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Regional: Indian

Roasted Tomato Curry Soup

September 4, 2008

I’m cooking for one this week and found my weekly delivery of vegetables a bid intimidating. Being home alone, I feared that I wouldn’t be able to use up all of the wonderful produce. I contemplated how to use the…

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Tandoori Chicken & My Smoky Kitchen

June 3, 2008

MMmmmm, spicy tandoori chicken is one of my favorite Indian foods. It’s simple to prepare and can be cooked without a tandoori oven. And although it’s traditionally made with bone-in chicken parts, I decided to use skinless chicken breasts last…

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Spinach & paneer, a healthy vegetarian meal

April 9, 2008

Yesterday, I wrote about how to make paneer so today I’m going to show a dish using it as the main ingredient. Once again, I turn to Ms. Anjum Anand for inspiration and guidance. I’ve had a similar dish before in…

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How to make Paneer, a fresh farmer’s cheese

April 8, 2008

Making cheese is one of those things I’ve always wanted to try. As a baby step, I figured it might be best to start with a simple fresh cheese easily made from common ingredients and without need for complicated devices.…

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Curry Kettle Corn — Spicy, Sweet & Salty

March 28, 2008

Seductively spicy, my curried kettle corn creation (lovely alliteration) started earlier in the week when I made an afternoon popcorn snack. The snack coincided with my recent fascination with Anjum Anand and Indian cookery. I wondered whether I could apply…

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Creamy lentils and rice (khicheri)

March 27, 2008

Another Anjum Anand recipe – shocking, isn’t it?

In my Internet travels this morning, I discovered Is My Blog Burning? made a massive overhaul to the site design. It’s so much easier to use when finding blog events and now offers forums/foodie…

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Classic northern chicken curry

March 25, 2008

For last night’s dinner, I decided to try a curry dish from Anjum Anand and selected the classic northern chicken curry from her website. I love chicken and just like Peter from Kalofagas, I am also a thigh man and used…

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Naan Bread Two Ways: Green Onion & Sesame

March 25, 2008

One of favorite Indian foods has to be the naan. A flat, chewy teardrop shaped bread used to scoop up meat and stewed dishes. I watched Anjum make naan and realized that it’s fairly simple to replicate without a tandoori…

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Anjum Anand is my new food crush

March 24, 2008

source: screenshot from www.AnjumAnand.co.uk

I’m so excited to introduce you to Anjum Anand, my new food crush. I discovered her televised series over the weekend while stumbling around the web. The discovery seemed uncanny since I just published my first Indian…

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Adventures in Indian cookery, Egg Korma

March 21, 2008

I haven’t participated in any food blog events for awhile and have been feeling a bit rusty. I came across Taste & Create hosted by For the Love of Food and fell in love with the idea. The event pairs two…

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