Jump to:📋 What do we need? 📺 Watch how to make Saag Aloo 🍽️ What to serve it with 🍲 More fantastic Indian Side Dishes Saag Aloo 💬 Reviews Such a classic on the British Indian Restaurant menu, Saag Aloo is serious comfort food. It’s easy to prepare, and you should be able to pick up all of the ingredients at the supermarket. 📺 Watch how to make Saag Aloo Full recipe with detailed steps in the recipe card at the end of this post We start off by frying the seeds in ghee for this recipe....

Meat Options: Pork sausage gives these wontons the best flavor, but you can really use any ground meat you prefer. Water Chestnuts: You can easily find canned or frozen water chestnuts in your local grocery store. However, you may also be able to find fresh water chestnuts in an Asian Market. You are welcome to use fresh, canned, or frozen. Just be sure to thaw your frozen water chestnuts before attempting to finely chop....

It’s an easy recipe, ready in just 20 minutes. The only caveat? Don’t overcook the beans! You want them tender-crisp. I often make dinner with two vegetable sides, foregoing the starch. So I’m always on the lookout for tasty and easy-to-make vegetable recipes that would keep things interesting for my family. I’ve been making this tasty side dish often. String beans are delicious, and they are one of the few vegetables that all of us can agree on - grownups and young picky eaters alike....

The primary spices of a classic homemade sazón spice mix are achiote or annatto, salt, cumin, coriander, garlic, onion, oregano, and black pepper. Some variations also use turmeric, paprika, or saffron. The flavor profile is garlicky, but not fiery. Achiote or annatto has a sweet and peppery taste. Freshly ground coriander adds a lovely citrus aroma. Sazón’s savory flavors stem from the cumin, onion, and garlic powder. Its mild astringency comes from oregano....

How to Make Scalloped Potatoes With Onions and Gruyere For this recipe I wanted a somewhat “lighter” version of the classic, so we skip the cream and bacon that you would normally find in a more traditional scalloped potatoes dish, and instead flavor the potatoes with darkly caramelized onions, nutty Gruyere cheese, some Parmesan, and a sprinkling of rosemary. With the cheese and the olive oil, it’s not exactly “skinny,” but it still manages to have less than half the fat of a more traditional recipe, and it’s still loaded with flavor....

Years ago I had a seafood risotto at a restaurant on the Grand Canal of Venice (back in the cushy days of business trips with expense accounts) that was so silky, so luscious, so creamy yet still light, I didn’t know what hit me. I ate every grain with a stunned and happy look on my face and still remember that risotto more than what was inside St. Mark’s....

If you travel the countryside of Sicily, you’d be hard pressed not to notice olive groves dotting the landscape, vineyards along hillsides, capers growing wild, a variety of citrus trees, and olive oil producers from coast to coast. These are just some of the treasures that have put Sicily on the culinary map, and all of them play a role in making this a winner of a recipe. This tender, tasty one-skillet chicken dish borrows the best from the Sicilian kitchen....

You can expect to get about 35 to 40 golf ball-sized meatballs. This is the perfect size to serve over pasta for a weeknight dinner (and freeze some for later), set out for a party snack (football season anyone?), or feed an army for Sunday supper. The sauce is made from pantry staples like canned crushed tomatoes, with a little crushed red pepper to add just a bit of heat....

There are the expected—kebabs, corn dogs and popsicles—and the whimsical—jello shots, potato chips, and my visual favorite, spaghetti and meatballs. All on a stick. It’s a seriously fun book, and even if you don’t ever try to make some of the more unusual stick foods, just the idea of them may make you smile. At my last somewhat larger than normal gathering at my house, I decided to try out a few recipes from Matt’s book....

The best part is that they’re easy to prepare and most of the time spent is hands-off, waiting for the dough to rise. Simply knead the dough in a stand mixer, let the dough rise, shape, rise again, and they’re ready to bake. Sourdough Starter Versus Yeast While commercial yeast is one isolated strain of yeast for bread baking, sourdough is a culture of wild yeasts and good bacteria present in the environment and your flour....

