Tender pieces of chicken cooked in a creamy spiced tomato sauce Butter Chicken or Murgh Makhani is a rich and creamy dish that's very popular in North India. The preparation starts with marinating the chicken with yogurt, spices, and ginger garlic paste. The marinated chicken is then grilled and combined with an aromatic creamy buttery sauce. Butter Chicken is on the menu at almost all Indian Restaurants, so chances are you've already had it at some point in your life. My issue with ...
easy Indian cooking
Lentil and vegetable stew (Sai Bhaji)
Creating content for this blog is fun most of the time. I love experimenting with recipes (the kitchen clean up afterwards not so much.), taking photos, and editing photos. The part about blogging that I dread the most is writing; sometimes I know exactly what to write and then there are times (95% of the time) I am staring at the computer screen with a blank stare. I am not a writer, my grammar is not the best, and a lot times I wish I could hire a ghost writer to write my post. Any writers out ...
Fenugreek Rice Pilaf (Methi Chawal)
I have been posting a lot of Indian recipes on the blog for a while now. It was unintentional at first as I was just sharing some of my favorite Indian dishes. Truthfully I don’t want this blog just to be about Indian food, but at the same time I do feel the need to share the array of traditional cuisines native to India. Most people who are not of Indian descent or have only tried Indian food in restaurants believe that Indian cuisine consist of just butter chicken, chicken tikka masala, saag ...
Parsi Chicken Cutlets
India is one of the most ethnically diverse country in the world. There are twenty-two official languages spoken in India and more than one thousand dialects. It is also a land of many religions such as Hinduism, Sikhism, Jainism, Buddhism, Islam, Judaism, Zoroastrianism, and so many more. The way of dressing, the food, and the ethnicity also differs from region to region. There are many ethnic groups who migrated to India over the centuries, one such group is known as Parsee or Parsi. Parsis ...
Sindhi Khatti Dal (sour lentil stew)
Sindhis are an ethnic group of people that hailed from Sindh (a province in present day Pakistan). During the partition of India and Pakistan, many Hindu and Sikh Sindhis chose to settle down in different regions of India in hopes of starting a new life. One of the largest Sindhi communities in India is in the city of Mumbai. My mom who is a Sindhi grew up in Mumbai. During my childhood days in India, I spent every summer vacation in Mumbai. My mom's side of the family all lives there, and ...