About the dish Tachin, also spelled as tah chin, is an Iranian rice cake primarily consisting of rice, yogurt, saffron, and eggs.Also known as tahcheen, this crispy baked Persian rice is often layered with meat, dried fruit, spices, and presented in a rectangular shape. The key to this recipe is a yogurt-egg-oil-saffron mixture that is mixed with par boiled rice, then layered…
Category: Snacks
Chickpea Vegetable Quiche
What is Quiche Quiche is a kind of pie recipe. It is made by stuffing a mixture of meat, bacon or vegetable, onion, cheese etc. on a pie or pastry crust and pouring a mixture of eggs and cream on top and baking it in the oven. The word ‘quiche’ is from the German ‘Kuchen’, meaning cake.Although quiche…
Manaqish
What is Manaqish Manaqish are Middle Eastern flatbread similar to Italian pizza typically eaten for breakfast. Manaqish is also very popular in the eastern Mediterranian region. It is consisting of dough topped with za’atar and thyme, cheese, tomato or ground meat. Similar to a pizza, it can be sliced or folded, and it can be served for…
Chicken Salami
What is salami Salami is a meat dish mostly used in sandwiches and wraps. Salami is made from ground meat mixed with seasonings and stuffed into a casing, then dry-cured until the desired hardness is achieved. The word salami is derived from the Italian word “salame”, which refers to all types of salted meat. It…
Eggless Oats Orange Cookies
Nowadays my family is avoiding cookies. Whether it is homemade or store-bought. They are becoming more health-conscious these days 😀. My little one even calculating the calorie per cookie generally I made, and showing to me! He said, “don’t make them, otherwise I can’t resist to have them and taking more calories”! This compelled me…
Turkish Semolina Cookies(Sekerpare)
Sekerpare is a much loved Turkish dessert. These are basically semolina based moist cookies with light sugar syrup. The literal meaning of Sekerpare is “a bit of sugar” in Turkish. The sugar syrup is generally flavoured with lemon juice or orange blossom. But these semolina cookies are delicious and flavourful without adding sugar syrup also. I made…
Spicy Coconut poori/Kachori
Kachori is a spicy snack, originating from the Indian Subcontinent. They are a very popular tea time snack of India, Pakistan and Bangladesh. There are a lot of variations of kachoris according to the stuffings are used like Moong dal kachori, pyaj (onion) kachori, Hing (asafetida) kachori which is very spicy and crispy. Even there…
Baked Chicken Roll
Baking is my passion. It’s both physical and mental therapy to me. And nowadays when all of us are in lockdown, baking is really a stress buster. I made these rolls on the World’s Baking Day. They are perfect for anytime snack or even a good companion to any main dish. My family loved these…
Chicken Seekh Kebab
Seekh kebab is a very popular restaurant menu across the Indian subcontinent. It is generally served as a starter or appetizer. Seekh kebab is made with spiced minced or ground meat, usually lamb, beef, or chicken, formed into cylinders on skewers and grilled.It is typically cooked on a barbecue, or in a tandoor. They are soft and succulent, seasoned with spices such…
White Milk Bread(Tangzhong method)
Hello friends, hope all of you are safe and staying at home during these days of unusual emergency. We are also locked down for a couple of weeks at home. I am sure we, the whole world together can win over the pandemic COVID 19. Due to lockdown, we have limited stock in our pantry…
