Samosa

Potato and Pea Samosa Recipe | Milk and Cardamom

OK, when Badal reached out to me to write-up a samosa recipe for her Samosa and Mimosas campaign I immediately hit up my mom. I gave her a quick call to ask her for her samosa recipe and of course, like a typical Indian mom, she started spouting off rough measurements and a long list […]

Vegetable Vietnamese Spring Rolls with Peanut Sauce

Vegetable Vietnamese Spring Rolls with Peanut Sauce Recipe | Milk and Cardamom

I think we are officially heading into that part of the quarantine where we all have reached our limit in carbo-loading with pasta and now just want to eat something healthy. Well..at least I am. My favorite go-to healthy meal is fresh rolls, aka Vietnamese spring rolls, and I ate these obsessively when I was […]

Polenta “Khichdi”

Polenta Khichdi Recipe | Milk and Cardamom

When I was college I’d buy boxes of cornmeal and make polenta at home quite often because it was cheap, versatile, AND filling! I’d top it with channa masala, bean chili, butter, cheese …really whatever I had in the fridge and make a meal out of it. While this recipe isn’t technically a khichdi, I […]

Falafel with Spicy Herb Tahini Sauce

Falafel with Spicy Herb Tahini Sauce Recipe | Milk and Cardamom

My mom didn’t eat outside food often, but when she did, it was falafel from Mamoun’s in NYC. She would bring home the falafel balls and make falafel pita sandwiches at home for dinner. There are few cuisines outside of Indian food my mom loves, but Levant cuisine is definitely one of them. This simple […]

Vegan Spaghetti Bolognese

vegan spaghetti bolognese | Milk and Cardamom

My obsession with pasta has spanned my entire lifetime. It was the only non-Indian food my mom could manage to make for a while. Just boil some pasta and add a jarred sauce. Simple and satisfying. But then as I grew up I learned about pesto, brown butter and sage sauce, cream sauce, and more. […]

Curry Corn Chowder

Curry Corn Chowder | Milk and Cardamom

Growing up my favorite breakfast was vagharelu doda (sautéed corn) with orange juice. Weird right? But I loved it! In Gujarat, the world vagharelu is used to describe anything that is sautéed oil, cumin seeds, and turmeric and sometimes a few curry leaves. My mom would heat up some oil, fry some spices in it in and […]