You have to love a dish called Supreme Dal! it is from #CookAndSeePart4 from the #MeenakshiAmmal set of 4 volumes. Quite a simple recipe really, pared back to let the individual flavours shine. Triply easy as it uses pre-cooked dal which I had in the freezer. Just add spices, onions, ginger, chillies, tomatoes and heat. Tadka with curry leaves.

Today's choices of pickles and ferments were to be pickled nasturtium leaves and fermented chilli sauce/paste. But in truth, as well of these, I have used a whole lot of different bibs and bobs from that shelf in the the fridge. Including the Indian Makrut Lime pickle with the dal-rice. An absolute favourite of mine.

There is so much soup for tonight, the chickpea and cannelini bean one that I made 2 days ago. I can't wait. The fava bean one from yesterday is in the freezer. #SoupLove

#FromTheKitchen #WhatIAmCooking #WhatIAmEating #Food #IndianFood #Vegetarian

Of the fare, unfair and buzz in the Indian bubble in Leeds

Welcome team members clad in pink tees.  Image : Revsportz Sharmistha Gooptu in Leeds The Yorkie welcome team…
#Leeds #UnitedKingdom #UK #GB #England #Headlines #News #Europe #EU #Britain #engvsindtest #Englanddiaries #GreatBritain #Headingleycricketground #indiatourofengland2025 #IndianCricket #IndianCricketFans #Indianfood #Leedstest
https://www.europesays.com/uk/203938/

Very glad I got decent Kenwood appliances when I just started #cooking, now I can just buy addons, like a spice mill for my newfound #indianfood obsession (I do have a mortar, but it’s small and my arm hurst after a while :-/)

https://www.europesays.com/us/1437/ Fitness coach shares 4 ways to use Indian food for weight loss: ‘Tip 4 is controversial but it is what most people need’ | Health #carbohydrates #Fitness #FitnessCoachShares4WaysToUseIndianFoodForWeightLoss #Health #IndianFood #protein #UnitedStates #UnitedStates #US #vegetables #WeightLoss

New food cart pod opens in North Portland’s Delta Park

PORTLAND, Ore. (KATU) — From Korean to Indian to Philly cheesesteaks, people who live, work and play in North Portland now have another option for food. Mireaya, who works in the area, says, “I ended up se…
#dining #cooking #diet #food #Food #DeltaPark #Foodcartpod #FoodDesert #Foodtrucks #Indianfood #KoreanFood #NorthPortland #phillycheesesteaks
https://www.diningandcooking.com/2131961/new-food-cart-pod-opens-in-north-portlands-delta-park/

An Independent Food And Drink Festival Is Returning To Urmston

Credit: Love Urmston A food and drink festival featuring a host of independent businesses is making its return…
#Manchester #UnitedKingdom #UK #GB #England #Headlines #News #Europe #EU #Britain #Caribbeanfood #GreatBritain #greekfood #Indianfood #Italianfood #tastingfestival
https://www.europesays.com/uk/191333/

To the rest of India Dhana Jiru is just cumin and coriander seeds ground together. But to the Parsi community it is a very different beast.

"“Many people think that the dhana jiru is just dhaniya and jeera powder, but the Parsi dhana jiru is made up of around 15-20 different spices, including elaichi, star anise, tezpatta, chillies, pepper balls, cloves…you name it, it’s got it. Dhansak and dhana jiru are a little similar, the former has maybe 3 to 4 less ingredients. The Parsi sambar mix has a mix of spices such as mustard and methi, and they’re mixed in mustard oil, so it’s a slightly wettish-powder. Another one is the curry masala, which has around 4 to 5 ingredients, including white sesame seeds, jeera, and khus khus,” says Shelley."

#MyBombayKitchen uses 17 different spices for dhana jiru. I came here to say that, but found this article (that I quoted) which expresses it better.

https://parsikhabar.net/food/delhi-woman-revives-grandmas-secret-parsi-spice-mixes-exports-across-the-globe/25038/

#food #ParsiFood #IndianFood #Spices

📌 Top Michelin-Starred Indian Restaurants Around The World In 2025
Indian cuisine is now dazzling the global fine-dining scene with Michelin stars From Dubai’s vegetarian marvel Avatara to New York’s soulful Semma
👉 https://beestrot.com/news/whats-cooking-this-week-24-from-jun-9th-to-jun-15th-2025/#Top_Michelin-Starred_Indian_Restaurants_Around_The_World_In_2025
#indianfood #michelin #restaurants #dining #foodie

Jalebi is my first love of childhood.

