

The brinjals cook directly in tamarind and turmeric, turning soft and glossy before they meet the spice.

This Paneer masala gravy features soft paneer cubes cooked in a creamy tomato-based gravy flavoured with butter, spices, and fresh cream.

This pulao sits somewhere between a main dish and a celebration centerpiece, loaded with fresh fruit and studded with just enough whole spices to keep things warm and fragrant without overpowering the sweetness.

Soft, thick, and packed with cozy spice, these gluten free carrot cake cookies are a homemade take on Levain Bakery’s new seasonal favorite—complete with all the rich, bakery-style goodness you’d expect.

This is tandoori chicken baked under a flaky pastry lid that steams everything together in the final ten minutes.

A crispy, spice-marinated rohu fish fry using traditional Indian spices — perfected with professional kitchen technique.

This recipe gives you crispy fried fish wrapped in a fresh coconut and kokum masala that stays bright and sharp, not heavy.

This Malaysian rendang recipe slowly cooks beef with coconut milk and aromatic spices until the sauce thickens and coats the meat.

In this recipe I combined two of my favorite foods—shepherd’s pie and Moroccan spiced lamb.

This kuzhambu uses fresh pirandai, a medicinal stem that softens into a silky, slightly sticky texture when cooked in tamarind and spice.

This is a stovetop chicken cutlet that uses crumbled bread in the filling itself, not just for coating.

The panch phoron spice blend adds a sharp, smoky warmth to the batter that most store-bought fish fingers never come close to.

Curry laksa is a rich Malaysian noodle soup with a coconut curry broth, rice noodles and toppings like shrimp, tofu puffs and bean sprouts.

Otak-otak is a Malaysian grilled fish paste wrapped in banana leaves and cooked until fragrant and lightly charred.

Ikan bakar is a Malaysian grilled fish marinated in a chili spice paste and cooked over high heat.

This rasam uses something most people throw away: orange peels, roasted until crisp and bitter-sweet.