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10 Essential Indian Spices
One of the best care packages I ever received was a full set of basic Indian spices that my sister put together in labeled jars. Having the right spice on hand or not can take a great recipe and destine it either to a long, sad life in your junk drawer or earn it a spot in the […]
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Ready Made Goodness – Cheddar Cheese Masala Burger
About a year ago, my sister signed me up for Martha Stewart Living. I love reading the magazine, I really do. Although, I’ve never actually made anything from it. When I hang a holiday wreath, I don’t cut stenciled leaves from gold foil and staple gun them to a wooden frame. I buy one – and […]
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Mumbai Mama, Take Me Home – Vada Pav
Country roads, take me home, to the place where I belong…John Denver was singing about the mountains of West Virginia but his song resonated with me as I read about prominent Mumbaiites like Suketu Mehta urging the world to run to Mumbai – not away from it in response to the recent terrorist attacks. I agree with Suketu’s […]
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A Very Desi Thanksgiving
I’ve never characterized Thanksgiving as just “a day to be thankful” – it’s always been more about a day of good food, parades and family because I just don’t understand limiting thankfulness to one day. A thing as difficult as say parades, however, I do understand limiting. The loss of life and terror we saw this past […]
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Chili When Chilly
When winter hits, thoughts of a steaming bowl of hearty, vegetarian chili makes the wind slapping my face, the ringing chill in my ears and frostbite in my fingers seem a little less awful. A stockpot of it warms up our house and our bellies for a few days. I like to top mine with […]
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Nutella Ricotta Stuffed Pancakes and Roasted Home Fries
Last night, we met some friends for dinner at Cafe Ino, and I didn’t manage to save any room for their nutella panino. We woke up this morning to hear what could only have been ginormous raindrops hitting our skylight, and I knew it was a perfect day for a decadent brunch. We made nutella […]
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Saucy Soba Noodle Stir Fry
Last Sunday, after a low key, relaxing spend-the-night with friends in Warwick, NY, we wanted a low key, relaxing dinner to cap off the weekend. Stir fry is great because we just gather a few of our favorite veggies, throw them into the wok, pan fry or *grill a block of tofu and hit the […]
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Black-Eyed Peas and Aloo Sabji
For the longest time, black-eyed peas were filed away in the gray matter of my brain as a high school cafeteria side dish likely to be flavored with ham hocks. I might have been confusing them with pinto beans for years. I finally learned how tasty they are after trying Guru the Caterer’s black-eyed peas with […]
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(Vegetarian) Unchicken Tikka Masala
N, a good friend of mine who is a self-described “recovering corporate attorney who enjoys writing, traveling and the arts,” introduced me to veat when she brought Veat Makhani to a potluck dinner a few years ago. R and I were immediately hooked on her makhani dish and on veat. Veat’s a nice alternative when […]
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Cilantro-Chili Pesto Sauce
A friend pointed that I didn’t provide instructions for making the cilantro-chili pesto sauce needed for my Vindaloo Pasta Sauce*. Admittedly, that’s because I cheated and used leftover pesto that I bought from Union Market. I was trying to finish up what I hadn’t used in our Tofu Scramble. Here’s a recipe that I’ve used before to […]