Continental Food Recipes

Grilled Aubergine with Tzatziki Sauce is a delicious and creamy dish of eggplant served with light yogurt based sauce. Eggplant is a very versatile vegetable, you can make a stunner of a dish in any cuisine with it. The glossy deep purple skin encasing the soft cream flesh dotted with ruby red pomegranate seeds makes this dish the show- stopper at any party menu. Grilled Aubergines Recipe is a great way to include eggplant in the daily menu and the light yogurt based sauce makes it a perfect meal ...

Baked Egg With Quinoa & Tomato Sauce Recipe is a one pot meal that is baked in the oven. It has three different layer of delicious flavours. There is a bed of quinoa in the bottom and layered with a delicious rich tomato sauce and topped it up with an egg. A good sprinkle of cheddar cheese is finally added on top to make it melt as you bake it in the oven. You can bake this dish until the egg is quite gooey or the way you like the egg to be cooked. This will make a one dish meal in itself for ...

Olive & Tofu In Harissa Curry Recipe is a finger licking good vegetarian continental gravy dish. Served best with some herb rice, salad and mash by the side.  A combination of spicy harissa sauce with some tomato puree and roasted garlic and simple spices, makes this dish, so appetizing.  The addition of olives and tofu, makes it a lot healthier. Other vegetables like baby corn, broccoli, zucchini or bell peppers can also be added. The non vegetarians can experiment with either chicken ...

Coriander Garlic Baked Chicken recipe is a super simple dish. Soft and juicy chicken pieces coated with spicy, flavourful green marinade with vegetables, making it a super healthy meal.   Serve Coriander Garlic Baked Chicken along with Beetroot Salad Recipe With Mixed Greens & Feta Cheese for a healthy weekday dinner. If you like this recipe, you can also try other Chicken recipes such as Cheesy Chicken Ala Kiev Recipe Chicken Momos Recipe Paprika Chicken Skewers ...

The Smoked Vegetarian Spanish Rice Recipe is a easy to make rice dish that is packed with flavors from the coal smoking method. The Spanish Rice is made using fresh tomatoes, bell peppers, celery, corn, and green peas. Spanish rice in one pot dish and is made in a large pot with a lid. You can use a cast iron pan or even a stew pot to cook the rice in as well.  Smoking food at home, using hot charcoal is a super easy method to achieve the tandoori effect right in your own ...

Mujaddara Recipe is a traditional Middle-Eastern rice dish that can also be made with cracked wheat or BUlgar wheat. In combination with lentils and the distinguishing element - the caramelised onions - this dish is also called the Medieval ‘poor man’s dish’ as it requires just a handful of simple ingredients. The only skill or patience that is required is to fry the onions. The onions should be sliced evenly and thinly and the rest comes together very simply.  Serve Mujaddara along with Fattoush ...

The Spicy Stir Fried Broccoli Recipe is a healthy, quick, simple and delicous way of getting the nutritious vegetable into your diet. You can mix and match a variety of things into this recipe, by adding mushrooms, bell peppers, some snow peas or just have it plain. Serve the Spicy Stir Fried Broccoli along with a Yogurt Dip for your parties or just as a side dish for a weeknight dinner. Did you know: Broccoli is an anti-diabetes superhero. As with other cruciferous veggies, like kale and cauliflower, ...

Roasted Vegetable Lasagna  is one of the most favourite dishes for dinner at my home. Packed with vegetables and goodness of ricotta or even paneer and durum wheat pasta make it wholesome, nourishing and absolutely delicious. As with any pasta, I always never fail to make the pasta sauce at home from the basics. Fresh herbs, fresh vegetable, including freshly made Ricotta goes right between the delicate layers of this home baked lasagna. But often times, I do end up buying a pasta sauce and ...

Baked and Creamy Potato Gratin along with fresh Spiced Carrot and Onion Soup Recipe and a Toast is a family favorite.It you have a big holiday party for Christmas or Thanksgiving, then this gratin is an exciting and a delectable way of serving potatoes. It makes a perfect dinner and I love to add in a few carrot slices and sweet potatoes to this as well, to give that extra nutrition and taste.  If you like Gratins, then you must try some of our favorites Ultimate Potato Gratin ...

The Whole Wheat Vegetarian Stromboli Recipe is a type of turnover filled with various cheeses, typically mozzarella, and vegetables. The dough is Italian bread dough or a pizza dough.  A stromboli is made with a square shaped pizza dough that can be topped with any pizza toppings and is then rolled into a log and baked.Stromboli's are very similar to calzones, just that it is rolled instead of a half moon shape. The Whole Wheat Vegetarian Stromboli make a perfect snack box for children/ ...

Malfuf is basically lebanese stuffed cabbage rolls. The stuffing used for cabbage can vary from vegetarians/non vegetarians. Lebanese Mihshi Malfuf involves rolling cabbage leaves with a stuffing of rice, spices and then stacking them in a cooking pot in layers with garlic in between. Now simmer them on low heat in a sauce made with tomato, onion and spices etc. Serve Veg Lebanese Mihshi Malfuf along with Mujaddara for your weekend dinner with friends and family. If you like this ...

Grilled eggplant is topped with Chickpeas, roasted Bell Peppers, Feta Cheese and herbs to make the eggplant steak. The fancy ‘steaks’ are sure to lure even those who are not very fond of eggplants. You can use thick Italian eggplants or the slender Japanese variety. The quick mix barbeque like sauce spices up the steaks. You can adjust the proportion of the ingredients to your taste. Serve Eggplant Steaks as a party side dish or for a light meal with Pita wedges and Tomato Noodle Soup. Here ...

