Here in the Bay Area we often experience this strange weather phenomenon called June gloom. Basically the weather turns grey and cold (think the mid 50s) when the rest of the country is experiencing the first warm days of summer. This year, the gloom came early and most of May was dreary. For a relative…
So I have to admit something right off the bat. Until very recently, the past couple of months actually, I thought that poppy seed were little black seeds only – like the kind you find in poppy seed muffins or bagels. And I was always a bit confused because whenever I ate Aloo Posto, loosely…
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…
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…
As I was setting up this brand new website, one of my tasks was to categorize all my recipes to make them easier to find for you. This was a great exercise for me because, up until now, I basically blogged about whatever I felt like sharing. Mainly, recipes that I thought your kitchens and…
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. …