Tonight I got to be the nutwalla. But first I had to squeeze my Butter Chicken Butte into my largest Kurti. It’s an Anglo-Indian Christmas miracle I didn’t have to cut the damn thing off of me afterward! That’s how tight a fit my favorite emerald blue Kurti is these days. When I purchased this …
If there is a blizzard raging outside your cabin then dear Lord I hope you have a hot pot of tamarind-infused pepper water simmering on your stovetop! Who needs cheap canned chili when you have pepper water? Well unless it’s Elk Chili with Adobe Peppers of course of course. But back to this savory rasam-like broth. …
This isn’t my first rodeo. I mean blizzard. Our 2023 southern California blizzard, dropping seven to ten feet of snow from Crestline to Big Bear and everywhere in between has made international news. We had long-lost friends in the UK calling this morning (They are obviously on London time) to inquire if we were defrosted …
Did you know there is no such dish really as a curry? You may see curry on a lot of six ninty nine cheap Indian lunch buffets but what you think of as a curry might be a dal. Or it might be a tandoori dish. It could even be a tamarind studded jalfrezi if …
Last Friday night we entertained the whole neighborhood by hosting Friday Night Indian Dinner Class, Part One; I’ve Got Big Indian Meatballs. The neighbors came from far and wide (Okay actually from just as far as across Paradise Way) to learn how to prepare Anglo-Indian Style Okra and a southern Indian Meatball Curry. When you …