LinsFood | by Azlin Bloor

In-Depth Recipes, Food Culture & Food Stories

South Asian Recipes

This page contains a collection of Indian, Pakistani and Sri Lankan recipes. Growing up in Singapore, foods from these 3 countries were pretty much local food for us, just as Chinese and Malay food is. Not to mention Eurasian and Nyonya food!

Aloo Gosht, a favourite Lamb Curry
Cheat’s Homemade Rose Syrup (Quick, Easy and No Roses Required!)
Chicken Chitarnee, an Indian Jewish Curry Recipe
Chicken Karahi
Curry Leaf Plant
Easy Chicken Biryani
Falooda Recipe
Fish Sothi (Sri Lankan Yellow Fish Curry)
Fried Okra with Lime and Chilli
Fried Onion Paste (essential ingredient in the Indian Kitchen)
Green Tomato Chutney (how to use up Green Tomatoes)
Gushtaba (Kashmiri Meatballs in Yoghurt Gravy)
Homemade Paneer Recipe (Indian Cheese)
Homemade Rose Syrup (made with fresh, organic roses)
How to cook Perfect Pepper Chicken
How to Cook with Coconut Milk
How to make Garam Masala
How to Make Kedgeree (an Anglo-Indian Recipe)
How to make Liquid Saffron (a Persian Ingredient)
How to Make Onion Bhajis at Home
How to Make Slivered Almonds and Slivered Pistachios (for Topping Anything!)
Kashmiri Cuisine, Wazwan, a little History and Kashmiri Recipes
Kashmiri Lamb Rogan Josh Recipe and Video (with Ratan Jot)
Maldive Fish, an essential ingredient in Sri Lankan Cooking
Mawal, a traditional ingredient in Kashmiri Muslim Rogan Josh
Mee Goreng Mamak (Indian Fried Noodles from Singapore and Malaysia)
Methi Leaves (Fenugreek Leaves/Shanbalileh), a Persian and Indian Herb
Mulligatawny Soup, a very Anglo Indian Dish of the British Raj
Okra, a Much Maligned Vegetable (and how to cook it)
Panch Phoron
Pineapple Chutney
Poppadum Bites
Ratan Jot (Alkanet) a traditional Ingredient in Kashmiri Rogan Josh
Rista Recipe (Kashmiri Meatballs in Saffron Flavoured Red Curry)
Roast Pheasant Masala (Roast Pheasant with Indian Spices)
Saffron Tea Recipe (deliciously good for you)
Smoked Salmon Fish Curry (South Indian Fish Curry with a Twist)
Sooji Halwa (Semolina Halwa)
Tandoori Turkey Recipe and Video (Smoked in your Regular Home Oven)
Thai Holy Basil|Tulsi
What is Kashmiri Chilli? (Essential Ingredient in the South Asian Kitchen)
What is Pandan and How Do You Use It?