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...
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...
Mashed Potato Balls with Horseradish
Horseradish, a pungent tap root, is used primarily in Bengali and orissan cuisines, though occasionally elsewhere. You can find the roots at Oriental and Indian grocery stores and some times even in supermarkets. Peel off the brownish skin and finely grate the outer part; discard the tough woody core. Since you are likely to use only a little at a time, you can freeze the unused portion in plastic bags for up to two months. At room...