I am not ashamed to admit that I used to be a disaster at baking. So when I thought that I should bake a chicken casserole memories of past accidents dissuaded me. I bravely consoled myself and looked for recipes just the same and told myself that I can do it, that I can bake a great chicken casserole yet. Most of the chicken casserole recipes I found online were posted by long time successful-in-the-kitchen people so they assumed that...

Basil chicken with galangal or Thai ginger is a quick and easy zero headache recipe. Seen here with brown rice pilaf, this recipe was inspired by the fact that we had some basil and galangal lying unused in the fridge. Enter an experiment and a very satisfying meal. Although sweet basil is mostly used in Italian dishes, its Asian counterpart – Thai basil plays a pretty important role in Southeast Asian cuisines like that of Thailand and Malaysia. This also...

Here is a simple prawns recipe that takes less than ten minutes! We cooked it for the first time and loved the crunchy, fresh taste. Pak Choy or Chinese cabbage is easily available at most grocery stores and so are Shitake mushrooms. We used medium sized prawns, but I'm sure any size works. This could also work with most any meat or more vegetables like snow peas, asparagus and spring onions. Total time: 10 minutes (Prep time: 5 minutes, cooking time:...

We had tandoori chicken left over from Sunday's cook out, so we wanted to make a meal out of it last night. A great way of doing this turned out to be a quick butter pepper garlic vegetable stir fry on the side. Enter: Broccoli, asparagus, snow peas and spring onions! Total time: 10 minutes (Prep time: 3 mintues, cooking time: 7 minutes) Serves: 2-3 I go to the vegetable market every Sunday morning. It's the only time Bandra's streets aren't crowded with...