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Naan: Indian Flat Bread

September 3, 2011

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Soft, chewy, flavorful. Perfect for sopping up curries and other flavorful sauces. Not something to whip up if you need to eat in 30 minutes. But so worth it if you have the time. This is an unusual bread for many reasons.  First, is rises very slowly over a long period of time.  Second, you […]

Indian Cabbage with peppers and peas

September 3, 2011

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This is a slight variation of a recipe I found in the very fun cookbook American Masala.  This delightful cookbook has many traditional Indian recipes plus fusion recipes that combine Indian with other traditions. Finding this recipe corresponded with my neighbor growing gargantuan heads of cabbage and needing somewhere for these mutant heads to to […]

Chicken Tikka

September 3, 2011

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Chicken Tikka is a great way to enjoy Indian Food on the grill, so it is a perfect summer dish.  This recipe is also a great way to introduce Indian food to your family, since I have not yet encountered anyone who didn’t like it.  How can you go wrong with chicken marinated in yogurt […]

Green Bean & Potato Curry

August 29, 2011

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This is a great summer recipe.  It call all be cooked on the stove, and it uses fresh garden produce.  You can pair it with a meat curry or tandoori meats.   I love the textures in this dish: the creamy potatoes, tender beans, and crunch of all the seeds is a treat for the […]

Chicken Makhani

August 26, 2011

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I had this dish recently at our favorite Indian restaurant. So creamy and delicious! Papachef looked and looked for a recipe; the ones he found just didn’t sound right or were so complicated they could not be easily replicated by someone at home. So he combined several recipes and tweaked what he had to come […]

Indian Food: Warmth and Spice

August 26, 2011

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I absolutely adore Indian food. Unfortunately, the closest Indian Restaurant to us is a good 90 minute drive.  Our favorite restaurant is nearly four hours away. So, we had to figure you how to make Indian at home. Obtaining the spices and ingredients for a lot of my recipes can be tricky.  When PapaChef is […]