I have a love-hate relationship with my pressure cooker. While most Indian home cooks swear by it to dish out family dinners every night, I often shy away from mine. I haven't much gotten the hang of using one for my everyday cooking. The problem for me is trying to keep track and remember how much time or how many whistles is needed to cook a certain thing. I either simmer the food for too long and turn it to mush, or release the pressure too soon and have to start over again to let it ... continue reading...
Goat Curry
Indian Cooking 101: How NOT to cook Indian food
Since I've been buried in deadlines the past week, writing and researching for some of my upcoming freelance assignments, I had the privilege of spending many long hours at the bookstore amidst some of the best collections of cookbooks. Don't you just love it when you can grab your favourite cup of coffee, and comfortably settle yourself on a cozy plush leather chair in the cookbook section of a huge store? Yea, me too, and that's just why I plan on spending many more days there. I figure ... continue reading...
Ask Meena: Lavish Eid Menu
Here is a recent email I received from a long-time reader: Hi Meena! This year will be the first time that I'm hosting an Eid dinner in our new home. We only moved a couple of months ago, and have just started to settle in - so it'll also be the first time that a lot of my guests would be coming to the new house. Which is exactly why I desperately need your help. We're expecting 20-22 people in total, kids included, with a variety of dietary needs. We have a few vegetarians, someone who only ... continue reading...
Turkey Kadhai
This post is sponsored by Canadian Turkey but all opinions are my own. I only write about and recommend products I use and love myself. When it comes to feeding family, I like to go easy on myself. It’s not that I don’t enjoy feeding loved ones with rich palate-pleasing favourites, but I’d rather spend my time with them enjoying simple, yet equally delicious food made in minutes. Often, in times like these, my keyword, or should I say keywords, are QUICK and SIMPLE! I have often blogged on how ... continue reading...
Jeera Rice
It's very rare that I ask Hubby Dear to run into the grocery store to pick up anything I need. When it does happen, however, it's never without strict and detailed instructions of what I want, where he can find it, and how to pick the best one. Even then, he has never entered a store without giving me at least one call to have me remind him of all that I said a few minutes ago. It's hard to believe then that he still comes home with something wrong in some way. There was this one time, over ... continue reading...
Palak Gosht: Lamb & Spinach Curry
If there is one thing that conveniently finds it's way into my grocery cart every single week, then it has to be a family-sized bag of organic baby spinach. Funny as it may sound, this is one vegetable that is always welcomed at our dinner table - even more than carrots and cucumbers. Hubby Dear, Baby Dear and myself included, love spinach so much that I manage to add it to almost everything I cook; and it is always happily gobbled up by us! This past weekend the weather took an unexpected ... continue reading...
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