From the monthly archives:

September 2008

My Secret Dream to be a Sandwich Artist – Aloo Gobi Naanini

R and I don’t usually don’t have time to really cook dinner on weeknights b/c we get home so late, so on nights like tonight, we rely on heating up leftovers.  I had gotten a little tired of the rice and aloo combo, so I decided to turn my leftover aloo gobi sabji into a [...]

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Eggplant in Peanut Sauce

With the season starting to change and the weather turning cooler, I’ve been craving the velvety taste of baingan, or eggplant.  So tonight I tried to recreate a dish that my mom makes – eggplant in a peanut sauce.  R and I went grocery shopping at the new Whole Foods in Tribeca, which usually has [...]

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Simple Sides – Quick Aloo Gobi

I found this beautiful, oddly yellow colored cauliflower at the   grocery store today and was intrigued to see what it tasted like…I have to say that tasted just like regular cauliflower to us.  Would love to hear from anyone else who has tried these cross bred veggies (which is kind of creepy, no?)…
Normally, I like to [...]

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Soba Noodles and Tofu in Cilantro-Tamarind Sauce

I had a craving for soba noodles tonight and no time to stop by the grocery store, so my ride back to Brooklyn was spent ticking through things we already had in the fridge which might be soba noodle worthy.  My result was inspired by Heidi Swanson’s post on her blog, 101cookbooks.com (you can find [...]

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Matar Mushroom – Shitake Mushrooms and Peas

I wanted to make one of our favorites for dinner tonight – mattar paneer – since R came home after a week of traveling and is about to set off on another week of traveling.  Unfortunately, paneer is hard to come by in Brooklyn so I made mattar mushroom instead using shitake mushrooms.  I rarely follow [...]

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Hello world…

After much raving about cooking blogs and swapping recipes with family and friends, I’ve decided to start my own cooking blog to share the vegetarian recipes that I test out in our kitchen. R has graciously agreed to support my blog by volunteering to eat anything that I make.  How kind.
You’ll mostly find vegetarian, Indian recipes in my cooking journal, [...]

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