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Monday, November 23, 2015

Kid-Friendly Moo Shu Chicken

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Moo Shu Chicken Another successful kid-friendly dinner made its way to the dinner table the other day, when GrandBoy #1 spent the evenin...
Wednesday, November 18, 2015

Chicken and Spinach in Coconut Gravy

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Chicken & Spinach in Coconut Gravy Saag Meat is a popular Indian dish, saag being spinach cooked with any kind of meat and a lot o...
Sunday, November 08, 2015

Patla Maacher Jhol - Fish in a Light Sauce

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Patla Maacher Jhol Yesterday, I caught sight of  wild-caught Alaskan rockfish  for the first time at our local supermarket. It's a ...
Friday, November 06, 2015

Green Lentils & Carrot Stew

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Green Lentil & Carrot Stew Green & Red Lentils Green lentils are whole red lentils whose outer skin have been left intact...
Thursday, November 05, 2015

Indo-Chinese Chili Chicken

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Indo-Chinese Chili Chicken Boneless & skinless chicken thighs, I find, are more moist than chicken breasts and we purchase them in 6...
Thursday, October 29, 2015

Palang Alu Posto Bhaja - Stir-Fried Spinach & Potatoes with White Poppy Seeds

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Palang Alu Posto Bhaja I usually use frozen spinach because it's so convenient, but nowadays one pound packages of pre-washed baby s...
Saturday, October 24, 2015

Oats Utthappam - Savoury Oat Pancakes

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Oats Utthappam Using oatmeal instead of flour for pancakes and making them savoury is a great alternative for those of us who, for medi...
Thursday, October 22, 2015

Stir-Fried Chicken & Riced Cauliflower

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Chicken with Riced Cauliflower Recently, social media has been inundated with healthier, carb-free alternatives to fried rice. Using cau...
Tuesday, October 20, 2015

Chaal Diye Muror Ghonto - Fish Pilaf

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Chaal Diye Muror Ghonto In Bengali, m uro  means fish head and  ghonto  is a melange of different ingredients. Adding rice and potatoes ...
Saturday, October 17, 2015

Spanish Rice with Chicken Sausage

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When the GrandBoys (8 & 9 year-olds) have dinner with us once a week, it's a challenge to come up with tempting, yet nutritio...
Monday, September 28, 2015

Crab Cake Meal

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Crab Cake Meal I made this for dinner one night when we were looking for a break from Indian food. Lump crab meat is available at most s...
Saturday, September 12, 2015

Tiny Whitebait in Onion & Tomato Gravy - Kachki Mach-er Jhol

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Kachki Maach-er Jhol They're called whitebait in English and keski  or kachki maach  in Bengali. Compare the thickness of the trans...
Friday, September 11, 2015

Mung Dal-er Khichuri - Mung Beans Lentil Stew

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Mung Dal-er Khichuri for Lunch Khichuri is a lentil stew that is usually made with lentils and rice. I spied a South Indian pongal prepa...
Wednesday, September 09, 2015

Meatball Stew

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Meatball Stew It was one of those days when dinner was the last thing on my mind and the fridge was as bare as Mother Hubbard's cupb...
Monday, September 07, 2015

Burmese Tofu Salad

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Tofu Salad I've been trying to include more protein in my diet, so tofu has featured on my grocery list  of late. I have it in Miso ...
Tuesday, September 01, 2015

Paneer & Apple Payesh

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Paneer & Apple Payesh I found a recipe  for this payesh on Sanjeev Kapoor's website but, as you will notice, I modified it t...
Friday, August 28, 2015

Green Beans Kasundi

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Green Beans Kasundi Indian markets can now be found in practically every town in Michigan. A Bangladeshi market opened up recently just ...
Wednesday, August 26, 2015

Stewed Chicken with Carrots and Potatoes

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Stewed Chicken with Carrots & Potatoes I made this stew  once before, but I left out the yogurt this time and added carrots and pota...
Monday, August 24, 2015

Musuri Dal Begun Diye - Red Lentils with Eggplant

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Musuri Dal Begun Diye I've used Japanese eggplant here, but any variety of eggplant will work as well. The lentils are first cooked ...
Saturday, August 22, 2015

Phool Kopi Karaishuti Posto - Cauliflower & Peas in White Poppy Seed Sauce

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Phool Kopi Karaishuti Posto White  poppy seed ( posto in Bengali) is very versatile and can be added to any combination of vegetables. ...
Thursday, August 20, 2015

Kosha Murgi Alu - Chicken Curry with Potatoes

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Kosha Murgi This is a simple stir-fried chicken curry with cubed potatoes. It's cooked on the stove-top rather than in a pressure co...
Tuesday, August 18, 2015

Mango & Tapioca Pudding

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Mango & Tapioca Pudding This is a delicious, refreshing dessert that hits the spot on a hot and humid summer day. Mango pulp is easy...
Sunday, August 16, 2015

Miso Soup

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Miso Soup This soup was so quick and easy to make, it was perfect for lunch served alongside fried dumplings. It tasted just like the mi...
Friday, August 14, 2015

Burmese Coconut & Mango Kyauk Kyaw or Jello

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Mango Kyauk Kyaw Agar agar is a gelatin substitute that is used in south-east Asian countries. It is a plant-based extract which makes i...
Tuesday, August 11, 2015

Cucumbers & Jalapenos Pickled in Balsamic Vinegar

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Pickled Cucumbers & Jalapenos The pickled cucumbers served in Vietnamese restaurants taste so good because of their sweet ...