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Cool Down with Kulfi

by Karen July 25, 2011
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Amazing how scorching hot weather will determine what you eat for every meal, the goal being purely to cool your body down.  I’ve travelled to India a couple of times and luckily in the winter, however with the comfortable weather comes missing out on some great foods such as kulfi.  Kulfi is a type of [...]

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Photo Friday

by Karen July 22, 2011
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(Image from Globetrotter Diaries)

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Masala Dosa (Potato Stuffed Indian Crepe): Eating India

by Karen January 7, 2011
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Dosa batter is simple, but you just need to plan ahead since the dosa batter needs 12 hours to ferment.  The sukha aloo, sauteed potatoes with onions, is even easier to put together and perfectly tasty on its own or with a side of rice. Dosa Batter: – 1/4 cup dried, skinned and split black [...]

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Masala Dosa (Potato Stuffed Indian Crepe): Visiting India

by Karen January 3, 2011
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This week we’ll be approaching Globetrotter Diaries’ 100th post (my god, that’s a lot of writing and a lot of food)!  I started the blog’s culinary journey to India for many reasons and that’s where I’ll come full circle on the 100th post.  And in the spirit of preparing for this small milestone, I went [...]

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Plain Basmati Rice: Eating India

by Karen May 28, 2010
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There are two ways to prepare Indian rice: 1) by boiling it in water like pasta and then draining it and then steaming it the rest of the way and 2) by adding the proportional amount of water and steaming the rice.  I used the second method here. – 1 cup of basmati rice – [...]

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Garam Masala: Eating India

by Karen May 28, 2010
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After scouring recipe books and the internet, I’ve found a huge range of garam masala recipes.  There really is no orthodox method for garam masala- my kind of recipe!  In order to make garam masala you’ll need a coffee grinder.  It’s been suggested you have two: one for coffee and another for grinding spices.  But [...]

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Bhindi Masala: Eating India

by Karen May 28, 2010
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- 1 lb. of okra, washed and dried well – 1 large yellow onion, thinly sliced – 1 tomato, diced – 2 green chilies, thinly sliced – 1 tsp of grated ginger – 1/2 tsp of cumin seeds – 1/2 tsp of turmeric powder – 1 tsp of red chili powder – 1 tsp of garam [...]

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Chicken Curry: Eating India

by Karen May 27, 2010
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I found a lot of different variations on the standard chicken curry, which makes me think that this is really a recipe you can play around with.  I marinate the chicken first in yogurt for a few hours up to 24 hours.  Yogurt is a great meat tenderizer, especially with cuts like chicken breast, which [...]

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Chicken Curry with Bhindi Masala: Visiting India

by Karen May 25, 2010
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When I first decided to start this food-blog project, I had to decide where in the world I was going first.  India seemed a great starting place: exotic yet still accessible and I am a self-proclaimed Indophile.  I also knew I had an ancient bottle of curry powder somewhere in my spice drawer that I [...]

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