Tamarind

Tamarind paste is a big part of Indian cooking and in this video Chef Sanjay shows you how to make tamarind juice.

Tamarind Chutney is an Indian sauce with just the perfect blend of sweet and sour flavors. It is widely used in chaats and as a condiment for various appetizers such a samosas and pakoras. Try this simple recipe.

Watch as Manjula prepares tamarind chutney, a classic Indian sauce that can be used on almost any type of dish. You will need: ½ lb tamarind 2 1/2 cup sugar 2 cup boiling water 2 teaspoons roasted ground cumin seed 1 teaspoon salt 1 teaspoon black salt 1 teaspoon red chilly p ...more

In this tutorial, we learn how to make tamarind red chili pickles. This is made by grinding up ripe red chilies with tamarind. After you do this, you will make sure the combination is well combined by stirring again with a spoon. When this is finished, heat up a skillet with o ...more

This dish is a popular one of the streets of India. It's a great dish that is easy to eat and can take one bite to devour. This tutorial will focus on one part of the dish, the pani in the panu puri dish. Enjoy! Recipe: Prep Time: 30 min Cook Time: - Makes: 8 cups Ingredient ...more

Instead of serving the same old biscuits, mashed potatoes and gravy for dinner tonight, why not take your family on an exotic taste adventure by fixing them pani puri? Pani puri is a puffed Indian flat bread that can be served with condiments like mint, tamarind water, and chi ...more

This recipe from the 10-Minute Cook explains how to make jerk barbecue sauce. She starts with half a pint of tomato ketchup and adds one teaspoon of tamarind paste, which gives it a sweet and sour fruit flavor. She then adds a teaspoon of mustard, the juice of one lime, two ta ...more

Watch this video tutorial on Ya-hon cooking and learn how to make this delicious Cambodian dish. Ingredients: Coconut Cream Dragonfly Brand Barbecue Sauce Tamarind Base Sugar Salt Fish Sauce Roasted Peanuts Quail Eggs Egg Beef Shrimp Fish Balls Tripe (optional) Tofu Mushroom ...more

Craving authentic Indian food? Then tune into this Indian cooking how-to video with Manjula. Follow along with this video lesson as Manjula shows you how to make papri chaat. Papdi or papri chaat is a snack served in most Indian homes. Make some for your home tonight and serve ...more

Watch as Manjula shows you how to prepare lentil dumplings in yogurt, or as they are more commonly known in India dahi vada. You will need: 3/4 cup wash moong dal 1/4 cup wash urad dal Oil to fry For garnishing: 1 1/2cup yogurt 1 teaspoon salt 1/2teaspoon red chilly powder 1 ...more

This video explains the method of preparing the Pakistani shaljam or another name called turnip gosht. The main ingredients of this item are 3 or 4 turnip, 500grams of mutton, one medium size of tomato chopped and one onion chopped, ginger garlic paste, one spoon of sugar to a ...more

Forget the take out tonight, cook some Thai food at home instead. Watch this how to video tutorial as professional Thai chef Kai shows you how to cook up an authentic dish of phat thai (or pad thai). This Thai style fried noodle dish can be found at an Thai restaurant, but now ...more

This video shows you how to cook thick steaks of fish cooked with Indian curry. You get all the fantastic Indian masala seasonings to make a rich and flavor full curry sauce which you fish steak will cook in and completely saturate. Step 1: Take the washed fish pieces, about s ...more

In this video chef Sanjay Thumma shows how to make sweet tamarind chutney in these simple steps: -In a bowl add 1 tsp. of red chilli powder, 1tsp. corianderpowder, 1/2 tsp. of cumin seed powder, 1/2 tsp. of saunf powder, a pinch of ginger powder, 1 ttspblack salt powder, 1/2 t ...more

Watch this cooking tutorial to learn how to make coconut soup which is also know as tom kha gai. For this dish, you can either stir fry your meat or boil the coconut cream first. Ingredients: Chicken Breasts Scallops Button Mushrooms (accidentally hit the wrong buttom and typ ...more

Sanjay Thumma teaches the secrets of making Indian bhel puri chaat. An excellent summary is given below. First take some crispy puffed rice in a bowl and poha mixed with peanuts. Now add some boondi, sev and pappadi to it which are optional. Add small pieces of boiled potatoes ...more

Watch this cooking tutorial to learn how to make this delicious green papaya salad. Ingredients: Green papaya Cherry tomatoes Limes Garlic Chili Peppers Homemade Papaya Sauce (shrimp paste, salted baby crabs, fermented fish, tamarind bar, tamarind pulp, tamarind base, fish sa ...more

Thai peanut sauce can be used as a dip for vegetables or as a sauce for meals. Try this easy version that uses real peanuts. Ingredients needed are brown sugar, water, dark soy sauce, sesame oil, tamarind paste, fish sauce, chili sauce and dry roasted peanuts.

