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What Indian Spices Do You Really Need?
I’m sure there’s a rule against this somewhere in the food blogging universe, but I’m going to do it anyways. A little over a year ago, I posted The Top Ten Essential Indian Spices for North and South Indian cooking. Yet, I continue to read about how Indian food requires so many (so many) spices. […]
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hungry desi at home
I taught a cooking class. I FINALLY did it. After talking about it, thinking about it, planning on doing it but then changing my mind, I finally just did it. And it was a lot of fun. A little stressful to cook, talk and teach at the same time, but I did it. And it […]
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Planning an Indian Menu: And The Accompaniments Have It
A few years back, Rajat and I hosted a dinner party. I made palak channa, aloo gobi and Indira at Mahanandi’s pudina paneer. Each dish was my best (if you’ll indulge me and let me toot my own horn – which really, you have no choice but to let me). Really. It was some of my […]
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Planning an Indian Menu: What to Serve with What?
Wet. Dry. I had never thought of Indian food in these terms until I met my husband. But thinking back, even the South Indian meals we had growing up could be broken into these categories. Monday – Sambar. Wet. Stir fried eggplant. Dry. Tuesday – Rasam. Wet. Cabbage and peas. Dry. Wednesday – Spinach daal. […]
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Book Review: Curry – A Tale of Cooks & Conquerors
Has this ever happened to you – a friend tells you that they don’t like curry. BUT, they reassure you, they really want to like Indian food. It’s just that – well – they don’t like curry. So they enlist you to go out for Indian food with them to help navigate the menu. I […]
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From the Spice Box: Tamarind Candy
As a kid, I used to sneak into the pantry when my parents weren’t around and tear off a little corner from the block of dried tamarind that was guaranteed to be aplenty in our house. I would pop the hard knob of tamarind into my mouth, looking like a baseball player with dip wedged […]
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Lucali – A Restaurant Review
If a picture is worth a thousand words, I should warn you that this photo is of a cold slice. When we’re not cooking in our Brooklyn apartment, Rajat and I make it a hobby to find new restaurants that are (A) delicious and (B) vegetarian friendly (of course). I’ve been wanting to share reviews of the […]
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For the Love of Nutella
Today is World Nutella Day, and I applaud the good people who decided that this chocolate and hazelnut wonder deserves a day of it’s own. In honor of the occasion, I want to share the nutella drenched waffle pictured above that I had at Wafels & Dinges, a Belgian waffles truck. Yes, that’s right. A truck. Where else […]
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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 […]