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A Double Morel Feast

Last weekend I bought a few dried Morels from a vendor at our local farmer’s market and I was very excited about experimenting with them.  The only problem was they were just a handful of mushrooms (they cost an arm and a leg) and so I wanted to make use of them in a way that could get the...
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Daal Makhani

India’s version of the classic combination of rice and beans is daal (lentils) and chaawal (rice).  It is the most plebian of meals and often metaphorically used to denote the bare minimum anyone needs to live. But, do not let the associations of a poor man’s meal fool you into thinking that this lowly pairing is lacking in taste....
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Classic Biryani

This is probably one of the most complicated recipes that I use (takes 2-3 hours to work through it) but if you follow the steps carefully, I assure you that the Biryani will come out as good as that in any restaurant.  Biryani is not difficult to make, it’s just that there are a few too many steps to...
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Bihari Kabab

When I first tasted these kababs at my in-laws’ place some 23+ years ago, I thought I had died and gone to heaven.  They were clearly the tastiest thing I had ever eaten! I had not even heard of this kind of a kabab before I ate them at my in-laws house in Bihar and I am sure that...
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Shaami Kabab

Even though I am Indian, I have not posted very many Indian recipes on this blog because I had assumed that since there are so many Indian food blogs that are already out there, no one would be interested in Indian recipes. But now I have received so many requests for recipes of specific Indian food items that I...
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