I’m back!!! It has been a whole month since I’ve posted, but I have a good excuse. I was in Bangalore, India for a few weeks spending time with family and eating my way through all the various places my … Continue reading
This Marathi eggplant is a quick version of stuff eggplant or bharli vangi. I became a huge fan of Marathi food because of the use of goda masala which is a super flavorful masala that includes sesame seeds, coconut and … Continue reading
Tindora or ivy gourd is on of my favorite Indian vegetables. They are these little squashes about the size of your thumb. It doesn’t take much to make tindora yummy. This recipe just adds your basic spices of turmeric, chili … Continue reading
One of my favorite vegetables is bhindi or okra. Some people are off put by the slight sliminess of okra, but I love it! Okra is used a lot in Indian cooking and in the U.S. in the South. This … Continue reading
Here is a simple potato dish that goes great with roti and yogurt. 2 teaspoons oil 1 teaspoon chana dal 1/2 teaspoon mustard seeds 2 green chilis chopped 5-6 curry leaves 1 teaspoon turmeric 5 baby potatoes peeled and chopped … Continue reading
I absolutely love cabbage! When my husband first made this for me, I could not get enough. It is so simple and doesn’t really sound very exciting, but for me it is the opposite: Yay cabbage! Anyways, this time I used … Continue reading
They had a new vegetable at the Indian market! Indian broad beans or chikkudu kaya. I get very excited about new ingredients so I brought some home and found this lovely recipe for chikkudukaya tomato on Sailu’s Kitchen blog which I adapted … Continue reading
My sister in law and brother in law gave me a slower cooker and The Indian Slow Cooker: 50 Healthy, Easy, Authentic Recipes for my birthday and I tried my first recipe yesterday! I love the slow cooker because you … Continue reading
I love tindora! Tejas picked some up over the weekend, so I was very excited to make it for dinner last night. I found this interesting recipe in Sailu’s Kitchen for dondakaya vepudu which is an Andhra style tindora fry … Continue reading
It has been too long since I’ve made any Indian vegetables! Peas, channa dal, chole, but no subjis. So tonight I made us dahi bhindi which is okra in a yogurt gravy. I started out making a dry bhindi masala, … Continue reading