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Honeyed Orange Cashew Chicken

May 17, 2010
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Going with the theme of recent posts in Mirch Masala, here is yet another easy to make something for a weeknight dinner. Ever since I started working, I have made a meat/fish something only a couple of times. Making dinner in itself becomes such a chore sometimes that making two things – one each for [...]

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Penne in Brown Butter Sage Sauce with Asparagus, Brussel Sprouts and Toasted Pine Nuts

March 9, 2010
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Pasta is one of the easiest weekday dinners to make. So, I am constantly trying to make it in different ways incorporating different ingredients in it. I remember at one time, I used to ALWAYS make pasta with a tomato based sauce. Later I graduated to white sauce, which I wasn’t too fond of, so [...]

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Quintuple Chocolate Brownies – A Dorie Greenspan Recipe

February 12, 2010
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.This is probably the only anything that I have had to make twice in the same week due to popular demand! I made this first on Sunday for the Super bowl party. There was already soo much food at the party that I had my doubts on whether anyone will even bother to eat the [...]

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Day 2 at $11.71 & Recipe for Gourmet Mac and Cheese: Hunger Action Week 2010

January 27, 2010
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So, we managed to get through the Day 2 as well. It was slightly a mess, with me skipping my breakfast and then after an afternoon meeting in Bellevue, I was soo famished, that I had to go to Starbucks! I ended up buying a short (8oz) latte and a banana bread. AJ was going [...]

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Simla Mirch Paneer ~ Cottage Cheese in a Red Pepper Gravy : From 660 Curries

January 18, 2010
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Yeah! Im a hoarder! I admit it. I own over 50 cookbooks and at any point of time I have atleast 4-5 borrowed from the library. Of all these books, there are some which are my favorites and it will take any new book a lot of effort and a hell of a lot of [...]

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Pongal Duo – Venn Pongal (The Savory One) and Chakkara Pongal (The Sweet One)

January 14, 2010
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Pongal as it is called in TamilNadu, India or Sankranti as it is called in various other parts of India is the harvest festival and sun, rain and all that has helped in a good harvest are worshipped. It usually falls around the 15th of January and also signifies the beginning of Uttarayana where the [...]

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Asian Pear and Walnut Cake

January 13, 2010
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There are generally two different reasons for me to bake something – one when there is nothing at home to snack and I bake something and that serves us as tea-time and midnight snacks for a couple of days , the other time is when I bake for the sake of baking, say, I haven’t [...]

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Nutella – Almond Banana Bread

August 19, 2009
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Mama ( my mom-in-law) is here finally and im still all excited!! Like I have said before, she is an excellent cook and im planning to learn a lot during the 3 weeks that she is here. We are currently in the phase of – her recovering from the jetlag and me cooking my way, [...]

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Chicken with Almond and Coriander Sauce

March 18, 2009

This is yet another greek recipe that I am making from the book ” Flavors of Greece” by Rosemary Barron. You will find a post on Eggplant Pilaf, Monk’s Onion Soup and Tomato Salad with Arugula and Olives, called Flavours of Greece on Mirch Masala. I made this as dinner one day when we had [...]

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Date and Walnut Loaf

March 11, 2009

I dont know whether it has something to do with the weather or not..whenever, i see a sunny day after a couple of days of snow or rain, i feel like baking!!!!! Its probably just the thought having something hot from the oven with a nice hot cup of coffee or tea and enjoy the [...]

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