Indian

I’m embarrassed to admit that I’ve gone for years without a solid Chana Masala recipe. I’ve had an ok-ish recipe in my repertoire that I’ve made a few times, but it’s reliant on canned tomatoes and it just doesn’t hit that oh-so-perfectly balanced spot of sweet, salty, and sour. It…

Oh hey there… it’s been a while. First things first- Happy New Year! Dave and I spent the holidays back east, first with my family back in Michigan, then with his family back in Pennsylvania.  We managed a quick trip to DC for a “romantic” New Year’s Eve celebration at…

Okay guys this recipe is seriously awesome.  I know I haven’t posted an Indian recipe in a while (my apologies), but I think in the summer I’m just not craving steaming bowls of stewed meat and vegetables. But one day Dave and I were both craving Indian and I decided…

Just going to throw this out there: you should probably stop what you are doing immediately and make these delicious onion pakora. This is an appropriate yet unintentional follow-up to my Guide to Ethnic Recipes post; so now that you’ve been well-educated on international recipe discovery, it’s time to roll…

Happy Monday!  And hope that everyone had a lovely Easter weekend.   We certainly did.  We finally got to have some QUIET in San Diego. Aka, I’m pretty sure the entire city of San Diego evacuated back to the Midwest this weekend.  (Yes. San Diego is full of Midwestern transplants.…

Vegetarian Indian Toor Dal?  Why yes, I will. Does anyone else intermittently get cravings for legumes?  Maybe I’m just a weirdo (we all knew that), but woahhh are they good. Toor dal (split pigeon peas) is one of the most popular Indian dals to serve at home.  At restaurant buffets…

Okay guys, I know.. I talk a lot about my Indian food obsession, but have only posted like 3 recipes on the blog (here, here, and here).  But never fear- today I am returning to the source of my culinary obsession. Unlike many food bloggers I was never much of a chef…

Sometimes I feel a little weird about the “ethnically inspired” recipes.  You know what I’m talking about right?  As we speak, I can be sure to scroll through an excess of “asian-style noodle salads” or “thai-style soup” on my pinterest homepage.  Invariably these recipes are a watered down, flavor-reduced version of…

Mmmm chickpeas, garbanzo, channa, chole.. whatever you want to call them. They are the most delicious protein-packed little legumes money can buy.  I love making vegetarian dishes with chickpeas because they’re delicious, filling, and satisfying.  While I am not vegetarian, I could completely get behind a completely vegetarian diet if…

My food bias perhaps is starting to make itself known by now. Wow how I love Indian food. Not having grown up on my own Indian mother’s personal home cooking, my tastes for Indian food have 100% developed from frequenting local Indian restaurants, mostly located in my college town of Ann…