Watch as Manjula shows you how to prepare, Chola Tikki, a spicy Indian snack. You'll need: 1 cup of boiled chickpeas (kable chana) 4 medium potatoes 1 tablespoon shredded ginger 1 tablespoon chopped cilantro (green coriander) 2 chopped green chili seeded adjust to your taste ...more

One of Thailand's most popular dishes is Pad Thai (or Phat Tai), which, in this case, is stir-fried rice noodles with eggs, chicken, shrimp and tons of other goodies. This is one of the most flavorful and versatile of all Thai dishes, not to mention easy to make. Arnond Srees ...more

Watch this cooking tutorial to learn how to make omlor machoo krueng spareribs soup. Ingredients: -lemongrass paste (lemon grass, lime leaves, galangal, garlic, turmeric powder, rhizome, & dried red chilis) -fermented fish -pork spareribs (or thinly sliced beef) -fish sauce, ...more

Anuja and Hetal of Show Me The Curry demonstrate how to make an Indian vegetarian dish called Brussels Sprouts Subzi. First, they show the required ingredients: 1lb Brussels Sprouts 1/2tsp Mustard Seeds 14tsp Fenugreek Seeds 1tsp Urad Dal A few curry leaves 1/4tsp Asafoetida ...more

To prepare the sauce for this dish you will need tamarind juice or white vinegar, fish sauce, coconut palm sugar or (granulated white sugar and corn syrup). For the Pad Thai you will need vegetable oil, red onions, garlic cloves, extra firm tou fuu, chopped preserved turnips, ...more

Sanjay Thumma teaches the secrets of making Indian dahi bhalla. An excellent summary is given below. First to make the batter soak black grams for 5 hours and grind them well. Now add some cumin seeds and salt to it and mix it with wet hands to make the batter light. Take some ...more

Chef Sanjay Thumma teaches the secrets of making spicy Indian papdi chaat in simple steps. Place the papdi on a plate and start by adding tamarind chutney on top. Now add chopped boiled potatoes and some mint chutney to its top. Add some chopped onion, tomato and cucumber on i ...more

Watch this cooking tutorial to learn how to make a green papaya salad. Ingredients: Papaya Lime Tomatoes Dried Baby Shrimp Garlic Hot Chili Peppers Dried Chili Peppers Homemade Papaya Sauce (shrimp paste, salted baby crabs, fermented fish, tamarind bar, tamarind pulp, tamari ...more

This video explains how to make Pad Thai, a Thailand noodle dish. You need a half pound of rice noodles, shrimp, palm sugar, ground chili, garlic, bean sprouts, tamarind sauce, peanuts, chives, dried shrimps, fish sauce, firm tofu, cooking oil, eggs, and some water. You would ...more

Alfred Prasad, Head chef at Michelin-starred Tamarind in London's Mayfair shows how to make his special Murgh Makhni. A delicious grilled chicken dish, simmered in creamed fresh tomatoes flavoured with ginger, fenugreek leaves and honey. The dish is said to have originated in ...more

Directions 1. Boil Tamarind in rice wash or water to soften. Pound and extract all juices and set aside. 2. In a casserole, boil rice wash or water, Tamarind juice, onions, tomatoes and Radish. 3. Lower fire, add in Shrimps, Kangkong, Sitaw and green long pepper. Simmer for ...more

This is a video demonstration of an easy way to make dahi vada. She uses urad powder, adds cumin seed, baking powder, crushed chili pepper, salt, and garlic. She then shows how to make chutney. She uses tamarind paste and palm sugar. She goes back and mixes the dry ingredients ...more

This is one fancy turkey burger! Watch as Chef Sanjay shows you how to make his version of the turkey burger with tamarind and other Indian flavors to make sure it tastes amazing.

Papdi Chaat is a variety of Indian street food known as Chaat. With it's light and crispy base, tomatoes, onions, potatoes and lots and lots of Mint and Tamarind Chutneys, it's guaranteed to make your mouth water.

Anuja and Hetal from Show Me the Curry! teaches how to make Garlic (Lasoon) Chutney. Ingredients: 1 cup Dry Shredded Coconut1/4 cup Sesame Seeds4 Dry Red Chilies1 Tbsp. Roasted Salted Peanuts1 bulb Garlic1 tsp. Tamarind Paste, Salt to taste, Roast coconut until golden. Set asi ...more

This street vendor cooking how-to video demonstrates two very simple, different versions of Pad Thai, but that's not all. The possibilities are endless when it comes to Pad Thai--you can use your imagination to tweak the recipe to your own taste. Here, the first version uses b ...more

In a pan being heated over medium heat add one tablespoon of vegetable or peanut oil. Add one teaspoon of chili paste and two minced garlic cloves. Add one quart of chicken broth and two tablespoons of fish sauce. Next add two tablespoons of tamarind, two small tomatoes choppe ...more

In this video we learn how to make tomato rasam. You will need: 2 tsp ghee, 1/4 tsp mustard seeds, 1/8 tsp asafetida, curry leaves, green chilies, 1/4 tsp crushed black peppercorns, 2 crushed garlic cloves, 1 tomato soup can, 1 tsp tamarind paste, salt, 1 tsp rasam powder, and ...more

Alfred Prasad, head chef at Tamarind in London's mayfair, shows how to make his special tomato rasam, a stimulating thin soup of tomatoes flavored with coriander, garlic and peppercorns. It's a hot South Indian dish that is great with another dish, as a starter, or on its own. ...more

Today Itkman is going to demonstrate how to make Beef Pad Thai. Begin by chopping garlic and bean sprout into small chunks (not minced). Next chop young green onion into one inch sections. Next chop the chili into small chunks roughly equal to that of the garlic. When ready pl ...more