#jalebi #foodie #food #indianfood #foodporn #foodphotography #gulabjamun #indiansweets There is one such thing in food which is an Indian sweet dish. Its name is "Jalebi". Its taste is so tasty that whenever I eat it, I am taken back to my childhood.At that time in childhood, we had neither heard nor seen things like pizza, momoz.But all of us brothers used to sit together and enjoy "Jalebi".

https://itsmostamazingindia.wordpress.com/2025/06/13/jalebi-is-my-first-love-of-childhood/

A couple of newish cookbooks (2024)

Pushpesh Pant is the author of India Cookbook, a HUGE book, without illustration, of 1,068 recipes.

His latest book looks interesting. Delhi is a melting pot of local cuisines and those of immigrants from other parts of India. It's street food is out of this world.

From The King's Table to Street Food: A Food History of Delhi

"Pushpesh Pant weaves a magical mosaic in his inimitable style about his personal, and Delhi's, food journey, spiced with anecdotes and tales. A mustread book."

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And also this one looks very interesting...

Dalit Kitchens of Marathwada, by Shahu Patole (translated)

"This book presents the poor man's patchwork plate, one devoid of oil, ghee and milk, and comprising foods not known to savarna dictionaries"

#Cookbooks #CookbookBrowsing #Food #IndianFood

Exceptional spiced smoked eggplant with millet chapati, pickles and spiced & salted buttermilk last night at this Indian vegetarian place on Hampstead road #adelaide #vegetarian #indianfood

#NilouferKing also has a good explanation of Indian chutneys and pickles as they can be a little interchangeable in many cases. It can be confusing if just starting to learn about #IndianFood. Pickles are preserved in oil; chutneys in acid. Both can be quickly made or labour-intensive, and both can last anywhere from a few days, like a quick pickle, or for many years, like her Eggplant, Turmeric and Ginger pickle.

#food #ParsiFood #MyBombayKitchen #cookbooks #CookbookBrowsing

It is interesting that #NilouferKing puts kachumbers in the pickles and chutneys chapter. I don't think I have ever seen that before. I have always thought of them as salads, or even salsa type salads. But if you think of them as side dishes used to spark up a meal, they could well be in the chutney basket.

It is like raita. How do you classify raita? I have seen numerous classifications, including salads and chutneys.

#IndianFood #ParsiFood #MyBombayKitchen #Food #Cookbooks

I went for Kingfisher in the end 😊

#indianfood

One has to just love days where the only decision of any importance is going to be whether to have Cobra or Kingfisher with your meal.

#indianfood #eatingout #goodtimes

Bengali "Widow cuisine", born out of deprivation and marginalisation. Yet has contributed to Indian vegetarian food without that background being visible.

https://www.goya.in/blog/the-unseen-politics-of-bengals-widow-cuisine

#IndianFood #Food #Vegetarian

I first was in Goa nearly 25 years ago. Vindaloo was not well known outside of India, perhaps not much outside of Goa. When I first heard of it in those early trips to Goa, and found recipes in the cookbooks I bought there, it was an extremely hot dish, cooked with vinegar as the only liquid, so it was almost like a meat pickle.

These days it is no longer a hot dish in some parts of the western world, and I did a quick search on EYB for vindaloo recipes without vinegar - and half of them have NO vinegar. I guess a lot of the others have cut down on vinegar.

When is a dish no longer a dish? 😄 🤔 When did vindaloo become just another curry to people not in the know?

#IndianFood #GoanFood #Food

‘All good things must come to an end’: Beloved café known for ‘rice and three’ curries to close

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/whats-on/food-drink-news/all-good-things-must-come-31776351

A couple of days ago, we made Indian food. A curry, some raita, a side salad, and I made naan! It was so yummy 🤤

#Cooking #IndianFood #Naan