First of all, welcome to the new Samosa Junkie site. If you have a moment, please poke around and check out the new features like recipe search. I would love it if you could leave a comment below on how the site is working or if there are other features you would like to see. …
Last week something totally HUGE happened that was totally unexpected. The very respected website, Food52, picked my recipe for Punjabi Buttermilk Stew as one of their favorites. If you are not familiar with Food52, here is the skinny – it was started by two women to be a resource to home cooks and also…
First off, Happy New Year! I hope your holidays were filled with great food and good cheer. We got back from Kolkata last week and are finally back in the groove. As far as India trips go this was a pretty tough one. But I took two kids under 5 halfway around the world –…
In just over a week, on the 26th of December, we are leaving for Kolkata. Part of me feels slightly insane for attempting this trip with a four year old and one year old in tow. The flights alone are a killer. Fifteen hours direct to Dubai, and almost eight hour layover and then another…
For my husband, Arjun, special occasions meant Rogan Josh. This gentle, aromatic lamb or goat stew was one of his maternal grandmother, Didu’s specialties. Whenever we would travel back to India, the first meal we would be served (usually right after getting home from the airport late, late at night) would include rogan josh along…
I hope everyone had a delicious, fabulous Thanksgiving. We traveled back to Burke, Virginia where I grew up. We got to my parents home just in time for a late dinner and my mother surprised me with homemade samosas. They were divine. Even my son, Shiv went bananas for them. I kinda wish I had…
Thanksgiving is my favorite holiday. There are no gifts to worry about and the point is really to get everyone around a table and eat some terribly good food – which is something I can really get behind! Before I had kids, I used to look forward to all the cooking and relish the planning. …
One of the first things I ever ate at my husband’s family’s home were these meltingly tender shami kebabs. They are one of Arjun’s favorite foods and whenever we go visit his mother in Delhi, these are always served at the first meal we have at her home. These circular kebabs are almost impossible to…
Some of you may have noticed that there is a new tab at the top of this blog called shop my favorites. I realized that I should introduce this new, and hopefully exciting, feature of Samosa Junkie. Basically, I have partnered with Amazon to create a special store just for readers of this blog. In…
The weather has finally cooled off a bit in Northern California and it is starting to feel like Fall. I know many of you are watching football weekly and you’re in luck! I just discovered the perfect chicken wing recipe on one of my favorite food blogs. What set this one apart was the meat…