Tag: indian curry recipe

Butternut Squash with Harissa and Coconut Milk

Butternut Squash with Harissa and Coconut Milk

    The sweet, smooth butternut squash melds with the silky coconut milk spiked with harissa. Sometimes opposites work really well and this was one of those times.  It is kind of hard to describe fusion of flavors…and a lingering of a sweet and spicy after 

Watermelon Curry: Lightly Spiced Stewed Watermelon

Watermelon Curry: Lightly Spiced Stewed Watermelon

    Summers, for us are sealed and kissed with watermelons. Every week we are hugging and cradling an enormous green back home with promises of sweet juicy times.

Fennel Flavored Chicken Curry

Fennel Flavored Chicken Curry

    Yet another Chicken Curry. This time the usual one, but redolent with the aroma of fennel. The tiny fennel seeds waved the wands and transformed an everyday chicken curry to something quite fascinating. As I write this post, the air in my home 

Methi Baingan: Eggplant with Fenugreek Leaves

Methi Baingan: Eggplant with Fenugreek Leaves

  The flavors of fresh fenugreek leaves/methi are quite unusual; a bit pungent, slightly bitter in taste, but they will add some Oooomp! to a dish right away.  

Lauki Chana Dal – Soupy Lentils with Bottle Gourd

Lauki Chana Dal – Soupy Lentils with Bottle Gourd

  A bowlful really perfect for the summer time – quick to cook, light, lemony and healthy. It is the simplest kind, usually not heard of very often when “Indian Cuisine” in general is discussed.  Cooked with very little spices, and “satvic” in nature, it is