Vegan Tteokbokki
Lately, I’ve been obsessed with figuring out how to “vegetarianize” Korean cuisine. For a long time, the only Korean dish I’ve ever had was bibimbap, but I wanted to learn more about the cuisine and the culture. Korean cuisine always looked so appetizing to me, but it’s so meat-centric that I never really get […]
Khichdi
When I think of the ultimate comfort food, I think of my mom’s khichdi. It’s a rice and mung bean porridge that is mildly spiced and extremely delicious. Khichdi is a very personal dish to many in India. Every state, actually pretty much every family, has its own version of khichdi. People use various lentils, […]
Aloo Poha
Aloo poha aka batata poha,for Gujaratis like me, is the essential Saturday morning breakfast dish. Quick. Easy. Savory. Perfect with chai. Poha is flattened rice and aloo/batata means potato. You can find poha in any Indian grocery store or you can buy it on Amazon for super cheap. This past December I went to India […]
Mesir Wat (Ethiopian Red Lentils)
Ethiopian has to be one of my favorite cuisines in the world. There is a huge Indian influence on Ethiopian cuisine due to the the spice trade between both countries throughout history. Trade between the state of Gujarat (where I’m from) and Ethiopia was so frequent that the Ethiopian word for tobacco is surat– the […]
Vegetable Manchurian
My husband is OBSESSED with Indo-chinese food. Indo-Chinese cuisine is basically Chinese food thats been adapted to suit the taste buds of Indians. It’s spicy, sweet, sour, and nothing like curry. Vegetable manchurian takes a Chinese inspired sauce and pairs it with Indian-inspired vegetable koftas. Manchurian is purely made up by Indians and is […]