it's all about the food
a good friend gave me an awesome out-of-print punjabi cookbook from 1973. it got me thinking about collecting more vintage cookbooks from all over the world. the way it is written is so fun-like someone sharing the family secrets. which basically they are. they do not take steps to shorten the process, which i appreciate, [...]
i decided to put my baingan bharta or roasted indian eggplant dip into a new chapati recipe & turn it into a kind of punjabi pierogi. after following this recipe with 3 times all of the dry & wet spices (trust me-more IS better) i made a new kind of chapati. 3 cups wheat flour [...]
i did my first “dry-run” rehearsal samosas last nite. figured it was a good idea because my friend who invited me to cook for the fundraiser – he is also a great cook- & the colonel’s childhood friend & family dentist were coming over. i ended up mostly using this samosa recipe because it was [...]
the colonel LOVES snacks. he searched for a couple of recipes for me to try to make. the first is from an awesome blog called bong mom. i can’t copy it, but you can go here for the recipe. it’s for sookha kala-dry black chickpeas. this blog is really great. she has mostly bengali recipes, [...]
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April 22, 2010
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