SIDE DISH

A side dish is a food item that accompanies the entrée or main course at a meal.

Caponata

Caponata

Caponata: Caponata (Sicilian: capunata) is a Sicilian aubergine (eggplant) dish consisting of a cooked vegetable salad made from chopped fried eggplant and celery seasoned with sweetened vinegar, with capers in a sweet and sour sauce. Numerous local variations of the ingredients exist with some versions adding olives, carrots and green bell peppers, and others adding potatoes, […]

Makki Di Roti

Makki Di Roti

Makki Di Roti: Makki di roti is flat, unleavened Punjabi bread made from corn flour, primarily eaten in Punjab region of Pakistan and India. Like most rotis in South Asian cuisine, it is baked on a tava. It is an important element of the rural Punjabi cuisine. Literally, Makki di roti means “bread of corn” […]

Jeera Rice

Jeera Rice

Jeera Rice: Zeera rice or Jeera rice or Cumin rice is a tempting rice dish of Punjabi cuisine. In its simplest form, it is steamed rice with nice flavour of pan fried cumin seeds (Jeera). This recipe may also use onion and cashew nuts stir fried in ghee to enhance the flavour and palatability. This […]

Soothe Chutney

Sooth Chutney

Sooth Chutney: Sooth (or Saunth) chutney, is a sweet chutney used in Indian chats. It is made from dried ginger (sooth) and imli (tamarind) paste, hence the name. The chutney is brownish-red in color. Modern sooth is often made with dates. However, sooth made with dried ginger adds a special flavor to the chat and […]

Bresaola

Bresaola

Bresaola: Bresaola or brisaola is air-dried, salted beef that has been aged two or three months until it becomes hard and turns a dark red, almost purple color. It is made from top (inside) round, and is lean and tender, with a sweet, m usty smell. It originated in Valtellina, a valley in the Alps of […]