Until I was in middle school, I didn’t realize that the majority of the United States considers tapioca mainly an ingredient for sweet pudding. I remember the day of my enlightenment well. I was eating outside with my dear friend Tara and she opened up a container and offered me a taste of this exotic sounding tapioca…
Friends, warmer weather is coming….I can almost taste it in the air. And, of course, you need a short list of refreshing drinks that will quench your thirst and excite your palate and I’ve got just the thing for you today that also happens to be my personal favorite – salty lassi. I know many…
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…
During my childhood, aloo gobi was on the regular dinner vegetable rotation. If we didn’t eat it once a week, we certainly ate it once a fortnight. And I have always loved it. In a cuisine where vegetables are gussied up with a kaleidoscope of spices, it can be quite refreshing to eat a dish…
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…
I’m guessing most of you are familiar with the the tea time stand by – the cucumber sandwich. Elegant and refreshing, a high tea service just isn’t complete without this tasty triangle. But did you know that there is also a fabulous, Indian version of this sandwich? Just like the original it has thinly sliced…
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…
Last week something totally HUGE happened that was totally unexpected. The very respected website, Food52, picked my recipe for Punjabi Buttermilk Stew as one of their favorites. If you are not familiar with Food52, here is the skinny – it was started by two women to be a resource to home cooks and also…
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. …