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Indian-spiced paneer stuffed Romano peppers are the dinner I make when I want something handsome with almost no effort: sweet, thin-skinned peppers filled with cumin-scented grated paneer, tomato, and cilantro. They roast into something far greater than the sum of...
Jim Pizer's legendary paneer kebab recipe earns its reputation with an unusual marinade: mango chutney, ginger, garlic, and tomato paste worked into cubes of paneer with toasted chickpea flour. The chutney caramelizes as the skewers cook, leaving a sticky, gently...
Mint and cilantro paneer tikka gets its vivid green marinade from a quick blend of herbs, Greek yogurt, green chiles, and garlic. The chickpea flour toasts into the marinade and helps it cling, so every cube of paneer comes off the pan deeply seasoned with charred...
Quick Sri Lankan egg hoppers with onion sambol sound like a weekend project, but the batter comes together in minutes and mostly needs time to rise. These bowl-shaped rice-flour crepes get crisp and lacy at the edges while an egg sets softly in the center. The punchy...
Kolkata-style paneer kati rolls are street food at its most irresistible: seared paneer and peppers with onion, wrapped in a flatbread slicked with a fiery green chile chutney. The chutney — nothing more than cilantro, green chiles, lemon, and salt — is what makes...
Bengali egg curry — dimer dalna — nests golden, pan-fried eggs in a slow-cooked tomato gravy perfumed with ginger, garlic, and whole tej patta. It tastes like it took all day but lands on the table in under an hour. Serve it over rice and watch everyone go quiet. A...
The best scrambled eggs you've never had are called akoori, and they come loaded with cumin, tomatoes, green chiles, and plenty of butter. This Indian-inspired scramble is softer and saucier than the French kind — the vegetables form almost a ragu that the eggs...
Eggs Kejriwal - fried eggs on mustard-slathered toast buried under melted sharp Cheddar and green chiles - is the legendary Mumbai club breakfast that regulars ordered for decades. It is ready in minutes and hits like a secret-menu item you cannot believe you lived...
Cooling hill station fennel salad is a 20-minute no-cook side of shaved fennel, crunchy bell peppers, cucumber, and red onion in a minted Greek yogurt dressing with nigella seeds. It is the salad equivalent of hill-station air - cool and clean beside any fiery main....
Vibrant herb salad with ginger-chile dressing is essentially a salad made of herbs: mounds of cilantro, mint, and dill with mixed leaves and chopped walnuts, drenched in a warm lemon-cumin dressing. It takes 20 minutes and is the freshest thing you will put on the...
Sprouted bean salad with zesty mustard dressing is the freshest 15 minutes in your repertoire: crunchy sprouted mung beans with baby plum tomatoes, red radishes, scallions, cucumber, and ginger, all glossed in a whole grain mustard dressing. No cooking - just chopping...
Let me introduce you to your new favorite culinary secret: the tarka. It's a magical Indian technique where spices are bloomed in hot ghee or oil, creating an intensely aromatic, sizzling dressing. In this recipe, we're creating a zesty lime and cumin tarka that...