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Dry Fish Pickle
Few homemade pickles keep as well as this one, and fewer still improve with every passing week.
Mushroom Salna
What draws me back to this recipe is the dry-roasted onion and tomato paste at its base.
Paneer Egg Peas Kurma
What keeps this kurma in regular rotation is the ground paste -- built by dry-roasting whole spices with onion, ginger, and garlic before blending -- that gives the gravy a depth most quick weeknight dishes cannot match.
Fish in Methi and Garlic
What keeps this recipe coming back is the combination of fresh methi leaves and garlic ground together into a paste that clings to fried fish and cooks down into something deeply aromatic.
Ground Beef Taco Meat (20-Minute Weeknight Recipe)
Deeply browned ground beef with caramelized tomato paste, bloomed spices, and a glossy finish in 20 minutes.
Capsicum and Peanut Curry
This curry gets its depth from a freshly ground roasted masala - coriander seeds, dried red chillies, sesame, coconut, and tamarind all toasted together and blended into a paste.
Kerala Style Duck Roast
Few dishes reward patience the way a proper duck roast does, and this Kerala version earns every minute you spend on it.
Corn and Cashew Nut Curry
Thai red curry paste and kaffir lime leaves do a lot of the heavy lifting here, which means you get a deeply aromatic, layered curry without spending the whole evening in the kitchen.
Thai Duck Curry with Tamarind
Roasting the duck before it ever touches the curry sauce is what sets this recipe apart from most weeknight curries.
Achari Murgh Kabab
These kababs borrow the sharp, tangy warmth of Indian pickle spices and apply it directly to grilled chicken.
Chara Sandheko (Cold Pickled Chicken)
This recipe strips boiled chicken from the bone, tosses it with roasted spice paste and charred ginger garlic, then finishes with smoking hot mustard oil poured straight over the top.
Baked Brinjals in Spicy Gravy
This is how you turn fried brinjal into a layered baked dish that holds up on a dinner table without going soggy.
Peanut Butter Chicken Curry
This peanut butter chicken curry is a quick weeknight dinner made with tender chicken, coconut milk, red curry paste, and peanut butter.
Hyderabadi Mirchi Ka Salan (Hyderabad Green Chilli Curry)
This is a stuffed green chilli curry where the chillies are fried until blistered, then simmered in a rich sesame, peanut, and coconut gravy spiked with tamarind.
Chicken Panang Curry
This chicken Panang curry starts with chicken marinated in curry paste, then builds flavor in layers with lemongrass, kaffir lime leaves, coconut cream, fish sauce, and Thai basil.
Meat Pattichu Varathathu
This is a Kerala style dry meat roast that uses a clever cooking trick: a water filled lid that steams the meat from above while it cooks below.