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…
My parents came to visit in earlier this month which is always a treat. Food wise, it always means I try and extract a new recipe from my mom (in this case palak paneer – coming soon!) and we go out for one adults-only nice dinner. The cuisine varies but wherever we go it must…
I think we all have that food that we associate with being sick. The one your mom or dad used to make when you were under the weather – chicken soup immediately comes to mind but that was never on the menu in my vegetarian Indian home. For us, if we had any sort of…
A friend recently recommended an Indian cookbook to me called 5 Spices 50 Dishes. The title had me intrigued. One of the most intimidating things about Indian food are the number of spices required – some of which demand a trip to the Indian market or your favorite online purveyor. But the premise of this…
I love Brussels sprouts. They are the vegetable I look forward to the most when Fall rolls around. I didn’t grow up eating them so my love affair with this mini cabbage started fairly recently. I love to serve them simply pan fired in garlic butter until they are golden brown with an almost nut…