Today, I made Curried Beetroot and Ginger soup. A simple recipe, and I made it with fresh beets. I hope you enjoy the recipe: Ingredients 3 Tablespoons butter 1 Tablespoon oil 1 cup white onion, finely chopped 12 black peppercorns 3 beets, peeled and chopped in 1 inch cubes 4 inch piece of fresh ginger, roughly chopped 2 Tablespoons curry powder 1 cup whole milk plain yogurt OR 1/2 cup Greek yogurt 6 cups vegetable stock Salt to taste Instructions In a 5 qt sauce pan, over medium heat, heat butter and oil. Add onions and sauté for 5 minutes, stirring once every minute. Add beets and ginger and sauté for 15 minutes, stir once every...
I had a wonderful class last night at Whole Foods Friendship Heights location. The theme was GOOD, BETTER, BEST. I used CHICKEN as my main ingredient and made 3 dishes - a good dish (not so healthy), a better dish (healthier) and a best dish (healthiest) 1) Chicken in Pomegranate Cream Sauce 2) Chicken and Coconut Rice Pulao 3) Garlic Spinach Stuffed Chicken Everyone had a great time! Garlic Spinach stuffed Chicken Ingredients 2 Chicken Breasts, each butterflied 1 teaspoon salt 1 teaspoon pepper ¼ teaspoon turmeric powder Garlic Spinach 2 Tablespoons oil 1 Tablespoon cumin seeds 4-5 garlic cloves, thinly sliced 4 cups chopped spinach 1 cup chopped Roma tomatoes 1 teaspoon red pepper...
I was in New York City this past weekend, and while on my way back, my friend and I stopped by this amazing food truck called WAFFLES AND DINGES.
It is Belgian Waffle truck, apparantly, it is very popular in NYC, but it was my first time...I loved it. A must try for anyone who is going to be in NYC anytime soon!
http://www.wafelsanddinges.com/
I have been under the weather over the past few days. The first day that I started to recover, I could smell and taste after 10 days and I was delighted. Oh! how much I had missed my smell and taste buds over the last couple of weeks...so I decided to make a spicy soup, which is my creation and here's the recipe. Ingredients 2 tablespoons coconut oil 4-5 black peppercorns 8-10 curry leaves 1 cinnamon stick, broken into two 1 tablespoon cumin seeds 1 cup red onion, thinly sliced 1 jalapeno, finely chopped OPTIONAL 1 cup chopped tomatoes 2 medium chicken breasts, cut in 1 inch cubes 1 teaspoon turmeric powder 1/2 cup Sambhar soup mix Salt to...
Dal Dhokli is a popular Gujarati dish in which a lentil soup is made and then wheat dough that is rolled into rotis and cut into diamond shape pieces are added to the lentils. It is one of my favorite dishes, however sometimes it can get time consuming to make the entire dish. Last night I was teaching this dish at Whole Foods and I made a modified version. Here it is: Ingredients 1 cup French lentils ½ cup red onion, finely chopped 1 jalapeno, finely chopped 1 tablespoon cumin seeds 1 teaspoon turmeric powder 1 teaspoon paprika powder 1 Roma tomato, finely chopped 3 gloves of garlic, chopped 2 tablespoons cilantro, finely chopped 1 tablespoon oil Salt 1 cup...
