
Heat up some vegetable or canola oil in a large 12″ skillet. Add a teaspoon of whole cumin seeds until just brown. Add half of a medium sliced red onion, 3-4 crushed garlic cloves, 1 teaspoon of crushed/chopped ginger, 1 teaspoon of garam masala, 1 teaspoon of turmeric, and 2-3 bay leaves. Mix the onions well on [...]

I’ve been on a bit of an Indian cooking spree lately (partly to prove to ML that I can indeed cook indian food). Here is another well known north indian dish that you usually see in restaurants served with paneer. I’ve tried this before with extra-firm tofu, but its even better with chicken (and a [...]

This is one of my favorite Indian dishes (fried potatoes in a lot of spices) that you can get at most roadside restaurants and stalls in New Delhi and will almost never let you down (what happens later to your gastrointestinal tract is another story). Traditionally, this is made by deep frying the potatoes in [...]