Apr 14, 2020Mysuru KootuThis simple vegetable and lentil stew, which I ate during a memorable cooking session with the three wonderful sisters Vijaya, Vishala, a...
Jan 31, 2020LOBAHASHU | WALNUT AND BEAN PÂTÉLOBAHASHU | WALNUT AND BEAN PÂTÉ Adapted from Taste of Persia Makes about 2 cups Naomi Duguid recommends this simple purée of kidney bean...
Jan 21, 2020Cabbage FoogathFoogath is something I’ve been eating my entire life, and yet, I don’t think I’ve ever really thought about it much until recently. My mo...
Jun 12, 2019Bagharey Gaajar | Cumin-spiced CarrotsThis recipe for carrots is one of the simplest things I know how to make. It barely has a handful of ingredients, and you can be done wit...
May 1, 2019Bisi Bele AvalakkiThis recipe for bisi bele avalakki is a variation on the popular kannadiga dish bisi bele bhath—a highly seasoned porridge made out of ri...
Apr 16, 2019PhulkasIf bread is the staff of life because of its centrality to cuisines around the world, then flatbreads play an even more ancient and semin...
Apr 8, 2019Kheema with Sweet Potato and AsparagusThis dish of ground beef cooked with cubes of sweet potato and diced asparagus is based on something my mother made a lot when I was youn...
Apr 2, 2019SWEET AND BITTER KARELA WITH GROUND BEEFIf into every life some little bitterness is inevitable, why not make a gift of it? Bitterness is a hugely underutilized flavor in the We...
Mar 21, 2019BhatureAll of cooking is a little miracle. Every time a stew develops just the right depth of flavor or your mashed potatoes come out smooth and...
Mar 15, 2019Amritsari CholeTo my mind there’s always been something both specious and completely irresistible about foods named after places. The rational, contrary...
Feb 14, 2019Masala Akki RotiThis wonderful Kannadiga flatbread is a breeze to make, once you get the hang of it, and it makes a lovely alternative to wheat-based cha...
May 30, 2018Pulagamu | Split Green Gram RiceThere are so many wonderful, colorful, and intriguing recipes in Archana Pidathala's book Five Morsels of Love that you'll be spoiled for...
May 9, 2018Kadhi-FafdaAuthenticity is a slippery word when it comes to food. Though fafda-chutney is a very real and much-loved street snack in Gujarat, I can’...
Apr 30, 2018Dondakayi Vepudu | Andhra-Style Ivy GourdThere comes a time in every cook’s gustatory development when they have to reckon with their own past limitations. Tastes change, palates...
Apr 19, 2018Pan-Grilled Asparagus with Cremini MushroomsThe first blush of spring calls for an optimistic dish—something that conveys the hope of the first pushing crocuses and the first scatte...
Mar 5, 2018Crisp Bhindi Do PyaazaSome days I think I should just channel all my energy into redeeming the tarnished reputations of maligned and misunderstood vegetables. ...
Feb 25, 2018Chopped Liver with Hazelnuts, Pomegranate Molasses, and DillChopped liver is divisive. Liver, itself, is divisive. I think the aversion that most people have to liver most often comes from their ha...
Feb 25, 2018Buckwheat KnekkebrødIf you’re like me, and I hope you are in this sense, you are obsessed with crackers. Crackers, crispbreads, flatbreads, call them what yo...
Feb 10, 2018Sabudhana VadaIt’s hard to know how to describe sabudhana. Like couscous, many’s the unwitting cook who’s confused it with a grain or a seed. In actual...
Oct 17, 2017Green Bean ThoranThe slow decline of the summer into fall always seems to trigger an epidemic of people talking about the beauty of roasting vegetables an...