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Recipes that use herbs and spices as a key ingredient.

Okra and Baby Potato Stew

12 Jul

Baby Potato and Okra Stew

Do you believe that okra should never be cooked moist? This okra and baby potato stew will make you re-evaluate that belief! When simmered in a flavorful tomato curry, okra and potatoes get infused with a delicious tang and, thanks to the acidity of the tomatoes, none of the okra slime.

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Butter Garlic Green Beans

4 Jul

Butter Garlic Green Beans

Butter garlic green beans – a quick and easy side dish to go with your meals. Here’s a step by step recipe with pictures.

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Beetroot Rice with Peanuts and Coconut

22 Jun

Beetroot Rice - Beet Rice with Peanuts

All hail this riot of red! With the crunch of peanuts, the creaminess of coconut, the heat of chili and pepper, this beetroot rice recipe makes for an immensely satisfying meal.

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Vegetable Pancakes with Soy Dipping Sauce

19 May

Vegetable Pancake

Till not too long ago, pancakes for me meant cheela. The flour/batter of the pancake would vary: if not besan then moong or sooji, but the template of ‘thick batter + a dash of seasoning’ was a constant.

A chance viewing of Maangchi’s vegetable pancake recipe brought about a shift in this template.

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Lachha Gobhi Paratha: Flaky Cauliflower Flatbread

3 May

Flaky Cauliflower Paratha

Not all experiments pass muster the first time. A few go through rounds of trials before they reach publicly sharable shape. A few are embarrassments best shelved forever (I’m thinking of you, curdled strawberry yogurt). Lachha gobhi paratha, I’m delighted to report, was a stupendous success from the word go.

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Aloo Capsicum Dry – Peppy Peppery Side Dish!

28 Apr

Potato Capsicum Dry Sabzi

Thick colorful bell pepper strips and wedge-cut potatoes, shallow-fried with fragrant spices. Uses no onion, tomato, ginger or garlic. This aloo capsicum dry sabzi is just right for days when your pantry has run out of Indian curry staples.

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