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…
While Indian cuisine has certainly become more mainstream in the past decade, generally most restaurants stick to the usual tried and tested North Indian heavy menu. I’m talking about, of course, chicken tikka masala, tandoori chicken, dal makhani, and other usual suspects that are delicious but by no means represent the breadth of Indian cuisine. …
My father’s favorite dessert is kheer, basically Indian rice pudding. My mother would make it for his birthday and special occasions. Studded with raisins and almonds, and infused with cardamom it was easy to see why my Dad loved it. It was, however, not my jam. Still isn’t. But one night at dinner, my sweet…
Whenever folks find out I am a food blogger with an Indian bent, the first question they ask is, “Can I please have the recipe for chicken tikka masala?” It is inevitably everyone’s favorite Indian restaurant dish. I’ve had friends confide to me that they would drink the sauce and lick the bowl if they…
When my husband and I first decided to move to California, it was a decision filled with mixed emotions for me. I was pregnant and going to be VERY pregnant when the move was actually happening plus I was leaving behind a lot of dear friends. Not to mention all the logistics of selling our…
I mentioned in an earlier post that I recently stumbled upon a great Indian market that is just up the street from my house. Friends, discovering Neelam Pacific Market has totally changed my life for the better. The store is located in downtown San Bruno (my current hometown) and I am there once a week…
It is August and the market is overflowing with tomatoes and corn right now. When I was growing up, this was the time of year that my dad would fire up the grill specifically for the corn. After it got slightly charred, my mother would take half a lime, dip it in chaat masala (a…