Baingan Bhartha Recipe

Baingan Bharta is smoked Eggplant cooked with onions, tomatoes and other spices. This is one of the famous delicacies of North India. Traditionally, the eggplant is roasted over the stove top causing the outer skin to get charred but cooks the eggplant inside. The charred skin is then meticulously removed and the flesh of the cooked eggplant is separated. This gives that distinct smoky flavor to the dish when cooked. However many of my family and friends do not prefer the smoky taste and so I sometimes resort to cooking the eggplant directly in the microwave. This has the taste…

Matar Paneer with Methi

Paneer is one thing which I dislike the most and no matter how much I try, I cannot get to like it. It might be due to the fact that it has a very different texture, has no taste of its own, it is not a vegetable and important of all it is loaded with calories. Everybody else in my family loves it and cannot get enough of it. So whenever we order panner dishes or make it at home, I end up eating the vegetables and gravy while skipping the paneer. Dear Husband who loves paneer is happy and…

Pineapple in Spicy Sweet Coconut Curry (Ananas Sasam)

We have been married for quite a few years now, long enough to understand and predict each others tastes, likes and dislikes. Or so I thought, until a routine trip to the grocery proved that I had concluded a bit too soon. I have a penchant for the sweet taste; he on the other hand steers away from it and even cannot withstand the sweetish taste of vegetables like zucchini, sweet peppers in the cooking. He would rather chew on some hot chillies than ogle at cookies and cakes. But then wait; he loves fruits and does savor some Rasmalai…