Juicy, golden-skinned chicken and spicy chorizo, served on a bed of tender basmati rice. Yes, this is some hearty comfort food! There’s a little bit of upfront work in the browning of the chicken and giving the vegetables and chorizo a quick fry - but once you’ve got that rice and stock mixed in, you can stick it in the oven and relax until dinner time. So much flavour is absorbed by that rice....

My friend Suzanne has been teaching me some of her favorite recipes this summer (lucky me!), and this spicy black bean recipe from the fabulous Field of Greens Cookbook is one she couldn’t wait to share. Suzanne usually makes a big batch for her family (husband and three hungry teenagers included) with enough for some leftovers during the week. The beans have layers of chili flavor, balanced with zesty orange, lime, and cilantro....

The Best Dough for This Pizza There are many different pizza dough recipes out there, but for my money (and time) I like No-Knead Pizza Dough. Generally, I’ll make it a day in advance so it has plenty of time to rise slowly. Then I take it out at least an hour before I’m ready to make pizza so it can come to room temperature. If you don’t want to bother with homemade dough, you can buy dough at most supermarkets these days, or if you have a local pizzeria, they will most likely sell you a few dough balls for a few bucks....

This is a cookbook exclusive recipe! This recipe is exclusive to my debut cookbook Dinner which includes a how-to video for every recipe. Just scan the QR code! Just to explain…. I know, it’s confusing! You’re so used to getting recipes on my website – there’s over 1,200 of them, after all. And here you are looking at a tasty recipe video and I haven’t provided the recipe. 🙀 I’m not just doing this to torture you, I promise....

I was having a cupboard clear out yesterday, and I found 7 - yes that’s SEVEN - bottles of soy sauce. I’ve obviously got some kind of lack-of-Chinese-food-phobia causing me to pick up a bottle every time I do the shopping. Or maybe I should just clear out my cupboards more often…. I do seem to go through a fair amount when I’m in the mood for Asian ricey/noodley dishes like this crispy chill beef or these veggie Asian noodles....

Turn Pineapple Peels Into Tepache Originally made with corn, tepache dates to the pre-Columbian era, but has since evolved into a version with pineapple. Tepache is a fermented drink with a low alcohol content (2% to 3%), similar in style to a kombucha; in fact, I’d say it’s even easier to make. The added sugar combined with the bacteria and wild yeast cultures on the pineapple skin create a light carbonation within 2 to 5 days....

What Is in Teriyaki Chicken Lettuce Wraps? This recipe consists of ground chicken cooked with vegetables such as red onion, diced zucchini, and red bell peppers, seasoned with teriyaki sauce. It also works with whatever vegetables you have on hand. Feel free to improvise! I like using butter lettuce as wraps, but any kind of lettuce works. You can even use collard greens or Swiss chard. How to Make and Store Teriyaki Sauce The chicken filling is flavored with a homemade teriyaki sauce....

The best deep fryers make it simple to fry food from scratch. They are designed to be an all-inclusive appliance that is also easy to clean, safe to use, and packed full of features. Our top pick, the Cuisinart Deep Fryer, can hold a lot of food, has a built-in timer, and a lot of elements to keep large messes at bay. Thankfully, good ones are quite affordable, and they do not take up much real estate on your countertop....

However, anyone who regularly visits their local coffee shop can attest to the fact that espresso drinks aren’t cheap. If you’d like to cut your java bill by making your own espresso at home, then Nespresso, a company that produces user-friendly machines with single-serve pods to brew espresso, is about to become your best friend. For example, there’s their VertuoPlus + Aeroccino Bundle—an all-in-one, versatile workhorse with advanced features that we think is the company’s best offering....

As a bonus, many cheese graters can also be used beyond the world of fromage. Think potatoes for latkes or hash browns, veggies for salads or stir fry, and even citrus and spices. From coarse slices for casseroles to fine sprinkles for pasta, there are plenty of ways to get the job done, but only so many tools stand out among the rest. So I chose some of the top cheese graters available out there based on reviews and manufacturer information—and took them home to test....