Archive for October, 2009
Paneer Makhani
Don’t be intimidated when you see the list of ingredients for this recipe, it’s a lot easier than it looks and extremely satisfying if you enjoy rich, Indian food. If you cook fairly frequently, you probably have most of these ingredients already. Otherwise, a quick trip to the Indian grocery store will get you most [...]
Super Simple & Soft Rotis
This is great for if you’re just getting started with rotis since this is one of the most basic recipes.
Ingredients
2 cups of chapati flour, all-purpose flour, or whole wheat flour
1 teaspoon of ghee or melted butter
3/4 to 1 cup of warm water, adjust as needed
1 teaspoon of salt (optional)
Some extra ghee or melted butter for [...]Fruit Tart
This is a very easy recipe that’s great for entertaining! I copied Ina Garten’s recipe, which can be found here: Fruit tart recipe. Rather than copying that recipe on the blog, I will just give you a few tips and will tell you what I did differently:
Instead of using plums, I used quartered nectarines and [...]
Roasted Masala Eggplant
This is my mom’s recipe and is absolutely my favorite way to eat eggplant! Don’t worry about using whole cloves of garlic…this won’t make the eggplant too garlicky since roasted garlic has a nice and mellow flavor.
Ingredients
1 medium eggplant
About 9 to 10 whole cloves of garlic, peeled
2 teaspoons of olive oil
1 teaspoon of garam masala
1 [...]Szechuan Tofu Stir-fry
Ingredients
1 package of extra firm tofu, shallow fried
1/2 red onion, chopped
1/2 green bell pepper, chopped
1/2 red bell pepper, chopped
1 package bean sprouts
1/2 15 oz. can of tomato sauce
1 green chili, chopped
1 tablespoon of chili sauce
1 tablespoon of ginger-garlic paste
3 tablespoons of olive oil
3 tablespoons of soy sauce
1/2 teaspoon of vegetable boullion powder
1/2 teaspoon of black [...]
