http://www.hungrydesi.com Encouraging food coma - a state of blissful contentedness induced by passionate cooking and good food - one recipe at a time. Tue, 07 Sep 2010 01:57:52 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 en hourly 1 http://www.hungrydesi.com/2010/03/30/eggplant-barbeque-roasted-eggplantwith-tamarind/ http://www.hungrydesi.com/2010/03/30/eggplant-barbeque-roasted-eggplantwith-tamarind/#comments Tue, 30 Mar 2010 19:39:02 +0000 nithya http://www.hungrydesi.com/?p=2149 A few weeks ago, my parents held a small prayer ceremony in their home to mark the anniversary of my paternal grandfather’s passing.  He died when my dad was in his 20’s so I never knew him.  As part of the ceremony, my mom prepared foods that were my grandfather’s favorites when he was alive. [...]]]> http://www.hungrydesi.com/2010/03/30/eggplant-barbeque-roasted-eggplantwith-tamarind/feed/ 9 http://www.hungrydesi.com/2010/01/14/no-noodles-bread-and-eggplant-lasagna/ http://www.hungrydesi.com/2010/01/14/no-noodles-bread-and-eggplant-lasagna/#comments Fri, 15 Jan 2010 02:53:12 +0000 nithya http://www.hungrydesi.com/?p=2049 On Saturday, I declared I was giving up bread in an effort to shed my last “few” baby pounds. On Sunday, I bought a crusty Balthazar baguette which we devoured with mini wedges of brie. On Monday, I dove into a frozen sourdough pullman loaf from FreshDirect (how is frozen bread so good?). Tuesday is a blur [...]]]> http://www.hungrydesi.com/2010/01/14/no-noodles-bread-and-eggplant-lasagna/feed/ 4 http://www.hungrydesi.com/2009/03/04/vegetable-bhaji-spicy-tempura-with-mint-chutney/ http://www.hungrydesi.com/2009/03/04/vegetable-bhaji-spicy-tempura-with-mint-chutney/#comments Wed, 04 Mar 2009 22:58:54 +0000 nithya http://www.hungrydesi.com/?p=1165 Bhaji is basically Indian tempura – vegetables battered in a spicy flour coating, deep fried and served piping hot straight out of the oil, slightly crunchy on the outside and soft on the inside.  In our house, bhaji was the late afternoon snack of particularly lazy Saturday afternoons following a nap.  Bhaji was the pre-dinner [...]]]> http://www.hungrydesi.com/2009/03/04/vegetable-bhaji-spicy-tempura-with-mint-chutney/feed/ 14