Life can change in a flash, and that’s what happened; when the world was brought to its knees because of the pandemic. Overnight businesses were disrupted and livelihoods lost. We learned to live with less, and that set me thinking. You can and should learn to live with what you have, with what you can; but the most important factor is — you must always celebrate life.
That was the starting point for my book. How do I create an experience of happiness, style, and yet be cooking within a budget? Scale back the large spending, yet bring in the panache of a dining effect in terms of flavors, simplicity and elegance. It is with this thought that I started working on these recipes. I gave myself a budget of $1 (INR 75) to do a complete dish and here is my great collection of deliciousness.
What You Will Learn
1. Soya Garlic Chicken & Cauliflower Fried Rice
2. Crispy Eggplant Steak & Stir Fried Green Beans
3. Basa Tobanyaki
4. Grilled Chicken Breast with Garlic Shoyu
5. 7 Spice Sliced Orange Chicken
6. Coffee Teriyaki Chicken
7. Mustard Crusted Panko Fish
8. Sliced Chicken with Spinach
9. Crispy Mushroom Teriyaki Croquettes
10. Chickpea & Cottage Cheese in Red Thai Curry
11. Vietnamese Pumpkin & Corn Curry
12. Drumsticks & Mushrooms Thai Green Coconut Curry
13. Roasted Vegetables Sweet ‘N’ Sour
14. Sesame Soya Tofu ‘N’ Broccoli
15. BBQ Jackfruit with Korean Spice
16. Mushroom Dumplings in Vietnamese Vegetable Pho
17. Quinoa Lentil Rice Bowl
18. Roasted Chilli Vegetable Noodle Bowl
19. Soya Chunks Nasigoreng
20. Yogurt Vegetable Vermicelli Bowl (Cold)
21. Kodo Millet Vegetable Andhra pulao
22. Mongolian Vegetable Rice Bowl
23. Baked Penne Parmigiano
24. Cottage Cheese & Black Bean Rice Bowl
25. Pesto Chicken Pasta Bowl
26. Slow Cooked Pumpkins, Sweet Potato Pot with Cider
27. Cottage Cheese & Spinach Gnocchi
28. Pearl Barley & Split peas with Cauliflower ‘N’ Paprika Goulash
29. Sweet Potato Chilli Pot
30. Roasted Eggplant Caponata on Crusted Bread
31. Turmeric Sweet Potato, Lime Persian Vegetable Rice
32. Crunchy Cauliflower, Saffron Ancient Grains with Egg ‘N’ Vegetables
33. Soya Millet Dumplings with Tahini
34. Moroccan Spiced Cottage Cheese on Millet Tabbouleh
35. Broccoli Shawarma Plate
36. Potato Egg Steak on Israeli Couscous
37. Panfried Eggplants with Harissa & Rose
38. Greek Pearl Barley Dish
39. Feta Fish Tacos
40. Mushrooms, Quinoa & Spinach Medley
41. Kidney Bean Rice Bake
42. Vegetable Fox Tail Millet Paella
43. Peruvian Chicken & Roast Sweet Potato
44. Egg, Spinach, Pumpkin Pot Pie
45. Egg Chilli Oatpot
46. Eggplant Steak on Chick Pea, Chilli, Mash
47. Curry Braised Chicken, Tomato Tarragon Rice
48. Chicken ‘N’ Roasted Corn Dumplings, Lemon ‘N’ Chilli
49. Beetroot Shakshouka
50. Broiled Basa with Zaater Salsa
