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Vindaloo Pasta Sauce
The chilly, windy weather outside made me want to cozy up with a big bowl of spicy, saucy pasta. So, I fired up the oven and roasted some tomatoes, onions and garlic. The freshness of these three, simple ingredients roasted with a splash of olive oil and sea salt is a treat but a sprinkle […]
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Vegetarian Sushi…Beyond California Rolls
R first introduced me to sushi was four years ago in Lake Tahoe. I loved the combo of rice and fresh veggies, rice and fried sweet potatoes, rice and tempura. Sushi at non-vegetarian restaurants gives me the heebee jeebees though…I picture fish juice contaminating my veggie sushi (sounds crazy but is it really?). Once, I […]
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Goodnight Moon – Karwachauth and Tapioca Payasam
I’m not one who skips meals, and I don’t “forget to eat.” In fact, I’m at my all time worst when I’m hungry. As a warning about my temperment when hungry, my brother, during his speech at our wedding reception, warned R to carry bite size snickers in his pocket lest by some stroke of misfortune I was made […]
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Hold the Eggs – Tofu Sramble with Pesto
It’s been nearly five months since R and I returned to Brooklyn from a three year stint in Boston. Though the southerner in me is thrilled to have escaped before Boston’s winter, I do miss New England summers and easy escapes to the idyllic surroundings of the Cape, Maine and Vermont. This Labor Day weekend, […]
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Chayote Squash Kura
Chayote squash is a curious little vegetable. It’s slightly intimidating with its odd pursed seam along one edge making it look like a cartoonish venus fly trap or the Grinch’s balled up fist. When you peel it, it lets off heavy beads of sweat and gets slippery. The juice dries on your hands making them […]
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Bruschetta with Ricotta Salata
Salt, butter, cheese and bread are among my favorites – a cardiologist’s nightmare. We actually cook and eat pretty healthily but things might be different if it weren’t for R making me adopt healthy habits (for example, who knew dumplings could be steamed and not pan fried and that the gym should be attended regularly???). [Note: […]
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My Secret Dream to be a Sandwich Artist – Aloo Gobi Naanini
R and I don’t usually don’t have time to really cook dinner on weeknights b/c we get home so late, so on nights like tonight, we rely on heating up leftovers. I had gotten a little tired of the rice and aloo combo, so I decided to turn my leftover aloo gobi sabji into a […]
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Eggplant in Peanut Sauce
With the season starting to change and the weather turning cooler, I’ve been craving the velvety taste of baingan, or eggplant. So tonight I tried to recreate a dish that my mom makes – eggplant in a peanut sauce. R and I went grocery shopping at the new Whole Foods in Tribeca, which usually has […]
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Simple Sides – Quick Aloo Gobi
I found this beautiful, oddly yellow colored cauliflower at the grocery store today and was intrigued to see what it tasted like…I have to say that tasted just like regular cauliflower to us. Would love to hear from anyone else who has tried these cross bred veggies (which is kind of creepy, no?)… Normally, I like […]
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Soba Noodles and Tofu in Cilantro-Tamarind Sauce
I had a craving for soba noodles tonight and no time to stop by the grocery store, so my ride back to Brooklyn was spent ticking through things we already had in the fridge which might be soba noodle worthy. My result was inspired by Heidi Swanson’s post on her blog, 101cookbooks.com (you can find […]