The guy manning the seafood counter at the local grocer’s, a chap in his early twenties, greeted me with a well-enunciated “Aap se milkar bahut khushi hui”, while I was sizing up the fresh jumbo shrimp on display. A little taken aback to hear such clear Hindi coming from a firangi (the slang for foreigner,…
Tofu In A Chili-Garlic Sauce {Served Over Crispy Noodles}
I just love Chinese, not the sweet American-Chinese (which is just weird, IMO), but the spicy Chinese and Indo-Chinese cuisine. I’ve also come to love tofu over the past year. The best tofu I’ve had was at a local Chinese restaurant. They thankfully do not serve sweet chicken or tofu. I love their pot-stickers, dumplings…
Homemade Spicy Red Chili & Garlic Sauce
If you love Chinese or Indo-Chinese cuisine, some kind of chili sauce is a must in your pantry. I made some of my own, but I must warn you, it is one spicy, firecracker sauce! It has the burning, lingering heat of dried red chilies combined with the smoky goodness of garlic. You can use…
Chilli Mushroom (Dry)
There are some days you just don’t feel like preparing an elaborate meal. Or you get bored by the usual stuff. What? No?! It’s just me, then? I.do.not.believe.that. I was running errands one day, reached home by noon and just could not bring myself to cook the usual stuff. At our house, it is mostly…