Whenever I get spinach, I either make this dish that hails from northern India or make this South Indian dish called Keerai Kootu. These two are my absolute favorite recipes with spinach! Instant Pot Chana Palak, and Garlicky Peas Spinach Fenugreek Curry are two other vegetarian spinach recipes that I often make at home. Spinach - We need spinach leaves, not the stems. Baby spinach is also a great option to use....
The problem now, though, is I’m stuck with a bag load of green, unripe chili peppers. Should I eat them green? Sure, they are still edible, but they have a raw, green flavor that some may not enjoy. Whatever you do, don’t toss them out because you can still ripen those green peppers. Once ripened to your liking, store them in the refrigerator or use them right away. If they start to go soft, throw them out....
Top each of the larger patties with a slice each of American and habanero (or pepperjack) cheese. I say YES. Have you ever had a Juicy Lucy? If not, you’re in for a wonderful surprise! You make a Juicy Lucy by sealing cheese around a couple of ground beef patties. As you cook the burgers, the cheese gets wonderfully melty and gooey inside, making it quite the ‘juicy" experience. American cheese is traditional, though you can use whatever cheese you’d like....
Got any questions? Ask away! I’m happy to help. If you enjoy this recipe, I hope you’ll leave a comment with some STARS. Also, please share it on social media. Don’t forget to tag us at #ChiliPepperMadness. I’ll be sure to share! Thanks! — Mike H. I enjoy making my own sauces for grilling because they’re fresher, and I can control what goes into them. I’m not super crazy about too much added sugar and all those preservatives....
The Cochinita Pibil (Mexican Pulled Pork). Load with warmed cochinita pibil (Mexican pulled pork). I warm the pork in a pot to medium heat until ready to serve. A Mexican torta, or torta Mexicana, is a Mexican sandwich. It’s really a generic term and can be loaded up with different types of meat or combination of meats and other toppings. A common combination for a typical Mexican torta is the bread, the fillings, and the toppings, much like any sandwich....
There are a few Pakistani recipes that can stand on their own. That don’t need a second fiddle, a side, anything else really except the garnishes that accompany it. Biryani is one such dish, Raan is another, but if I am to be honest than my favourite one dish meal is Nihari. With it’s strong spices, beautifully tender meat, the sourness of the lemon, that bright leafy cilantro. If I had a last meal request it would be Nihari....
That’s it, my friends. I hope you enjoy this pav bhaji recipe. Let me know if you make it. I’d love to hear how it turned out for you, and if you decided to spice it up! I love it! This particular dish is an enticing Indian curry made with mashed vegetables seasoned in curry spices. It’s called Pav Bhaji, and it is sure to satisfy your needs as a spicy food lover....
About the Peppadew Pepper “Peppadew” is the brand name of piquanté peppers grown in the Limpopo province of South Africa that have been pickled and sweetened. As the story goes, a farmer discovered the tiny pepper in South Africa in the 1990s and put it on the market. He described it as “peppery” but “sweet as the dew,” hence the name. It became very popular in South Africa in the 2000s, especially as a pizza topping....
Ingredients needed 🧾 How to make it 🔪 More Indian street food recipes Recipe 📖 The Patties/Petis/Patties are made from potatoes and spices (similar to aloo tikkis). They are shallow-fried till crisp on the outside. These aloo patties are served on a bed of mildly spiced zesty vatana (white/yellow peas) curry. They’re topped with mouth-watering sweet tamarind chutney and spicy green chutney, thin nylon sev, aromatic coriander leaves, and crunchy raw onions....
That’s it, my friends. I hope you enjoy my seafood boil recipe. Let me know if you make it. I’d love to hear how it turned out for you, and if you decided to spice it up! There are some great seafood boil spice mixes available on the market, but a good Homemade Seafood Boil Seasoning gives you so much flexibility to control the salt and heat levels that you prefer....
