Creamed Spinach with Fresh Curd Cheese
Ingredients: • Chopped fresh ginger – 1 tsp • Fresh hot green chili, seeded and minced – 1 • Ground coriander – 1 tsp • Sweet paprika – ½ tsp • Ground cumin – ½ tsp • Turmeric – ½ tsp • Ghee or oil – 1 tbsp • Large bunches of spinach, washed, trimmed steamed, drained and finely chopped – 2 • Cream – 4 tbsp • Fresh homemade curd cheese (panir) made from 2 litres milk, cut into 1.25...
Bengali Spinach
Ingredients: • Raw almonds, peanuts or pistachios, with skins – 2/3 cup (100 g) • Warm water – 2 cups • Ghee or sesame oil • Black mustard seeds – 1 tsp • Cumin seeds – ½ tsp • Fenugreek seeds – 1/8 tsp • Jaggery or dark brown sugar – 1½ tbsp • Scraped, fined shredded or minced fresh ginger root – ½ tbsp • Seeded and minced hot green chilies – 1 tsp • Fresh spinach, trimmed, washed and...
Butter-soft Eggplant Wedges
Ingredients: • Turmeric – 1½ tbsp • Salt – 1½ tbsp • Water – 3 tbsp • Baby white or purple eggplants – 8-10 (about 1¼ pounds/570g) or 1 medium-sized eggplant (about 1¼ pound/570 g), • Ghee or olive oil for frying. Preparation: 1. Combine the turmeric, salt and water in a bowl. Cut small eggplants in half, or cut larger ones into wedges roughly 2½ inches (6.5 cm) long and 1½ inches (4 cm) wide. Toss the...
Cubed Potatoes with Fresh Fenugreek
Ingredients: • Medium-sized waxy red, New potatoes or walnut-sized baby reds – 1½ pounds (685g) • Mustard oil, peanut oil or ghee – 5 tbsp • Cumin seeds – 1 tsp • Black mustard seeds – 1 tsp • Chopped fenugreek greens or leaf spinach, (washed and trimmed) – 1½ cups • Paprika or cayenne pepper – ¼ tsp • Turmeric – ½ tsp • Salt – 1 tsp • Garam masala – 1 tsp • Lemon or lime juice...
Crusty North Indian Masala Potatoes with Cashews
Ingredients: • Ghee or oil – 2 tbsp • Minced fresh ginger – 1 tbsp • Minced seeded green chilies – 1 tbsp • Black mustard seeds – 1 tsp • Handful fresh curry leaves • Just tender, cooked, peeled potatoes, diced – 750g • Fresh ground coriander powder – 1 tsp • Fresh ground cumin powder – ½ tsp • Chat masala – ½ tsp • Turmeric powder – ½ tsp • Salt – ½ tsp • Lemon juice...
Fried Chickpeas
Ingredients: • Chickpeas, soaked overnight, then simmered until tender – 1 cup • Ghee – 1 tbsp • Fresh ginger, grated – 2-3 tbsp • Mustard seeds – 1 tsp • Black pepper, ground – 1/4 tsp • Hing – 1/8 tsp • Turmeric – 1/2 tsp • Fenugreek seeds – 1/4 tsp • Celery, chopped – 1 • Salt as desired • Lemon juice (optional) Preparation: 1. Bring the chickpeas to a boil and then simmer until...