Pilaf: Heat oil in a saucepan over medium heat. Add coriander seeds and fry until toasted. Stir in bell pepper, cayenne, and cinnamon; saute until barely tender, about 4 minutes. Pour in water or stock and bring to a boil. Stir in couscous, cover and remove from heat. Let sit 10 to 15 minutes. Couscous [...]

Wipe okra gently with moist kitchen towel. Cut each into 4 pieces and set aside. Heat vegetable oil in a skillet. Add onions, garlic, cumin seed, chilies (optional), and coriander leaves. Saute 4 to 5 mins. Add turmeric. Stir once or twice. Add tomatoes, vinegar and 1/2 cup water. Bring to a boil. Lower heat [...]

Wash lentils thoroughly. Place in pot with the water & bring to a boil over medium heat. Cook about 10 minutes. Stir in salt, garlic, chili & mustard. Lower heat & simmer for 30 minutes till lentils are soft. In a skillet, heat the ghee & toss in the cumin seeds & chili powder. Top [...]

Put the apricots in a bowl. Pour 4 cups of hot water over them and let them soak for an hour. Put the garlic, and ginger into the container of an electric blender or a food processor along with 1/4 cup of the vinegar. Blend until smooth. Empty the apricots and their soaking liquid into [...]

-MARINADE – 1/4 c Yogurt 2 tb Ginger paste 2 tb Garlic paste 1/2 ts White pepper powder 1/2 ts Cummin powder 1 ts Mace-nutmeg-cardamom powder 1/2 ts Red Chilli Powder 1/4 ts Tumeric 4 tb Lemon juice 2 tb Gram flour Salt; to taste 5 tb Oil Clean, remove skin and debone chicken. Cut [...]

Pick the rice over and put in a bowl. Wash in several changes of water. Drain. Pour 3 times the water you have rice over the rice and let soak for 30 minutes hour. Drain thoroughly. Combine the rice, salt, butter and the water in a pot. Bring to a boil. Cover with a tight [...]

Chop the tomatoes into inch dice. Chop the scallions diagonally including three inches of green. Place the oil, ginger, and cumin in a small skillet. Cook over low heat for one minute, stirring constantly. Scrape mixture in to a mixing bowl with a rubber spatula. Add the tomatoes ( inch dice), cucumber, scallions, and garlic. [...]

Pour the oil into a medium or large skillet set over medium heat. When the oil is hot, add the asafetida, mustard seeds, red pepper, chana dal, and urad dal. When dals turn reddish in color, add to the pan the onion, cabbage, potato, peas, green chili, and ginger. Increase heat to medium-high and cook [...]

Preheat oven to 400F. Remove oven racks & spray them with oil. Wash potatoes & slice them lengthwise into sticks 1/2″ thick or crosswise into rounds 1/3″ thivk. Trnasfer to a baking pan & spray well with oil. Add seasonings & toss to coat. Place the rounds in a single layer on the oven racks. [...]

Put grated ginger & stock into a pot & bring to a boil. Simmer 30 minutes till the water has reduced by half. Add salt, cumin & pepper. Simmer for another 2 minutes. Squeeze in lemon juice & garnish with coriander. Excellent as a cold remedy & as a starter to an Indian meal.