Tag: Indian Food
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Flavorful Channa Masala Recipe with Canned Chickpeas
This is one of those great vegetarian dishes that can be dressed up or down according to need. Canned chickpeas make this a good store cupboard meal and it’s also simple enough to make as a week night meal. Served with a dollop of yogurt and some rice that’s dinner done. But add – a…
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Madhur Jaffrey’s Zucchini Raita – Eastern Vegetarian Cooking
This raita is from one of my ancient, falling apart cookbooks, Madhur Jaffrey’s Eastern Vegetarian Cooking, where it goes by the name courgettes in yoghurt. In our house it’s called zucchini raita. Jaffrey claims she eats it by the spoonful by itself and this I can believe. It’s a mellow, mildly spiced raita that’s extremely…
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Simple Spiced Spinach Dahl with Cumin Seeds
When I first moved to Sydney about 15 years ago, there was a hole in the wall Indian eatery up at my local shops. I’m calling it an an eatery because it wasn’t as grand as a cafe or restaurant, just a un-renovated shop with a few tables and chairs, offering a small selection of…
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Delicious Indian Creamed Spinach Recipe
I love creamed spinach. I have fond memories of going to Cafe Scheherahzade in Melbourne during the eighties and feasting on their latkes and creamed spinach. Tragically Cafe Scherherazade closed its doors eight years ago so their creamed spinach now exists only as a memory. During the winter, I had a sudden craving for some…
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Mixed Winter Dhal Recipe with Red and Brown Lentils
Dhal and rice is one my favorite fall back meals, it’s incredibly economical and comforting. This dhal, with its warming spices and mixture of red and brown lentils and kidney beans, is particularly good in the cooler months. I grew up with a fairly conventional ‘meat-and-three-veg’ family and I always would make a face and…
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The Back Yard Lemon Tree 