The Paneer And Spinach Puff Recipe is a family favourite that is filled with paneer and spices. The puff pastry pastry makes it crisp and crunchy on the outside with moist and flavourful paneer filling inside. It makes a perfect Sunday lunch with a salad and a jug of cold lemonade on the side. Serve the Paneer and Spinach Puff as a tea time snack along with a cup of Adrak Chai. If you like making evening tea time snacks along with your chai you must try a few of the favorites below Baked ...

Pistachio & Cranberry Broken Wheat Pulao Recipe is a delicious recipe of broken wheat combined with pistachios and cranberries, as the name suggests.  Broken wheat is pressure cooked with some olive oil, salt and pepper, with the addition of the star ingredients of pista and cranberry.  The addition of mint leaves adds great freshness to this broken wheat dish.  Serve Pistachio & Cranberry Broken Wheat Pulao along with Herbed Vegetables In Roasted Bell Pepper Sauce ...

Mushroom Strudel Recipe with Filo Pastry is a savory strudel pastry that can be served as side dish or as an appetizer too. A strudel is a type of layered pastry that is most often filled with something sweet. The Mushroom Strudel is a savory version of the strudel pastry where the filling is very easy and quick to prepare.  Serve Mushroom Strudel as your tea time snack along with a hot cup of Masala Chai and Quinoa Chocolate Cookies. Did you know:  Mushrooms ...

Eggplant and Garbanzo Stew Recipe is a delicious Moroccan stew which is mildly spiced. Moroccan stew is mildly sweet with the addition of cinnamon. To balance the sweetness, cumin and paprika is added. Here, we have made the eggplant and garbanzo (chickpea) version. It is pretty flavourful and also makes for a meal in itself. This is a simple recipe which does not require a lot of prep work and hence be included while planning for weeknight dinners. You must remember to soak garbanzo/chickpeas in ...

Spinach Stir Fry Recipe With Garlic is a healthy dish packed with nutrients.  Spinach leaves are finely chopped and stir fried in butter seasoned with some salt pepper and garlic.  The flavour of the roasted garlic goes perfectly well with the spinach.  Did you Know: Spinach contains 6 percent of your daily value of magnesium, a mineral that can help regulate your blood sugar. Spinach is also low in calories. The fact that spinach is rich in magnesium and contains so few calories ...

A delicious pie crust that has a touch of sweetness and salt, baked to a flaky perfection and filled with roasted vegetables and pesto is a perfect one to make Roasted Vegetable Pesto Tart Recipe for one of those days when you have a large gathering of guests over. The crusts can be made about a week ahead and the vegetables and pesto can be roasted and kept a day ahead as well. Make it into tiny bite size tarts or four inch tarts or even wedges cut out from a large tart - it is simply delicious. ...

Risotto is a classic Italian rice dish made with a short to medium grain, plump rice which is high in starch content. It is one of those dishes where the star of the dish is its simplicity. Risotto draws its brilliance from a good rice cooked in a vegetable stock along with some vegetables. This holiday season make this Leek Mushroom & Lemon Risotto to win over your family and friends. Serve the Leek Mushroom & Lemon Risotto warm along with a side of Rustic Rosemary Garlic Zucchini ...

Herbed Buttered Rice With Green Peas is a quick and easy rice preparation that you can prepare to serve it along with any vegetable or chicken gravy. The rice is cooked in the pressure cooker and then later on pan tossed with butter, green peas, dried oregano, red chilli flakes. A simple and yet a tasty dish that has subtle flavours of melted butter and mixed herbs. Serve the Herbed Buttered Rice With Green Peas along with Crispy & Spicy Paneer , Thai Yellow curry, and a Tiramisu ...

The Lebanese Chickpea Falafel Recipe is a classic street food of middle-east made from chickpeas. It is simple and quick to make and is very nutritious too. The Falafel's can be served as an appetizer or place in a pita bread sandwich or into a wrap. Serve the Lebanese Chickpea Falafel is had along with a Tabbouleh Salad, Pita Bread and  Hummus. Storing Falafel: They have to be eaten hot and made almost immediately, else they will release a lot of water/ moisture and ...

Spring Onion & Roasted Garlic Brown Rice Recipe is a super healthy rice preparation made using brown rice, using the pressure cooker cooking method.  Here the brown rice is soaked for a while before adding it to a mixture of garlic and spring onion bulbs cooked in olive oil.  The prepared Spring Onion & Roasted Garlic Brown Rice is then fluffed and tossed with lush fresh green spring onions leaves that instantly uplift the dish.  Serve Spring Onion & Roasted ...

We often wonder what good ways we can consume the oatmeal for a meal. And like you I am always pressed for ideas on what to make of this wonder food. The Rosemary Oatmeal With Mushrooms With Fried Eggs is a perfect blend of the creamy oatmeal, when tossed in olive oil and mushrooms gives a very Mediterranean touch. Serve the Rosemary Oatmeal With Mushrooms With Fried Eggs along with toasted Garlic Bread with Herb Butter for a weeknight dinner. Other recipes that you can try are: Oatmeal ...

Egyptian Koshari is a popular dish originated in the 19th century as a way to use up the odds and ends leftover in the pantry. Small quantities of lentils, rice, macaroni, chickpeas, tomato sauce, onions, garlic, oil, vinegar, etc are usually used as a means to quickly finish the leftover supplies in this single dish. It is usually made with a combination of many things like rice, grains, lentils and macaroni, garnished with chickpeas and crispy fried onions. A hot sauce is usually drizzled on top. ...