Tag ‘spicy dishes’

166. Quesadilla with avocado and creamy chilli sauce (Mexican recipe)

Where I can, I try to dilute recipes for sweet desserts with something spicy and filling. Today you can learn to make a not very well known but still fairly popular Mexican dish – a quesadilla with avocado and a spicy cheese and chilli sauce. The main difference from a burrito is that the quesadilla tortilla is folded in half rather than wrapped around the filling, and it sticks together thanks to the layer of cheese. Details under the cut. Read more »»

147. A healthy burger (a recipe from Men's Health magazine)

Burgers have always been unhealthy but popular, haven't they? Not so. Today I'll tell you about a not very popular and absolutely harmless sandwich made to a recipe from the editors of Men's Health magazine. I often cook chicken (tacos with chicken and chilli, for example), but for the first time there will be a very filling and healthy chickburger recipe with natural yogurt and Tabasco sauce under the cut. Read more »»

163. Green curry paste with chicken (Thai recipe, Green Curry Paste)

I've already made an authentic Thai soup, but curry is a category of its own, closer to meat or vegetables in a sauce. The base of green curry paste is a wet mixture of spices ground in a stone mortar which underlies a great many recipes dearly loved both by the locals and by pale-faced farangs. The details of making this spicy dish, and photos, are under the cut. Read more »»

134. Pork satay (Thai recipe)

Thailand is famous for its spicy dishes, steeped in the aroma of lemongrass and fish sauce. One example is the Thai recipe for a low-calorie salad with avocado that I described not long ago. Now we can move on to more complicated dishes, so today I'm posting a recipe for pork satay — another recipe popular in Thailand which, made properly, can amaze you with its delicious taste. Read more »»

156. Burrito (Mexican recipe)

Six months ago I made an excellent Mexican dish — tacos with chicken and chilli. Today we're going back to food for real muchachos and making a dish that's more traditional for Mexico — a fiery burrito with rice, chicken and Tabasco sauce. If you aren't afraid of a bit of heat, look under the cut and follow the step-by-step recipe with photos. Read more »»

132. Low-calorie salad with avocado (Thai recipe)

Not long ago I shared with my readers the recipe for ginger lemonade, which quenches thirst beautifully on a hot day. Time to add to the collection of summer dishes a very simple, low-calorie recipe for a Thai salad with avocado that will take you no more than ten minutes to make. Details and photos are under the cut. Read more »»