Best authentic Indian recipes
For weeks I have been putting this recipe off, being completely at a loss for an appropriate story. I have no recollection of how or when I came across this recipe, when I made it first, or where I ate it first. All I could string together in the last couple of weeks are the three…
The ICC World Cup 2015 Cricket tournament is on. For us, Indians, this is the most important sporting event every four years of our lives. And since a one-day cricket match is about 6 hours of play (okay, Americans, do not overreact; that’s approximately how long it takes to WATCH an average NFL game!!!), it…
How to make the best baked rosogolla? Let me tell you a story about love. About Bengali love. About Bengali’s love for sweets. The fact is, Bengalis can die for sweets. Like, seriously. Their love for sweets is so intense that they will die from diabetes. In addition to the endless varieties of Bengali sweets…
One of the trailers of The Hundred-Foot Journey shows Helen Mirren (Madam Mallory) posing the following question to Manish Dayal (Hassan Kadam) in a very smug tone: “but a curry is a curry, is it not?”. As a notacurry activist I was naturally fascinated by the trailer. I thought that finally a mainstream Hollywood movie was…
Reading the Future in Coffee Grounds Written by Eralda Lameborshi–friend and colleague Butter and Cardamom Coffee Cookies recipe Level: easy Preparation time: 15 mins Cooking time: 15 mins Yield: 25-30 cookies Ingredients: 14 tablespoons of butter at room temperature (200 g, or 1 stick + 6 tablespoons) 1 cup…
Reading the Future in Coffee Grounds Written by Eralda Lameborshi–best friend and colleague My infatuation with coffee started as a very young child in a small town at the foot of Tomorr mountain in Albania. Poliçan was a very small town, bitterly cold in winters, cool and bright in summers, with people from different areas…
Okay, this is the last (long) weekend before the Spring semester starts (or whatever other sordid business you are engaged in), so we all know that you totally need this. This triple berry vodka martini is a perfectly balanced drink. Not too sweet, not too strong, and with lots of citrusy flavors going on in the background…
How to make Masala Chai It is winter in my home town now. Or at least it is supposed to be. Thank you, global warming! These days the city wakes up to veils of fog and grass heavy with dew, and to the sounds of crackling and fluttering leaves that are dark brown from neglect. The…
What Christmas/winter holiday(s) means to you depends on where you come from. I am a Calcuttan, therefore, to me the winter holidays mean local club picnics (with their typical hard boiled eggs, bananas and bread in brown-paper-bags-breakfast), crowding outside of Nahoum’s or Flurys to buy fruitakes, the ritualistic stroll around New Market area, pushing through the madding…
Easy chicken malai kebab recipe You hear chicken malai kebab and your mouth lights up in anticipation. Charred and succulent pieces of meat with their bold and sharp layers of spices accompanying drinks, raitas, relishes, and mounds of fluffy rice–kebabs are absolute bliss. But, to an Indian, the word kebab incites much more than its deliciousness. Kebabs evoke stories…