INJI

Beef Choclo Soup

dustandcolor — Thu, 05 Apr 2012 11:13:34 +0000

We have been kind of sick this week. I especially don’t do well during this time of the year. And the food kind of narrows down to dried ginger-black pepper tea, soup or… Read More →

Beef Neck-Bone Stock

dustandcolor — Wed, 04 Apr 2012 23:07:35 +0000

I love my cup of soup, especially in the winter (though officially winter is over, it is still cold as far as I am concerned). As a child I remember my mom making… Read More →

Coconut Okra Curry

dustandcolor — Mon, 02 Apr 2012 17:25:07 +0000

This is one of my mom’s okra (lady’s finger) dish that she makes retaining the structure of the vegetable. There is no slime, and is overall a mild dish with heat from the… Read More →

Garlic Stir-fried Mushrooms

dustandcolor — Fri, 30 Mar 2012 19:16:47 +0000

We are the in weekend-refrigerator cleaning mode and I had a big box of mushrooms that we had bought from Costco. When not in the mood to make anything elaborate I always fall… Read More →

Pad Thai Frittata

dustandcolor — Mon, 26 Mar 2012 05:16:39 +0000

I could not find a better way to call it, hence – Pad Thai Frittata. Yesterday after a grueling long day pushing paper work we had Thai food for dinner. My wife ordered… Read More →

The Kitchen Garden

dustandcolor — Sun, 25 Mar 2012 19:28:27 +0000

The nature of our visit to India did not give us the opportunity to spend time in Kerala. But when my Dad told me that my grandmother was not doing well, we took… Read More →

Chana Masala

dustandcolor — Thu, 22 Mar 2012 04:04:54 +0000

I grew up in India, Tanzania, and little of the Middle East at a time and generation before the advent of canned foods. Foods sealed in a tin were pretty much limited to… Read More →

Grilled Prawns and Saffron-mashed Potatoes

dustandcolor — Mon, 19 Mar 2012 22:08:04 +0000

I had not met my closest friends in Washington DC since Christmas. Caught in the mundane aspects of life, time went by. Then my wife and I went to India for couple of… Read More →

Mom’s Cooking – Condiments

dustandcolor — Sun, 18 Mar 2012 13:22:57 +0000

Chutneys and condiments vie with fish as the main dishes of a meal at our (my parent’s) house. At any given point there would be at least two or three pickles, Inji curry… Read More →

Mom’s Cooking – Fish

dustandcolor — Fri, 16 Mar 2012 22:10:25 +0000

My mother has been cooking pretty much her whole life, and is the biggest influence in my cooking. Her mastery over spices and heat (temperature) is exemplary. Over the years I have kind… Read More →