Tag Archives: Indian

Green Tomato Chicken Curry

Posted on September 17, 2020 by cookinginsens

My neighbor Caroline gifted me with some lovely, small green tomatoes. I immediately thought of green tomato curry. Freshly ground spices lends welcome authenticity to this homemade, normally vegetarian dish, especially where there are no Indian restaurants worth speaking of. … Continue reading →

Posted in Cooking, Food and Wine, Indian, Main dishes, Recipes | Tagged Chicken, cooking, curry, food, food photography, Indian, recipe, tomato | 5 Comments

Guyanese Pepperpot with Oxtails

Posted on January 13, 2020 by cookinginsens

We were introduced to Guyanese (where they drank the Kool-aid) pepperpot at our son’s house this Christmas by his partner who is originally from Guyana. Guyanese pepperpot is a traditional Christmas beef stew made with aromatics and spices. The stew … Continue reading →

Posted in Cooking, Food and Wine, Indian, Main dishes, Recipes | Tagged casareep, cooking, food, food photography, guyanese, herbs, Indian, pepperpot, recipe, spices | 8 Comments

Aubergine and Veal Curry

Posted on April 25, 2019 by cookinginsens

Home alone again, my faux-retired husband went on another boondoggle to Niger, West Africa, this time for 3 months. In the meantime, I have occasionally cooked but haven’t blogged much. I did have to strip my Irish Terrier which takes … Continue reading →

Posted in Cooking, Food and Wine, Indian, Main dishes, Recipes | Tagged aubergine, cooking, curry, easy, food, food photography, ground veal, Indian, recipe | 4 Comments

Giant Zucchini Stuffed with Chicken Curry

Posted on September 3, 2018 by cookinginsens

Our neighbor Jane gave me with an enormous, beautiful zucchini, vaguely intimidating but also challenging in a way I like 🙂 I remembered a blog post I wrote in Sens about stuffing small, round zucchini with chicken curry and remembered … Continue reading →

Posted in American, Cooking, Food and Wine, Indian, Main dishes, Recipes, Vegetables | Tagged Chicken, cooking, courgette, curry, food, food photography, Indian, mushrooms, recipe, stuffed, zucchini | 5 Comments

Spicy Indian Aubergine

Posted on August 30, 2018 by cookinginsens

Indian aubergine are so cute and also rare in our supermarkets. I got lucky with these. They remind me a bit of the popular, indigenous djakattou vegetable found in West Africa, a cross between tomato and eggplant. The djakattou is … Continue reading →

Posted in Asian, Cooking, Food and Wine, Indian, Main dishes, Recipes, Vegetables | Tagged aubergine, cooking, eggplant, food, food photography, Indian, pan roasted, recipe, veal | 3 Comments

Veuve Clicquot For Six

Posted on January 23, 2018 by cookinginsens

Just before Christmas, my husband completed a short term assignment in Senegal. When he went through the duty free shop, a magnum of Veuve Cliquot Champagne leapt into his basket with just a small assist from him 😉 Scrooge-like, we … Continue reading →

Posted in American, Appetizer, Asian, Cooking, Food and Wine, Indian, Japanese | Tagged American, appetizers, Champagne, cooking, food, food photography, Indian, Japanese | 17 Comments

Dal Makhani and Murgh Masala

Posted on January 22, 2018 by cookinginsens

I love Indian dal with it’s varied lentils and spices, but my favorite is dal makhani which mixes urad dal (black lentil) with kidney beans. The texture and spiciness makes me think of meatless chili. Overnight soaking prepares the beans … Continue reading →

Posted in Cooking, Indian, Main dishes, Recipes | Tagged Chicken, cooking, dal, food, food photograpy, Indian, lentils, makani, masala, murgh, recipe, yogurt | 8 Comments

Aubergine and Paneer Curry

Posted on December 5, 2017 by cookinginsens

Disgusted with digging in the refrigerator’s freezer bottom drawer, hunting things we remember buying but can’t find but discovering freezer burned meats, poultry and fish that we don’t remember buying but obviously did, we finally bought an upright, stand alone … Continue reading →

Posted in American, Cooking, Food and Wine, Indian, Main dishes, Recipes | Tagged aubergine, cheese, cooking, curry, eggplant, food, food photography, ground beef, Indian, Japanese, paneer, recipe | 4 Comments

Indochine

Posted on February 22, 2017 by cookinginsens

In the early nineteenth century when the French referred to Indochine or what is now known as Southeast Asia, they were referring to Asian lands historically within the cultural influence of India. It took me a long time to find … Continue reading →

Posted in Cheese, Chinese, Cooking, Food and Wine, Indian, Main dishes | Tagged black bean sauce, cheese, chinese, cooking, food, Indian, paneer | 10 Comments

Easy Curried Chicken and Mirliton

Posted on February 20, 2017 by cookinginsens

My husband bought 4 mirliton squash (chayote) that kept giving me the eye every time I opened the refrigerator. They were beginning to look grim, so I cooked them. This small squash (about the size of a large avocado), with edible … Continue reading →