every day can be an indian buffet

“Upeseru is a rural speciality of the South of India, and villages around the state of Karnataka in particular. The main recipe is for a solid dish of lentils and greens, and the water drained off of this is often used in an accompanying wet sauce to be eaten with mudde (ragi balls). The combination [...]

dum maro dum

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, [...]

aromatic adventures

the smell permeates my humble coach house. that is this most interesting kala chana dish. and since i don’t have a pressure cooker, the beans are taking a long time to break down & cook. but the smell is intoxicating. 4 hours + 10 hours soaking, i patiently wait for this intense experience. i found [...]

kala chana

i bought a bag of kala chana. because i have never seen it, although i probably have eaten it in india. i usually don’t like cooking chickpeas cause they are a pain-they take forever to cook-so i usually use canned. but i’m intrigued by the black split chickpea because, well, it’s split. it should cut [...]