I hope you enjoy them! This one definitely goes into Mike’s Favorite Recipes. We’re talking Shrimp with Chipotle-Bourbon Butter Sauce, with lots of succulent shrimp simmered in a luscious sauce made with bourbon, garlic, butter, a touch of honey, and smoky chipotles in adobo - only 5 ingredients! It’s a wonderful dinner, but also makes for a great appetizer that people can’t get enough of. This is a GOOD thing, because we’re working with GREAT flavors!...
Ingredients needed 🧾 How to make it 🔪 Top recipe tips 💭 For more flavoring, you can add garlic powder, asafoetida, and curry leaves when frying the other ingredients. It is a very simple yet popular stir-fry recipe with potatoes. This curry is served at South Indian weddings and on all other happy occasions. It’s similar to the Bengali Aloo Bhaja. What’s key to the dish is the special spice mix used....
Got any questions? Ask away! I’m happy to help. If you enjoy this recipe, I hope you’ll leave a comment with some STARS. Also, please share it on social media. Don’t forget to tag us at #ChiliPepperMadness. I’ll be sure to share! Thanks! — Mike H. I’m thinking FRESH, and seriously, what is fresher in flavor than cucumber? For this recipe, I’ve paired it with cilantro and serrano pepper for a bit of bite....
We’re talking Tropical Fruit Leather, my friends. This just might be your new favorite sweet snack! I’ve always loved sweets, but I’m more of the candy type rather than your typical desserts. I enjoy a handful of lemonheads over chocolate usually, which is why I’m drawn more to fruits when I want to snack on something. This recipe is exactly that, though since we’re making them at home, we’re controlling everything we’re putting into them....
Chettinad Chickpea Curry 🎥 Ingredients needed 🧾 If you love chickpeas, then give these unusual chickpea recipes a try - Shahjahani Dal, Tawa Chole and Chickpea Sundal. Chettiars played a key role in South India’s spice trade with countries like Burma, Java, Khmer (Cambodia), Ceylon (Sri Lanka) and Mauritius. Which is why one can see how spices play such a key role in this cuisine. The special Chettinad masala consists of whole spices, coconut and garlic....
A delicious fried plantain/raw banana chips recipe is a popular vegan snack in South India. These popular vegan chips are made with just a few ingredients! This is my mother-in-law’s recipe! Banana chips are one of the most popular snacks in the world! This was the first time I made banana chips at home! I have always got these chips from stores and never really attempted to make it at home....
Ingredients needed 🧾 How to make it 🔪 Love chocolate But I enjoy chocolate! What’s a dessert without chocolate in it? Don’t you agree? The thing is, I can’t have anything hot and because of that, I have to wait for it to cool down to enjoy it. That’s precisely why I am not a soup person too! I enjoy cold drinks over hot ones. This is why I enjoy my hot chocolate, cold and KR thinks I am crazy for doing that!...
Got any questions? Ask away! I’m happy to help. If you enjoy this recipe, I hope you’ll leave a comment with some STARS. Also, please share it on social media. Don’t forget to tag us at #ChiliPepperMadness. I’ll be sure to share! Thanks! — Mike H. A lot of visitors here have been asking for a good vegetarian chili recipe. I have a lot of different chili recipes on the site but realized, yep, I do not have any vegetarian versions....
The texture of this savory and spicy dish is soft and mushy similar to a porridge. You can call it the South Indian Khichdi. It is not exactly like the North Indian Khichdi because the tempering ingredients are different. The only commonality in both is that the rice and lentils are mashed. This is the season when crops like rice, sugarcane, turmeric, etc. are harvested. The term ‘Ven’ means white and ‘Pongal’ means ’to boil over in Tamil....
That’s it, my friends! If you enjoy this recipe, I hope you’ll leave a comment with some STARS. Also, please share it on social media. Don’t forget to tag us at #ChiliPepperMadness. I’ll be sure to share! Thanks! – Mike H. The second thing I have to say about zhug is – You need Zhug NOW! Zhug is basically a hot sauce, but it is oil and herb based with lots of chili peppers and hugely flavorful seasonings....
