I gave you the recipe for sweet chutney last week and now I need to give you something to eat it with. You can’t just eat plain sweet chutney. So, may I present bhel. Pronounced “bear” or “bare.” I don’t know why there’s an “L” in it. To confuse people probably. **As numerous people have pointed… Read More »
The classic appetizer you’ll always find in Indian restaurants is the samosa. It’s a fried ball of dough with peas and potatoes and spices and such inside. No, I’m not giving you the recipe for that. On the side of the samosa, most places will give you a couple of chutneys to eat, a spicy… Read More »
Another wanga recipe! This is my current favorite food to drool over, but I don’t see myself making it. Officially, it’s because I hate cleaning the stove. Unofficially, it’s because fire is scary. I call it “wanga bharit”. Pronounced “buh-wreath.” I’m probably pronouncing it wrong. Maybe just call it fire eggplant. Ingredients One eggplant. Pick… Read More »
I made three Indian dishes regularly-ish in Australia: oosurd, pohe and tomato bhaji. These are the least intimidating meals to create and give the most deliciousness for the effort. In my esteemed opinion. Ingredients 2-3 big tomatoes A few cloves of garlic 1/2 cup of brown sugar 1/3 cup of peanuts Spices 1/4 tsp of turmeric 1/2… Read More »
I found a few recipes floating around on scraps of paper in my laptop case. I’m sorry if you don’t care about the recipes. My dish today is wanga bhaji. Wanga means eggplant in Marathi. Fun Fact Tween-Thriftygal once tried to play “wanga” for the question of which pizza topping starts with the letter W. It was in… Read More »
Today’s dish is a spicy green chutney. We eat it with samosas. Samosas are fried dough with peas and potatoes inside. We also eat this with grilled cheese sandwiches. You know what those are. Really, you can eat it with anything you want to make spicy and so freaking good. That’s true of most of… Read More »
It’s time for another installment of Cooking with Thriftygal! I’m pretty sure my family is the only one that calls this dish “oosurd.” After 10 minutes of googling to check the spelling and using a harsh tone with Google — “No, I do NOT mean ‘absurd’” — I finally asked my mom for alternate names.… Read More »
I’m writing down some recipes of my mom’s. Today is pohe! Pressed rice with spices and flavor is a Sunday brunch food in our family. This is the first dish I learned to make years ago because it’s pretty simple. You can find pohe (the pressed rice) in an ethnic grocery store. Ingredients 3 cups of pohe 2-3… Read More »
Today’s dish is essentially rice pudding. Or tapioca pudding. But with noodles! Noodle pudding? I don’t have a sweet tooth, but a little bit is always good occasionally. Khir is pronounced keer. Ingredients 2 cups of 2% milk 1 tsp of “ghee” (clarified butter) 1/2 cup of angel hair pasta skinny noodle thing 1/4 cup… Read More »
I wrote down another of my mother’s recipes for Operation: Try to enjoy cooking, eh? Today’s dish stars the tasty cauliflower. As much as I like this vegetable, I can’t get excited about it because I don’t spell it right. I know that’s petty. The taste is pretty good though and I think that’s what most normal people care about when… Read More »