#indian-ish

[jacquelinep21]

[oldshrewsburyian]

Dahi Toast Recipe on Food52

Out of all my mom’s greatest breakfast recipes, dahi toast is easily the most the beloved in our family. Imagine a tangier, spicier grilled cheese sandwich.

I made Priya Krishna’s dahi toast this morning, and truly it is a delightful weekend breakfast... or comfort food any time, really.

[sanguinarysanguinity]

Just made the ginger and black pepper chai from Indian-ish, and it’s lovely.

[oldshrewsburyian]

It is very warm, I have made Priya Krishna’s shikanji, and it is excellent.

[oldshrewsburyian]

I just saw your post about Indian-ish and I had a quick google and gosh everything sounds so delicious!!! I love Indian food and I think I need to order this one immediately! Thank you for talking about it :D

Oh, I’m delighted to know this! I hope you enjoy. I have one piece of unsolicited advice! I’m currently living far from an Indian grocery (alas), and if you are in a similar position, I recommend buying a curry plant. A number of Krishna’s recipes call for fresh curry leaves, and those (unlike cardamom pods and whole coriander) are not available at my local supermarket chain. And curry plants, I discovered, are generally under $10 on Etsy.

For other interested parties, here’s the Bookshop link!

[criminal-sen]

New favorite Super Easy Food to cook is dal (Indian lentil soup that's basically just lentils, water and spices, served with rice or roti) I still don't rly know what roti is beyond it being the India equivalent of a tortilla. but it good w rice. There's like.. a bunch of variations but I did this rly basic one last night

1 cup green lentil

4 1/2 cup water

1 tsp salt

1 tsp ground turmeric

Put the above stuff in a pot and boil for about 15 min til lentils are soft. The recipe doesn't say whether to cover the pot. I think it doesn't rly matter tbfh, I put one on and left it cracked, turned out fine. Turn off heat and add the lime juice, then use the cilantro as garnish once you've plated it (like I said, I just make rice alongside then have it in a bowl with the lentils on top) oops its weird having my last ingredients down below but I'm sure we'll survive

Lime juice (like half a lime)

Cilantro

There's also an insistence on making chhonk and putting a spoonful over top, but I don't have time to write anymore rn. It's just. a cooking technique where u heat spices in oil oh wait I can do this

Cool I omitted the need to even write anything (<-future Sen: this is a lie!) cuz this is uh. Aside from the cilantro I guess. This is the ffndbsbd (dw about this Page 32, just use the recipe provided. When yr other stuff is almost ready to be served, heat the oil in a small saute pan and throw in the spices until they become fragrant, takes like a minute or less) what u don't just have cumin seeds lying around??? You don't have asafedita either? Or a dried red chile, which could be any number of varieties? Yah I know that's why it took me like 5 months to cook a single thing out of this book lmfao (u can nix the asafedita, use like 1tsp of ground cumin instead of whole seed, chile powder or cayenne can work for the 'red chile powder' and the dried red chile isn't vital but it IS very tasty, I've been using Sanaam which are barely spicy at all

Omfggggg this is why I didn't want to include the chhonk lmfao (more typing)

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So much thanks for the Indian-ish recommendation! Have made several recipes from it, all great. (I love cooking, and don't mind a complicated recipe, but sometimes you just gotta eat!)

Yayyyy I’m always happy when people check that book out! It’s kept me fed in eras when I’m too tired face long recipes and I’ve yet to make a bad dish from it. That basic dal in particular is a lifesaver. Add some yogurt and naan or other bread and bang a bagged salad on the side and you’ve got a decent light dinner that’s faster than delivery. Bake some chicken or premade samosas for something a bit more filling.

Anyway. My number one recommended cookbook. Thanks for letting me know it worked out for you!

Book:

Indian-ish by Priya Krishna

[localareamom]

I didn’t get a picture, but the other day I ditched what I had planned for dinner and made a spin on Priya’s roti potatoes. The were so so so good and quick, because, per her suggestion, I had boiled some potatoes earlier in the week and they were just hanging in the fridge waiting to be used. I had leftover sautéd onions and bell peppers from fajitas, put those in the pot with the potatos and bit of water, added a ton of amchur, asafoetida, and chaat masala, and then some frozen peas. It was so delicious. I made naan and fried and scrambled eggs to serve on top, and served with ketchup (she said too!) and it was. So. Good. It can very easily be a pantry/fridge meal to work into rotation. Just thrilled with how yummy it was.