtra!The Malvan region and Kolhapur in Maharashtra are famous for some of their masalas (spice powders) such as the Malvani Masala and the Kolhapuri Kanda Lasun Masala. When combined together in coconut based gravies, they impart a delicious flavour to any dish, though in some gravies they have to be used individually. These masalas are available in various stores in Maharashtra and online too and the recipes for the same too are available on the net.