When I first met my husband, Arjun back in 2000 he would regale me with stories of foods he grew up eating, many with a heavy seafood emphasis, all of which sounded terribly exotic to me. My exposure to seafood up until college had been fairly limited and even 15 years ago I was still…
Palak paneer is always one of the first dishes I order when I’m trying a out new Indian restaurant. For those that have never tasted this dish, it is basically silky Indian creamed spinach that is studded with Indian cheese or paneer. Paneer is a fresh cheese made by curdling hot milk with an acid like lemon…
Arjun and I have been married for almost eleven years. And for the majority of that time I have been on the hunt for a good cookbook that features recipes from West Bengal – the Indian state from which Arjun and his family hail. And along the way Arjun and I have bought a few…