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Category Archives: Spicy Food

Mutton chops are so delicious when cooked right. You can get mutton chops from your local meat shop or Halal meat store. This is a really simple, spicy and yummy way of making chops. It is another one of Sherien aunty’s amazing recipes.       


  As the season changes to Fall here in New York, there are all kinds of fabulous pumpkins and squashes available. This is one of my favorite ways to cook pumpkin. Its called Auriya Kadoo and this recipe is from the Northern sate of Himachal Pradesh in India and is part of our Pahari food. [...]


There is nothing more comforting or delicious than a nice simmering cup of kali dal. I cant remember a single Diwali , our Indian festival of lights, that has gone by in our house when we haven’t made Kali dal. There are so many ways to make this dish but I really love the way we [...]


This is my all time favorite dish in Pahari cuisine.   Khatta literally means sour and that is really what this dish is all about. It’s a scrumptiously sour gravy which is made of amchur powder which is basically a spice made by pulverizing dried green mangos. The way I like making khatta is with fried besan [...]


Uppu means salt in Tamil and Kari means meat. This dish is one of my all time favorite ways to eat goat in Indian cuisine. Uppu Kari is a very popular dish in Chettinad Cuisine. Its is generally a dry mutton preparation. I love the fiery flavors that go so well with tender morsels of [...]


Here is another winning recipe from Urmila Aunty’s kitchen. This mushroom rice has a nice tangy taste that goes really well with the earthy flavors of the mushrooms.    


I’m not a huge okra fan. Sometimes this slimy vegetable can be a bit too gooey and mushy for me but there are a few ways that it is cooked in my mother’s kitchen that make this un-likeable vegetable – pretty yummy. Here is a really quick and yummy recipe that even my kids love.


This is a really superb recipe for a Bengali style mustard fish dish. There are hundreds of ways of making this classic fish curry but this is one of the better recipes I’ve tried in a long time. This recipe uses both yellow and black mustard seeds. Make sure that you do not overcook the [...]


This is one of my favorite ways of making green cabbage. The secret to making this dish well is in cutting the cabbage really fine. After that it literally takes minutes to make. This cabbage goes so well with just about anything and is really healthy. I love eating it with fresh Indian rotis (bread) and [...]


At Chiva-Som, which is a fabulous health and wellness spa in Thailand, they have perfected the art of Spa cuisine. Everyday at the lunch buffet, some version of Yam Yai which is a traditional Thai salad, was available. There are many ways of changing up this salad by using different vegetables in it or different dressings. [...]



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