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Baingan ka Bharta: Smoky and Spiced Eggplant Mash

Baingan ka Bharta: Smoky and Spiced Eggplant Mash

Baingan ka Bharta is one of the classic north Indian recipes. What makes this recipe so rustic and beautiful is the aroma of the fire grilled eggplants.

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 

Bhindi Do Pyaza – Okra Stir Fried with Onion

Bhindi Do Pyaza – Okra Stir Fried with Onion

      Bhindi Do Pyaza directly translates to Okra cooked with  twice or double amount of onions; a;lot of onion to be precise. Fancy and exotic it might sound, I would still call this the familiar comfort food.  

Roasted Eggplant with Sun-dried Tomatoes

Roasted Eggplant with Sun-dried Tomatoes

The pear trees by our home have bloomed almost overnight – the indisputable sign of spring in February! While I do feel, we are completely cheated out of winter this year, I cannot but grin ear to ear to see the tender sprouted leaves and