Last night I fed a craving… after fighting a migraine for a couple of days, I was tired. I wanted some comfort food in a bad way. Unfortunately, I didn’t have a few of the ingredients necessary for the particular comfort food I was craving – namely Tikka Masala. And – due to the headache [...]

After looking through a myriad of sites for the perfect daal recipe, I stumbled across the following recipe over at route79.com and I assure you it is a keeper.  Better than most of the daal I have had at restaurants!  Even the kids had thirds… Yellow Daal 1/2 cup split yellow daal lentils (mung beans) [...]

This is a wonderful fragrant rice to serve alongside any dish, but especially Indian cooking. 1.5 cups basmati rice 2 cups water 3 cardamom pods 2 whole cloves 1/2 cinnamon stick (or ground cinnamon) Wash the rice thoroughly.  Put it into the rice cooker with the water and spices and let it soak for 30+ [...]

1.5 cups rice 2 cups water 3 cardamom pods 1 whole clove 1 star anise pod 1/2 cinnamon stick 1/4 cup black currants 1/4 cup slivered almonds olive oil 3 potatoes 3 carrots 1 radish 2 cloves garlic – crushed 1 small zucchini 1/4 cup peas 1 medium onion 1/8 tsp ground cardamom 1 clove [...]

1 container (6 oz.) low-fat plain yogurt, preferably Greek-style 1 medium yellow onion, coarsely chopped 1/2 cup orange juice 1 Tbsp. grated or finely chopped ginger 2-3 garlic cloves 1 tsp. ground coriander 1/2 tsp. turmeric 1/8 tsp. cayenne pepper 4 skinless and boneless chicken breasts or thighs 1 Tbsp. canola oil Salt and white [...]