Continental Food Recipes

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 ...

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 ...

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. ...

Rosemary Chicken Rice Recipe is a lovely earthy rice preparation with flavours from the rosemary herb, served along  with spicy homemade tomato garlic sauce that is flavoured with basil. The rice is cooked along with freshly fried garlic, some browned onions and of-course rosemary from where it gets its rustic earthy flavour.  Although this recipe uses chicken, another option could be prawns and the vegetarians can use a mix of vegetables like tofu, baby corn, broccoli.  The Spicy ...

Buttered Herbed rice is one of the easiest rice dish to make. It is seasoned with herbs and tossed in butter. The best part of this dish is, it makes a great use of  leftover plain rice. Buttered herbed rice is an ideal meal for all of us to carry in our lunch box. Garlic tossed in butter and addition of aromatic herbs to season the rice uplifts the flavour making it different from the usual dish of rice tossed with spices. Serve the Buttered Herbed Rice with Smoked Tofu and Grilled Vegetable ...

Ruote pasta is popularly known as Cartwheel pasta or Wagon wheel pasta owing to its shape. This Ruote pasta & Eggplant gratin is a scrumptious one pot meal which is sure to please everyone. The pretty pasta is layered with veggies in pasta sauce, eggplants and topped with Gouda cheese; you can also use Mozzarella or Parmesan cheese instead. Use any vegetables of choice.  Serve the Ruote Pasta & Eggplant Gratin Recipe along with Couscous Salad with Raw Mangoes or with ...

Jalapeno Cilantro Lime Rice Recipe is a vibrant dish that uses freshly ground coriander leaves tossed in with cooked rice and has sliced jalapeños for an extra crunch and flavour. Finally a lemon is freshly squeezed into the rice to give a bit of tangy flavour to the rice preparation. The rice is quick to make for a nice continental menu as a side dish to go along with your chicken or lamb curries. Serve the Jalapeno Cilantro Lime Rice along with Jamaican Stew,  Delicious ...

Green Beans In Pomegranate Cream Sauce is a delicious, creamy entree recipe. It can be served as salad, appetizer or side dish. The sweet and tangy flavor of pomegranate pearls combined with creamy sauce is full of refreshing flavors. Green Beans in Pomegranate Cream Sauce is a fantastic gluten free appetizer as well.  Serve the Green Beans in Pomegranate Cream Sauce along with Light And Creamy Broccoli Soup and Garlic Bread with Herb Butter for a weeknight dinner. Other ...

Sun dried Tomatoes and Shiitake Mushroom Quiche is a scrumptious homemade Puff/ Filo (Phyllo) Pastry topped with delicious onion relish and sundried tomatoes with shiitake mushrooms. This recipe is a bit time consuming as it has homemade phyllo pastry but you can use readymade and cut down on the cooking time. It is a perfect dish to be enjoyed as a mini meal or as during hi-tea. It takes about an hour to do the preparations and about 30 to 40 minutes to cook. Serve Sundried Tomatoes And Shiitake ...

The Vegetable Au Gratin recipe is a classic french dish where the vegetables are baked along with a creamy white sauce called the béchamel sauce. This is one of the favorite dinners at home and I love it especially because it is quick to make and super healthy too. I like to make my bechamel sauce with different types of flours making it healthy and guilt free.You can bake with a combination of vegetable and play around with the recipe by adding more flavours.  Serve the Au Gratin along with ...

The Stuffed Zucchini recipe is one amazing dish, that is packed with flavors from the roasted peppers, mushrooms and flavor packed with Del Monte Cheesy Dip. The stuffed zucchini is a great way to pack in the vegetables and protein the body needs. You can add some minced chicken, bacon or even soy granules to the stuffing and up the protein content. When you run out of flavors then what comes in handy is these delicious, creamy and flavor packed Del Monte Cheesy Dip that you ...

Way back in 1993, when I was young and eager to learn, there was a young Colombian Chef who had come to New Delhi in search of nirvana. He was an absolute dope head, but cooked like an angel. Once in awhile in lieu of a free meal at the restaurant he would cook something for us. He was the first to give me the taste  of these arepas  - corn cakes made with a starchy cornmeal. The Corns Cakes are made with starchy cornmeal, corn kernels and cheese. It is one of the most delicious corn cakes ...

Tagine is a food culture of the Moroccan and Algerian countries. Tagine is a shallow earthen pot which has a tall lid and food cooked in tagine tastes amazing. Dishes made of tagine are usually slow cooked mostly on fire or grill, these days the tagine is cooked in oven too. Vegetable Tagine a mix of root vegetables cooked slowly in a tagine along with spices. Usually there is at least one dry fruit added to a tagine dish. Moroccan dish is not complete without dry fruits like dates, apricots, prunes, ...