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Puff Pastry Samosas – A Spicy (Simple) Super Bowl Treat
Puff pastry is an ingredient where no matter what you stuff in it will lead to delicious-ness. So go figure if you stuff it with spiced potatoes and peas, you end up with flaky, buttery, spicy delicious-ness. For Super Bowl Sunday, my friend Jason came over and we formed a samosa stuffing assembly line. Then […]
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Channa Saag (Spinach and Chickpeas) Made Easy
There are lots of people who seem to love hating Rachel Ray and Sandra Lee types. But isn’t a 30 Minute Meal or one that’s Semi-Homemade better than takeout? I’m not talking about the type of fast and easy processed foods that got Ruhlman riled up. I’m talking about cutting some “traditional” corners while still […]
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World Nutella Day – Nutella Peanut Butter Cookies
Is there anyone who doesn’t like Nutella? Is that possible? I’ve convinced myself that Nutella is good for me. Healthy even. Isn’t it? I am guilty of hearing tidbits of “facts” from unreliable sources and repeating them as sound, test and tried and true facts. When I want to. When it’s to my advantage. As […]
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Spilled Masala
As I was wiping the contents of my spilled masala box from my floor (after having just refilled it), I couldn’t help but think it looked beautiful. The reds and yellows and darks brown with white grains of salt between. Any suggestions for a caption for this photo? Here are some that came to mind […]
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100th Post and a Giveaway: Le Creuset Mortar and Pestle
Note: This contest has now ended. Congratulations to Meera, lucky #2! Thanks to everyone for entering and sharing your favorite Indian dish! I have some fabulous new ideas. I neglected Hungry Desi’s first birthday. And then its second birthday. So I am ringing in my 100th post to Hungry Desi with a giveaway. A little […]
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Huevos Rancheros Frittata
Cooking when guests are over has become tricky with Surya around. She loves to be in the kitchen, clinging to my legs and wanting to be picked up. It’s hard to keep chopping onions when an adorable 2.5 feet tall little cutie pie is dying for you to pick her up and cuddle. So you […]
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Baked Potato Soup
When I get an idea in my head, it’s hard to get it out. The first is that when I saw these bowls in Crate and Barrel, I knew I needed to make a soup worthy of eating from them. The second is that when I heard New York was getting 7 to 12 inches […]
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Review: POM Wonderful
I first tried POM Wonderful’s pomegranate juice when it was relatively “new” to the market a few years ago. It was really bitter tasting and came on way too strong. So when POM Wonderful emailed me to see if I was interested in trying a free sample of their pomegranate juice, my initial instinct was […]
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An Apology and India Return
First, An Apology: Dear Hungry Desi, You’ve been neglected for sometime, and I owe you an apology. There’s the usual list of excuses. Work got busy. Really busy. Surya owns my free time. All of it. We’ve been away visiting India. Now we’re back but jet lagged. I’ll try not to lean on those excuses […]
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Baby Food: Zucchini Matchsticks
A ping pong machine. That’s what Surya’s little mouth has become. This weekend it’s been a revolving door for whatever she allows in. In. Out. And with force. And bounce. Like the little ball in a ping pong machine. This has led to much hypothesizing by us. She’s teething. She’s tired. She’s going through an […]