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...
Country Style Anise – scented Cream of Fennel Soup
Ingredients: • Unsalted butter – 4 tbsp • Yellow asafetida powder – 1 tsp • Fennel bulbs, thinly sliced – 4 medium • Red potato, sliced – 1 large • Cold water – 6½ cups • Heavy cream – 1 cup • Salt – 2 tsp • Freshly ground black pepper – ½ tsp • Chopped fennel greens – 2 tbsp Preparation: 1. Melt the butter in a large saucepan over moderate heat. Sprinkle in the yellow asafetida...
North Indian Curried Cauliflower and Potatoes
Ingredients: • Ghee or oil – 1/4 cup • Black mustard seeds – 1/2 tsp • Cumin seeds – 1 tsp • Minced fresh ginger – 1 tsp • Hot green chilies, seeded and chopped – 2 • Medium potatoes, cut into 1 1/4 cm (1/2-inch) cubes – 3 • Medium cauliflower, cut into small flowerets – 1 • Medium tomatoes blanched, peeled, and diced – 2 • Turmeric – 1/2 tsp • Garam masala – 1/2 tsp...
Mutter Panir
Ingredients • Ghee or oil – 2 tbsp • Black mustard seeds – ½ tsp • Cumin seeds – 5 tsp • Minced fresh ginger – 3 tsp • Hot green chilies, minced – 1 or 2 • Ripe tomatoes, peeled and diced fine – 8 large • Ground coriander – 1 tbsp • Turmeric – 1 tsp • Ground fennel – ½ tsp • Garam masala – ½ tsp • Brown sugar – 1 tsp • Chopped fresh coriander leaves or parsley –...