Dum Keema Biryani

Dum Keema Biryani

...it's so easy to put together, you might switch from your weekly Millenial Biryani and start making this instead...

Bhindi Pyaz (Okra Stew)

Bhindi Pyaz (Okra Stew)

The things I hated about it, like the texture, the small seeds, and the insane amount of onions, are all things I absolutely love now. In fact, I'm the one who adds extra onions. Bhindi Pyaaz is also known as Bhindi do Pyaaza, meaning bhindi and two onions...I used to hate Bhindi Pyaaz (directly translated to Okra Onions) growing up. The things I hated about it, like the texture, the small seeds, and the insane amount of onions, are all things I absolutely love now. In fact, I'm the one who adds extra onions. Bhindi Pyaaz is also known as Bhindi do Pyaaza, meaning bhindi and two onions. And as I have recently come to know, it's because you add half the onions at the end, so they stay crunchy. It gives a combination of cooked onions and slightly raw ones, which does wonders for texture and flavor...

Aloo Gajar Matar (potatoes, carrots and peas)

Aloo Gajar Matar (potatoes, carrots and peas)

... it's often the easy, everyday recipes that stump us because we don't really give them any importance. Vegetables are easy to cook. They don't need a long list of whole and ground spices like Biryani, but they still need something, and i'm gonna break it down for you, one easy step at a time...

Instant Pot Dal

Instant Pot Dal

Dal is such an important part of my Dad's side of the family. Everyone knows how to make it, and they make it fast. So naturally, I had to come up with my own quick version of instant pot dal. When I think of Dal, I think of my paternal grandmother, who we all called Bibi Ji. Bibi Ji was the queen of the family, and she always got what she wanted. Besides her affinity for McDonald's fish fillets, she loved dal. We had it almost daily.