Traditional Indian and Vegetarian Cooking. Modern Brooklyn Kitchen.

Introducing Half Pint Gourmet

Dear Friends, I wanted to share a new site that I helped launch last week, Half Pint Gourmet, a website for kids recipes developed by parents, for parents. As a new mom, I often find myself stuck in ruts. And yet, I care a lot about food and what Surya is eating. It’s important to [...]

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Pinterest – My Bulletin Board for Recipes to Try

I’ve searched for a long time for a way to create a file of recipes I want to try. I bookmark recipes. I print them out. I email them to myself. I thought about a weekly post of a recipe from around the blogosphere to try. All of these methods ultimately fail (though I never [...]

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South Indian Style Farro with Carrots and Peas

I used to think of grains as a bit bland and boring. There. I said it. Sad but true. For years I avoided the bins of farro (barley), oats, wheat berries and quinoa assuming they were meant for vegetarians who didn’t like salt and spice in their food. Oops. There were years where I completely [...]

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Farmer’s Market Vegetable Tian

It’s summertime which means I can literally start feeding my farmer’s market obsession. What’s popular in your farmer’s market right now? Ours is full of golden, yellow squashes, green zucchinis and pearly white onions. And juicy red tomatoes. My crisper was pretty full before Surya and I [and my dear friend Jason who I [...]

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Key Ingredients – Really Juicy Tomatoes

Have you ever made a dish once, had it turn out perfect and then made it again following the same steps with still good – but not great – results? Sometimes I chalk this up to kitchen karma. But really it may be the quality of the ingredients you’re using. When I was recipe testing [...]

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Simple Peanut Sauce

A great simple sauce uses pantry ready ingredients that you’re bound to always have on and imparts a deliciousness with layered flavors that masks it simplicity. We all have a few of these up our sleeves. Sometimes they are so simple though that I forget them. There’s a great sweet and sour Indo-Chinese sauce we’ve [...]

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Key Ingredients – Indian Chilies

Many of my recipes call for “green chilies.” Green chilies used in Indian cooking are small, heat packed chilies. They are about the 2 inches to 3 inches in length. Unless we go to the Indian grocery store though, these chilies can be tough to come by. What do you substitute for these green chilies? [...]

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