I never knew that there is a fusion cuisine for Chinese and Indian until I tried this vegetable Manchurian, it looks like meatballs but trust me they are made out of chopped vegetables in a hot soy based gravy. This dish originated from the Chicken Manchurian which is probably the most popular Indian Chinese cuisine. … Continue reading »
Nihari is a popular meat stew in Pakistan, Bangladesh and parts of India. It is made out of beef shanks (sometimes chicken and vegetables) slowly simmered in an array of spices. Traditionally nihari is cooked overnight and sometimes it is even buried underground while it cooked which makes the meat really tender, other versions … Continue reading »
When we go to Indian restaurants we always order Butter Chicken and after we finish we always tell ourselves that we will be ordering Mango Chicken on our next visit but that never happened. I guess we just love our Butter Chicken too much it easily sways our freedom of choice when it is in front … Continue reading »
Lassi is a drink made by blending yoghurt with water and spices, this Indian creation is usually enjoyed cold as a hot weather refreshment consumed after lunch. There are several types of lassi’s where it can be served either sweet or savoury. Sweet lassi usually is flavoured with sugar, rosewater and/or lemon alongside with different … Continue reading »
Banana chips are slices of bananas that are deep fried, baked or dehydrated to become crispy, it is then coated with sugar, honey, salt or spices. A popular snack item in India and in the Philippines this snack is a better and healthier alternative to the potato chips. So instead of putting that junk food … Continue reading »
Every Mondays and Fridays of June and July we will be featuring some my favourite food bloggers for the first time here at Ang Sarap. These bloggers are exceptional and served as a big influence of what is Ang Sarap now, so please do visit and follow everyone of them (if you haven’t yet) and … Continue reading »
Tandoori Chicken is a very popular Indian roasted chicken dish that is marinated in yoghurt and lots of different spices. A very hot and spicy chicken dish but versions outside India had been toned down to be more palatable. Original version uses a lot of turmeric and ground chillies to achieve that distinctive red orange … Continue reading »
Rogan Josh is a type of lamb curry which is slowly cooked with an array of spices, the most important spice to be included is the “Kashmir peppers” as it gives that distinct red colour to this dish while keeping it milder compared to other Indian curries. Rogan Josh came from the word Rogan which … Continue reading »
Paratha is a type of Indian flat bread which literally means “layers of cooked flour”. It came from the words “parat” which means layer and “atta” which means flour. This bread is the most popular bread in the Indian cuisine, commonly it consists of wheat flour, ghee or oil which is layered and pan fried. … Continue reading »
Last weekend I was checking all of my posts for any popular Filipino dishes that I might have missed and to my surprise after 300 plus posts I don’t have a chicken curry. This chicken curry recipe definitely had originated from the famous Indian curry dish which can be seen from the spices used but … Continue reading »
A couple of weeks ago I posted ensaladang mangga and it seems that there is one ingredient that people might have hard time looking for which is the bagoong. So if you tried to search for it in Asian Shops or even Filipino Shops and did not manage to find one then the best that … Continue reading »
Naan is a type or leavened oven baked flat bread that originated in India, a very popular bread especially in the South East Asian region and the Indian Subcontinent. Traditionally this type of bread is cooked in a tandoor or clay oven which also distinguishes it from the nearly similar bread called roti as the … Continue reading »
Butter chicken or Murgh Makhani as they called it India is a popular Indian dish that originated from the province of Punjab. This wonderful dish is made out of chicken cooked in a creamy sauce; butter chicken is usually served with naan, paratha, roti, and/or steamed basmati rice. The first time I tried this dish was … Continue reading »
Curry is one of the best dishes you will ever have especially if you love different mix of spices, just imagine mixing that with different types of seafood it will surely be an explosion of different flavours in every bite. If you read my blog posts then I guess you already noticed that I love … Continue reading »
If you had noticed Beef Curry is in 3 of my categories, Indian, Filipino and Japanese. Why? Indian because of the word curry which was derived from the Tamil word “khari” which means spices. Curry is a description of any food which used a lot of spices and more commonly have been closely linked to … Continue reading »
