In case you were wondering what happened to me, especially, since it has been weeks since I posted a recipe. Well, I am safe and sound. There has been too much going on in our lives. We are going to be selling our house and due to that, my cooking has taken a backseat temporarily. [...]
In case you were wondering what happened to me, especially, since it has been weeks since I posted a recipe. Well, I am safe and sound. There has been too much going on in our lives. We are going to be selling our house and due to that, my cooking has taken a backseat temporarily. We have been prepping our house for the sale. Finally, we are at a point, where the house is ready to go on the market. Once we put our house on the market, the last thing I want to do is make the house smell like spices. Some prospective buyers might like and some might not like spices. So the plan is to make 3-4 recipes so that I can blog about it for the next several weeks. What will I do after that? Not sure. I will think of someway to cook after that. Maybe cook at my friend’s place since they let me know that they are okay with being used as guinea pigs for my recipes! I will let you know how that goes.
…continue reading Palak Paneer (Spinach with Indian Cheese)
Tags: Entree · Vegetarian
Whenever we used to travel around India, my dad used to rent a car or a van with a hired driver. We used to travel with a few of our relatives and we would all fit ourselves in 2 cars. It you can tolerate the traffic on Indian 2 lane highways (one lane in each [...]
Whenever we used to travel around India, my dad used to rent a car or a van with a hired driver. We used to travel with a few of our relatives and we would all fit ourselves in 2 cars. It you can tolerate the traffic on Indian 2 lane highways (one lane in each direction) going at 90-100 miles per hour, I don’t think you will ever need to go to Disneyland! That is how crazy the driving there is.
So there was this one incident where the driver was going at a speed of 90 miles an hour. There was a car in front of our car and a bus in front of the other car. There was a truck approaching from the opposite direction. I was sitting in the front seat watching and recording on video all this for posterity in case we die! Our driver decided to overtake the car and bus that was about to overtake the bus. The truck from the opposite direction was approaching fast and we had to overtake the bus and the car that was overtaking the bus. My wife, who is not Indian and was on her first trip to India was sitting at the back sweating looking at the unfolding drama. She was telling my parents to tell the driver to slow down and my parents consoled her by saying to look out the side window! She was hysterical. While this was going on, the driver had successfully overtaken the bus and the car and just made it in the nick of time before the truck from the opposite end approached us. Whew! That was a really really close one.
…continue reading Punjabi Chana Masala Dal (Lentil)
Tags: Dal · Entree
A few weekends ago I took a cooking class on making French chocolates from a French chef, Suzanne (Cuisine By Suzanne). We found out about this class when we we were at a Japanese festival in Seattle and that it was being offered at a Japanese chef’s house (Hiroko Sugiyama). I jumped at the chance [...]
A few weekends ago I took a cooking class on making French chocolates from a French chef, Suzanne (Cuisine By Suzanne). We found out about this class when we we were at a Japanese festival in Seattle and that it was being offered at a Japanese chef’s house (Hiroko Sugiyama). I jumped at the chance to learn something new as I like taking cooking classes, no matter what cuisine. I especially like taking classes that are hands on. It is no fun just watching the chef show how to make something if you cannot participate. Not only is a hands-on class more fun but you learn much more by doing it yourself. I usually try to apply that to my cooking as it triggers new ideas. Over the years I have taken lots of classes – 5-day class for the basics of cooking, Pizza making, Chocolate and so on.
…continue reading Aloo Gobi (Braised Potato and Cauliflower)
Tags: Entree · Gluten-free · Vegan
One of my friends from Minneapolis is from the southern part of the US. She hated okra since the only way she was used to eating it is in the form of gumbo. I had her try the way I cooked it (as outlined in the recipe below) and she loved it. She was surprised [...]
One of my friends from Minneapolis is from the southern part of the US. She hated okra since the only way she was used to eating it is in the form of gumbo. I had her try the way I cooked it (as outlined in the recipe below) and she loved it. She was surprised that it was not slimy. Okra is one of my favorite vegetable but I do not like it’s slimy texture either. How do you get rid of the sliminess when cooking okra? The most important thing to do is to dry it really well after washing it wipe with a damp cloth or paper towel. The next step is to cook it in the pan before adding any other vegetables or spices other than onion. Cook it till it starts to brown a little. Once that is done, then add spices and tomatoes etc. There are also recipes that are made by frying the okra in oil. I prefer not to fry okra since it soaks up a lot of oil and the dish comes out really oily. I believe that is how you will find them in the Indian restaurants.
Okra cut on both ends.
…continue reading Masala Bhindi (Masala Spiced Okra)
Tags: Entree · Vegetarian
There is a whole section of Indian cuisine that very few people outside India are familiar with nor have they tasted it. Majority of the Indian restaurants in the US do not carry the food known as street food. There is an amazing and fantastic variety of dishes that come under that umbrella. They are [...]
There is a whole section of Indian cuisine that very few people outside India are familiar with nor have they tasted it. Majority of the Indian restaurants in the US do not carry the food known as street food. There is an amazing and fantastic variety of dishes that come under that umbrella. They are lip smackingly tasty. If you ever been to Bombay (or Mumbai as it is called now), you will notice an array of food places on the streets. They range from Pani Puri (puffed puri with a spicy tamarind broth), Bhel Puri (crushed puris with garbanzo beans, yoghurt, chick pea flour noodles, tamarind and mint chutneys), Samosa (spicy potato and peas wrapped in a wonton wrapper and deep fried), Pav Bhaji, Pakoda and many others.
…continue reading Pav Bhaji (Spicy Vegetable Melange)
Tags: Entree · Vegetarian
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