What is sarson ka saag? Sarson (mustard) grows plentifully in the Punjab region, which straddles India and Pakistan, and both the seeds and leaves have a steadfast presence in the cuisine there. One of the most popular dishes made with mustard greens – one that is quintessentially identified with Punjabi cuisine – is sarson ka saag, a creamy green curry made by cooking pureed mustard greens with other leafies, like spinach, and a few simple spices....
Dhansak gets it roots from Persian cuisine Little bit of history. The Parsis were from Persia and migrated to India to escape persecution in or around the 10th century. That’s the beauty of history. People move around. They bring their cooking with them. Don’t mean to oversimplify but immigration is good for food. Diversity. Variety. Ideas. My guess is this dish started out as a way to stretch a relatively rare and expensive ingredient – meat – with plentiful and cheap lentils....
Ramen was India’s first taste of instant food. In a culture where women were expected to cook every meal from scratch, Maggi noodles, the first brand marketed in the country in the ’80s, became an instant hit with kids. A big reason for this was that Nestle, the company that owns the brand, went ruthlessly after its key demographic with bright, vibrant ads of happy children thumping forks on tables demanding Maggi....
You might also enjoy vegetable korma and navratan korma. I guess if it’s a recipe made in the Instant Pot, I don’t really need to say it’s an “instant” one, but honestly, a recipe that takes under 20 minutes from scratch for all that deliciousness? It deserves to scream “INSTANT,” in all caps. I gifted myself an Instant Pot this past week, not because there’s a dearth of pressure cookers in my house – there isn’t – but because my slow cooker, which I’ve used for nearly a decade and a half now, is pretty much on its last legs....
Never heard of kari ayam? Time to change that. It’s addictive. Think curry flavours with even more flavours. Coconut milk. Haunting notes from star anise. And lemongrass to really mix things up. Puts a smile on your face and a glow in your stomach. Kari Ayam is Indian meets Thailand I’m probably going to get in trouble for saying this. But to me it, kari ayam has many of the flavours of a South Indian curry....
Make this when you want something different. Comforting. Deeply satisfying. And so tasty. If you like dal, you are going to love mulligatawny soup. It can be what’s for dinner. With a paratha or naan. Little green salad on the side. It’s that satisfying. Soup that eats like a meal. Leave the chicken out and you have a nice “cream of” style soup without the cream. Very posh. Perfect for a dinner party....
No garlic, no basil, no oregano. No secret ingredients. Just tomato and meat flavour. Clean. Pure. Delicious. Try it. You’ll be surprised how good easy tastes. It goes pretty much like any other ragu. Brown the meat with some onion, add some wine. Reduce. Add tomatoes and simmer. For hours. This is slow food. You can’t make it fast food. Make sure you have time when you start this. Or make it the day before....
on Sep 11, 2015, Updated Apr 19, 2021 Whether you need the perfect snack for a game night or a grazing platter for your next party, this no brainer loaded nachos platter is the right answer! This nacho platter has everything – beautifully charred sweet corn, refried beans, tomato salsa and a delicious cheese sauce. The best thing about this loaded nacho platter is that the ingredients are fully customisable and you can add or remove things based on your personal preference and availability....
on Feb 06, 2020, Updated Aug 18, 2020 Lets just say every time I’m due for a grocery run and I see a bunch of leftover vegetables that are half used, wilting, nearing the end of their life, I make this one pot vegetable pasta. This is one of those back-pocket recipes which will come to your rescue every time you need fast dinners. This recipe uses a ton of veggies....
I’ve shared with you recipes from India’s dwindling but prominent Parsi community, like tofu patia and vegetable dhansak. The Parsis are the descendants of Persians who moved to India centuries ago and assimilated, the legend goes, as effortlessly as “sugar in water.” Although small in number, the Paris have an unusually large presence in India and even in the world. Freddie Mercury, Queen frontman and one of my favorite singers, was probably the world’s most famous Parsi....
Since we are in the final days of summer, I recently gave my curry leaf plant a haircut, to encourage it to put out more branches in the still warm and humid weather. Wasting curry leaves is sacrilege so far as Desi is concerned (you’d have to be a Tamil to get that), so I have been trying to use them up in interesting ways. One of my favorite creations so far has been this Smashed Potato Salad with a Turmeric and Curry Leaf Dressing....
on Jun 19, 2024 Love South Indian food? Check out my South Indian Style Egg Curry, Mushroom Pepper Fry, Chutneys for Idli & Dosa, and Millet Mysore Masala Dosa recipes! Dunking these incredibly soft and fluffy Tender Coconut Appams (also known as palappam) in a hot and aromatic veg stew is my idea of an ideal breakfast situation. Like dosa batter, making appam also requires a little prep as the appam batter needs time to ferment....
You might also like these recipes for vegan apple pull-apart bread and vegan apple cinnamon oatmeal. One bite of this vegan apple bread pudding and you’ll be in love. Because there is so much to love here, from the rich maple-vanilla flavor to the soft, squishy bread soaked in a tasty, chia-thickened custard, to the toasted almonds that make every bite that much more adventurous and fun! Despite all this, this is a quintessentially healthy breakfast....
Jay had been begging me to make my vegan breakfast casserole and my vegan breakfast shepherd’s pie, both delicious options to begin the day. So I thought I’d surprise him with a dish that is superficially similar but actually quite different: this vegan breakfast sweet potato chili bake. This is one of those casserole recipes you can make for any meal, and it combines everything in one dish: veggies, check....
She was lovely, with a ready smile. Someone we’d look forward to seeing every evening on the walk with Opie. Her sparkling white cottage with its wraparound porch was just a few blocks from our home, and Desi and I would often stop to admire it. Every Fourth of July, it was awash in red, white and blue. On St. Patrick’s Day, green clover leaves would appear in the windows....
I’ve been experimenting more with gluten-free baking, and today I wanted to share a foolproof recipe for a wheat free and therefore gluten free sandwich bread. Vegan, of course. I bake a lot and I love baking breads most of all. But I had rarely baked a gluten free bread, unless you count some Indian flatbreads like bhakris and missi rotis, made with flours like millet and sorghum and corn....
In the last five days, I’ve made this cookie four times. Twice for my own family, which polished it off in minutes before I could even get a photo. Once for a friend who had invited us to dinner. And this time, for you. I barely managed to get the photos checked off the list before I could devour it. For you, of course ;). There’s something about this Vegan Gluten-Free White Chocolate Chip Skillet Cookie....
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You might also enjoy these recipes for vegan blueberry sourdough pancakes, vegan gluten-free sourdough waffles and vegan sourdough popovers. Here’s a recipe for Vegan Sourdough Waffles so crisp on the outside, so fluffy on the inside and so delicious all around, you’ll probably never want to make any other kind ever again. I made a batch of sourdough starter a few weeks back, with nothing but flour and water. Everything went very well and I had a bubbling, happy sourdough starter within a week....
Jay loves pasta dishes with lots of tomato sauce and cheese, and here’s one recipe that never fails to make him go for seconds and even thirds: vegan stuffed shells with spinach ricotta. This is hearty, satisfying food and it’s also one-dish: you will get all the veggies and protein you will need from it. It takes a little time to stuff the shells but you can make most of this dish ahead, when you do have a little time on your hands, and assemble it in a hurry....
