Category Archives: RECIPES

Basic Indian Chicken Curry/Mughlai Chicken

The Indians among my regular readers will wonder why I am posting such a standard recipe but believe or not – I have been repeatedly asked by the non-Indian readers for this recipe.  Most restaurants have some variation of this dish and those that frequent Indian restaurants know this as Mughlai Chicken or Chicken Curry.  Contrary to popular belief,...
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BBQ Pulled Pork Sandwich with Apple Radish Slaw

I know most people make pulled pork sandwiches with pork butt or pork shoulder but I had to make it with pork tenderloin because I had a piece of this cut of meat sitting in the fridge that had to be utilized.  Besides, it was Election Day yesterday and I was glued to the television. The only time I...
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Stuffed Pork Tenderloin

Hurricane Sandy knocked me off my routine for quite a few days.  Despite early dire predictions, fortunately, our area was spared any major damage (I live in a suburb of Washington DC)! Miraculously, we did not even lose power!  The storm took a northward turn and though that spared us, it hit further north in horrific ways.  I have...
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Thai Red Curry Butternut Squash Soup

The past two days have been nothing but stress! I live just outside of Washington DC and I have been here for the past 20+ years. Over the past two decades I have seen all kinds of weather phenomena come our way but somehow lately the frequency and the intensity of storms hitting the Metro area seem to be...
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