Jamie Geller on NBC Today in New York

well tonight marks the fifth night of hanukkah and happy hanukkah to you all and moms you know how busy this time of year can be you're shopping you're doing wrapping all these gifts eight nights right how do you find the time to cook a special holiday dinner for the family well don't slave away in the kitchen for hours because jamie geller author of quick and kosher meals in minutes is here to show us what else but how to make a great meal in minutes hi jamie hi it's a pleasure to be back thank you you know this was my first show that i debuted with my first book the first live tv appearance three years ago really yeah so it's great to be back here you got a second one yes the second one and my actual son was born this night of hanukkah a year ago so a lot to celebrate now jamie thank you thank you and here you are your mom now you're an author and this from a bride who couldn't cook a thing yeah sure i didn't know the difference between a spatula and a saucepan and i did not care yeah what happened how did you like transform yourself into this incredible gifted chef thank you so much um i i say i'm not really chef i just play one on tv but basically my husband loves to eat and we love to entertain people we have four little ones and we're having a big hanukkah meal tonight and i just didn't want to keep them alive on takeout so i figured out let's make something well today you're going to make us a wonderful salmon dish what do you call it okay bombay salmon okay because we just want to just feel the flavors and the the cuisines everything that's available to the kosher consumer now i have a website kosher.com where we deliver free next day delivery food all over manhattan butcher bakery gift baskets grocery essentials and all these fabulous spices are now available to the kosher consumer and we want to cook with them this one wonderful so we start with salmon a little olive oil on top right your oven's at 350. okay a little salt coarse flake kosher salt of course kosher salt and of course it is okay and some black pepper little few turns of the pepper milk when you're looking for salmon you want something that's firm and bright not no odor right no make sure the fish should not smell okay fishy never put that in it's okay just like okay just like that okay we've got some onions here that we've been working on they sauce at the teas about five minutes yes exactly and we add our fabulous spices we've got some garlic yes of course some ginger that's that's interesting ginger cinnamon uh-huh you're gonna you're gonna fall down right now turmeric cloves clove curry curry cardamom we are playing around this is not your grandmother's conical meal okay i'm telling you okay great i love you you're so funny i'm having such a great time together okay so we for about one minute we've pulled this together oh thank you so much together in the kitchen okay this is we have fun and then we add some coconut milk this is not dairy so if you have a lactose intolerance or something this is a fabulous just as a side note in place of milk or any sort of dairy heavy cream this is wonderful and delicious and creamy so we bring this to a boil and then after about 20 minutes we let it simmer and here is our finished product beautiful okay how long do you cook your salmon 20 minutes 20 minutes let's stay tuned flakes with a four flakes with a fork okay and look at these latkes yeah what do you what do you call these lovely samosa okay curry powder some chutney on the side and some sour cream rounding out the meal jasmine rice and some persian cucumber salad here is our gorgeous salmon that's a finished dish over here with the oh that is just beautiful and this is our jelly doughnuts which is a traditional hanukkah treat okay and we'll deliver those to you also free next day delivery from kosher dot com mango cardamom shortcakes and we can let people know my book right quick and kosher kosher and i've got a blog also blog.kosher.com with over a thousand recipes quick and easy and healthy now how did you do this i think you went from nowhere you went from doing nothing to doing nothing sure did you teach yourself all this or did you like call your friends my husband taught me and then i call up everyone and anyone that can help me so and just ask for some pointers you are so good and i hope to share them with everyone on my blog there you go kosher.com and the book is called quick and coaching all right thank you thank you so much jamie happy hanukkah thank you and congratulations on your baby thank you thank you