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Grilled Garam Masala Corn by Oscar Michel

June 29, 2012 Chitra Agrawal

My good friend Oscar came to visit from Oakland and he brought with him the most amazing grilled corn recipe using garam masala, a North Indian spice mixture that you can get at the Indian store or make at home … More »

Posted in Appetizers, Dinner, Favorites, Gluten-Free, Lunch, Sides, Summer, Vegetarian | Tagged corn on the cob, garam masala corn, grilled corn recipe, Oscar Michel, summer grilling, vegan, vegetarian | 2 Comments

Skillshare Culinary Semester in Partnership w/Yelp

June 19, 2012 Chitra Agrawal

I’m so excited to be part of Skillshare‘s Culinary Semester in partnership with Yelp. I’ll be teaching how to make a healthy North Indian home cooked meal. Sign up here. Skillshare is offering a number of culinary classes during the … More »

Posted in Classes, Events & Classes | Tagged healthy cooking, Indian cooking class, north indian cooking, North Indian home cooking, Skillshare, vegetarian, Yelp | 1 Comment

The Spice Route: Veena Prasad on Curry Leaves

June 14, 2012 Chitra Agrawal

I’m very excited to introduce Veena Prasad, Founder of Veena’s Market on this segment of the Spice Route, not only because I love the concept behind her store of Indian spice kits and reading her recipe blog, but also because she wanted to … More »

Posted in Autumn, Curry, Dinner, Gluten-Free, Mains, South Indian, Spice Spotlight, Summer, Vegan, Vegetarian | Tagged coconut curry, curry leaves, indian recipe, south indian cooking, vegetarian | 1 Comment

Kadai Paneer @ NY Indian Film Festival

June 8, 2012 Chitra Agrawal

I was very excited to be asked to prepare appetizers a couple weeks back for the NY Indian Film Festival party to celebrate the world premiere of Rituparno Ghosh’s film, Chitrangada. The event was hosted by SAY WE (South … More »

Posted in Autumn, Catering, Curry, Dinner, Easy, Favorites, Filter by Type, Gluten-Free, North Indian, Popular, Recipes Index, Vegetarian, Winter | Tagged Anne Saxelby, Chritrangada, Essex Market, IAAC, kadai paneer, Kumare, north indian cooking, North Indian recipe, NY Indian Film Festival, NYIFF, San Marzano paste, Saxelby Cheese, SAY WE, vegetarian | Comments Off

Cauliflower Kofta in Tomato Gravy

May 15, 2012 Chitra Agrawal

Kofta is kind of like the Indian meatball – minus the meat and traditionally made from paneer, potato, spices and herbs and stuffed with cashews and/or raisins. I make the comparison because growing up vegetarian in a predominantly Italian … More »

Posted in Autumn, Curry, Dinner, North Indian, Recipes Index, Summer, Vegetarian | Tagged cauliflower, Indian curry, kofta, malai kofta, North Indian recipe, vegan, vegetarian, vegetarian meatball | 5 Comments

Lentil Leek Soup with Fried Spices

March 29, 2012 Chitra Agrawal

We are in between seasons right now which gets kind of confusing in the kitchen. Last week it was 80 and I didn’t really want to eat anything and this week it got cold again, which made me want soup … More »

Posted in Autumn, Dinner, Gluten-Free, Lunch, Mains, North Indian, Recipes Index, Soups & Dals, Vegetarian, Winter | Tagged chana dal, chaunk, kalonji, lentils, nigella seeds, north indian cooking, potato leek soup, soup, tempering spices, vegetarian | 2 Comments

Asha’s Ambode (Indian Falafel)

March 25, 2012 Chitra Agrawal

I’ve been wanting to share the recipe for ambode, the South Indian equivalent of the falafel ball for some time. I was lucky enough to learn the recipe recently from my Auntie Asha, who is an expert ambode maker.