Lemon Rice – South Indian Rice with Lemon and Peanuts, is sort of self-explanatory. However, I am dying to tell you all about it anyway. You see, for all the years I have been blogging, I always shared and posted more technical recipes. Things I wanted to try or things I thought people would love to learn. While I shared a croissant recipe because I was so thrilled that I could make those as a home baker, I also shared the Kashmiri dum aalu which is highly technique based for everyone else but a Kashmiri who is used to the …
Spiced Parmigiano Scones #CreativeCookieExchange
It has been a while since I baked with the creative cookies Exchange. Things have been topsy turvy these past few months including but not limited to my blog being hacked by someone to spread malicious content through a wordpress plug in. As soon as Google notified me about the hack and possible malware distribution through my blog, I took the blog offline. Then my poor husband had to work relentlessly to debug it, find the malicious virus and bring the blog back online. Once that was done, a friend of the teen landed here to stay with us. And …
Kaddu Ka Ambal – Sweet and Tart Pumpkin Curry
A piece of flaky fried bread turns into a scoop as you dip it into a pipping hot bowl of pumpkin curry, the action languorous. The pumpkin pieces look plump & juicy and hold a promise of being sweet & tart, the flavors scrumptious. To the onlooker you are but eating a humble pumpkin, the thought incredulous. To the omniscient, the crescendo is just building up, the excitement palpable. The kaddu ka ambal – sweet and tart pumpkin curry is sweet, tart, spicy, hot and is a great example of balance in flavors. An important part of the Dogra …
Tsunth Monji – Green Apple Fritters
I have been waiting for this month’s Progressive Eats party day to arrive with bated breath! And it’s because I am sharing a dish from Kashmir that is virtually unknown to those who did not grow up there. It’s not a main stream dish in the sense that when I was growing up this was saved for and served on a very special occasion – Lord Krishna’s Birthday. In most Hindu families this was a dish served on the day of fasting (feasting). Although you abstain from eating grains, meats, and most vegetables – fruits are allowed and why not! …
Quinoa Black Bean Stuffed Acorn Squash
A couple of weeks back, I bought small acorn squash to recreate a recipe from one of my favorite restaurants for stuffed squash. I have eaten the dish so many times that I felt it was only proper to make a cheat recipe. Then, as luck would have it, the influenza struck and took me on a spin. The last year has been that kind of a year – where I have been more in the house than out because of health or injuries. At times it felt like I was not going to catch a break. EVER! But it …
Sarson Ka Saag
Sarson Ka Saag – Mustard Greens in Punjabi style is a winter time, huddle around the fireplace and eat sort of dish. Sarson Ka saag ( mustard greens) paired with Palak ( spinach) and Bathua (Chenopodium ), slow cooked to a creamy consistency. Serve with freshly churned butter and hot off the griddle Makki ki Roti( Corn Flatbreads). This is another dish that Biji of The Punjabi Chole and Dal Makhni fame taught me to cook. As long as we stayed neighbors, I would get my fix of sarson ka saag at her place. On the days she cooked it, …