I can’t believe it has been three months since my last post. Life has been BUSY. We moved to a new house, the holiday madness started, and then promptly went out of town for the end of December for almost two glorious weeks. In all that time I realized something very important. I prepare fabulous…
The holidays are coming, and as much as I am a fan of Thanksgiving and Christmas, I mean the Hindu holiday of Diwali. It celebrates the triumph of good over evil (I am simplifying of course – there is a long, complicated, colorful story complete with a wicked stepmother behind the holiday) and is celebrated…
Sometimes you need a dish that pulls out all the stops. That makes the table go silent when they start to eat. And, sometimes you need to be able to make it in way less than an hour. Have I got the perfect dish for you – Kerala crab curry. This coconut curry is studded…
Since moving to slightly south of San Francisco 8 months ago, my husband and I have been searching for our go-to Indian place. The restaurant we head to when that itch for desi food strikes and nothing but a spread that I would never have the time to make at home will do. We have…
As much as I love to spend long hours in the kitchen cooking (it relaxes me), the reality is that with a relatively new baby and three year old I just don’t have the time any more. We just hosted a barrage of visitors and to help carry the culinary load I enlisted the help…
So at the risk of sounding like a bad Indian, I will admit I am not the biggest fan of lentils, or dal. Growing up in my vegetarian home, dinner almost every night was a dal, a veggie side and roti – whole wheat Indian flat bread. Super duper healthy but I got SO tired…
So it is summer time, even if it doesn’t often feel like it in the cool Bay area, and time to eat lighter food. My palate craves fresh tastes this time of year even if it isn’t scorching out. But as a cuisine, Indian is not exactly known for being low calorie. So I’ve improvised…
Okay, it has been a while and many of you have asked me to please return to samosajunkie!! Thank you for the kick in the pants and encouragement. Even though I had an excellent excuse (my baby girl was born February 8) I have missed writing and cooking terribly and am happy to be finally…
This time of year I find myself making soup at least a couple of times a month. Nothing better to chase away the winter blues – plus if you stay away from the cream, you get a filling meal that is pretty healthy. An added bonus is my toddler gets a kick out of sucking…
I love to have a stash of easy, quick, healthy side dishes that I can throw together that will accompany a showstopper of a main dish without stealing the stage. However, it can be hard to find such dishes in traditional Indian cooking. Most of the veggies have just as many spices and complex flavor…