I find myself buying butternut squash three at a time. Is that ridiculous? I'll usually roast them and then eat the chunks with rice or kamut or barley for lunch or a snack or a side dish. But I have the attention span of a goldfish recipe-wise, and I get bored of making the … [Read more...] about My Indian kitchen: Sweet and Sour Butternut Squash
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Back At Home with Madhur Jaffrey: South Indian-Style Green Beans with Sesame, Cumin and Mustard Seeds
I meant to make an Indian mustard pickle, but when I went to prepare the third dish for my small Indian dinner party - green beans - I couldn't remember which recipe I had decided to use. This one for South Indian style green beans is pretty boring, it's true, but it won't upset … [Read more...] about Back At Home with Madhur Jaffrey: South Indian-Style Green Beans with Sesame, Cumin and Mustard Seeds
Baked Brown Rice and Marriage Potential
I ran out of stove-top space and large pots. It's as simple as that. I was having some friends over for dinner and wanted to make an Indian meal. So that meant the dal (in this case red lentils) and squash both needed a large pot. The green beans could live with a small pot, but … [Read more...] about Baked Brown Rice and Marriage Potential
Indian Goes Raw: Peshawari Red Pepper Chutney
There aren't a whole lot of raw Indian dishes. Mostly you want to cook foods (except fruit) for a long, long time. Take spinach, for example. In India you cook the buh-jesus out of spinach until it absorbs all the spices you can throw at it. The only thing you really eat raw in … [Read more...] about Indian Goes Raw: Peshawari Red Pepper Chutney
I Am At Home, Thanks, Ms. Jaffrey: Potato Chaat
I've been cooking from Madhur Jaffrey's Indian cookbooks for about four years now. I remember first asking my teacher at the University of Toronto if I could come to his house some afternoon and cook with his wife who once a year made an amazing buffet-style dinner of Indian food … [Read more...] about I Am At Home, Thanks, Ms. Jaffrey: Potato Chaat
Healthy Indian Recipes and Cleansing the Body: Toor Dal
I've been in a post-festival en lumiere detox state for a week now. Until this month I've never felt the need to clean out my body with a cleanse or any kind of fasting - maple syrup and lemon are not things on which I choose to subsist - but when your body is screaming at you … [Read more...] about Healthy Indian Recipes and Cleansing the Body: Toor Dal
Because Indian Food Is Supposed to Be Ugly: Sweet and Sour Eggplant
Maybe if I'd had some more fresh coriander for garnish this wouldn't have looked so gross? I wouldn't have cared if it had been delicious, and as much as it wasn't bad, it just wasn't great. I even bought the right kind of eggplants for once; the long, lighter purple, skinny … [Read more...] about Because Indian Food Is Supposed to Be Ugly: Sweet and Sour Eggplant
Indian Sambar in Newfoundland (aka Turkey Detox Food)
I've made a lot of sambhar, but I figured my family might be all turkey-ed out after Christmas and no-meat-Mondays weren't quite good enough. So I introduced my family to masala dosa and, more importantly, to sambhar. Ingredients: Sambar Powder2 tbsp coriander seeds 2-4 small … [Read more...] about Indian Sambar in Newfoundland (aka Turkey Detox Food)
3rd Annual Christmas Extravaganza: South Indian Dosa to Scoop Up Your Pork Vindaloo or Saag
Dosa is the easiest wrap to make ever. I don't know why more people don't eat it. It's a little coarse from the ground lentils, a little tangy, and deliciously sponge-like. Lots of people buy tortillas at the grocery store that come with so many preservatives and things you … [Read more...] about 3rd Annual Christmas Extravaganza: South Indian Dosa to Scoop Up Your Pork Vindaloo or Saag
Saag Again
I make a lot of saag, and so it's not really necessary for me to re-post the recipe I don't think. I'll just explain that this time I quadrupled the recipe, added some grated asoefetida for digestion, mustard seeds to make it more South Indian than North, (and also digestion), … [Read more...] about Saag Again