Cumin & Coriander: A Celebration of Everyday North Indian Cooking

By Archana Nirad and Daisy Jassar

A journey into cooking healthy, flavorful and delicious meals for your family, this book offers a glimpse into a North Indian home, where daily meals are cooked using local and fresh ingredients. This cookbook highlights over 50 everyday, practical recipes from North India for easy home cooking. The recipes are a blend of every day meals and dishes for special occasions. This book includes many popular Indian recipes such as pakoras, samosas, palak paneer, butter chicken, chicken masala, mango lassi, and Indian chai.

This book will enable beginners and food enthusiasts alike to incorporate ethnic Indian recipes into their everyday cooking. We hope this cookbook lets you bring a little spice and excitement into your daily meals!

• Language: English
• Publisher: Trafford Publishing
• Release date: Feb 13, 2013
• ISBN: 9781466967243

Archana Nirad

Daisy lives in the beautiful city of Victoria BC, Canada. She has two sons (a teen and a tween) and is an IT professional by day. Missing the explosive flavors of North Indian street food from her years of living in India, she has recreated and incorporated those recipes into her repertoire. Archana is a mom to a teenage son and IT professional who calls Victoria BC home, having lived and worked in India and US. Her culinary skills have evolved over the years from boiling packaged noodles to cooking healthy and nutritious meals for her family.

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ISBN: 978-1-4669-6723-6 (sc)

ISBN: 978-1-4669-6724-3 (e)

Library of Congress Control Number: 2012920855

Trafford rev. 02/07/2013

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Dedication

This book is dedicated with much love to ….

…our Moms for teaching us the art and passion of cooking

…Jeevan, Rajan and Achintya who kept us motivated

with their polite inquiries of Are you done, yet ?

…our friends and family who tested the recipes

and supported us all through this journey

Table of Contents

The Indian Spice Kitchen

Spices/Flours

Tools

Garam Masala #1

Garam Masala #2

Coriander Powder

Appetizers, Snacks and Salads

Aaloo Tikki (Spicy Potato Cakes)

Pakoras (Mixed Vegetable Fritters)

Kachumber Salad

Sliced Salad

Poha

Fish Pakoras

Samosas

Sauces and Chutneys

Tamarind Chutney

Cilantro Chutney

Mint Chutney

Raita

Boondi Raita

Cucumber/Tomatoes/Onion Raita

Breads and Rice

Roti

Tandoori Roti

Carrot and Pea Pulao

Parantha (Stuffed Roti)

Fragrant Rice

Potato and Cauliflower Pulao

Lentils and Beans

Dry Daal

Toor Daal (Yellow Lentils)

Rajma (Kidney Beans)

Chhole with Tea (Garbanzo Beans)

Daal and Zucchini

Paneer

Paneer in Red Cashew Curry

Mixed Vegetables and Paneer

Paneer Shashlik (without skewers)

Paneer and Peas

Palak Paneer

Vegetarian

Mushrooms, Peas and Leeks

Red Potatoes and Leeks

Cauliflower and Potato

Curried Okra

Kale and Potatoes

Eggplant Bharta

Vegetarian Koftas in Butter Sauce

Meat Dishes

Keema (Curried Ground Beef)

Easy Butter Chicken

Tandoori Chicken

Fish Curry

Masala Chicken

Beef Curry

Chicken Curry

Pork and Spinach

Desserts & Drinks

Shri Khand

Gajrela (Carrot Pudding)

Kheer

Tea for Two

Chai

Mango Lassi for Two

Ras Malai

Besan

Introduction

India is a multi-cultural country with over 20 main languages and as many regional cuisines. These cuisines vary significantly from one another and use locally available spices, herbs, vegetables and fruits. Indian cuisine also has strong ties to religious and cultural choices, for example vegetarianism is a common dietary trend in Indian society.

Indian cuisine has evolved over several centuries assimilating nuances of the cuisines of foreign invaders, trade relations with other countries and colonization by the British, French and Portuguese.

As with any culture, food plays a large role in family, religious and cultural gatherings. We have always had a passion for food and were fortunate to grow up in homes where our mothers and aunts made delicious meals, daily for their families and elaborate meals in celebration of special events. Our own passion for cooking was fueled by our appreciation of these wonderful meals. The recipes in this book are the same recipes our moms have been cooking for 50 years - with a few modern updates by us!

Indian cooking is fresh, seasonal and always flavourful. This book is a collection of everyday recipes from the northern states of Punjab and Uttar Pradesh (The Northern State). The recipes in this book are a blend of every day meals and dishes for special occasions. This book includes many of the popular recipes from the two states such as pakoras, samosas, palak paneer, butter chicken, chicken masala, mango lassi and Indian chai.

A typical north Indian meal includes a lentil or meat dish, vegetables, roti and rice. These are the meals we enjoy with our families on a daily basis!

We hope this cook book lets you bring a little spice and excitement into your daily meals!

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The Indian Spice Kitchen

Spices/Flours

Ethnic recipes can sometimes seem intimidating, especially if there is a never ending list of exotic ingredients. An authentic Indian flavor can be achieved with cumin, coriander, turmeric, garam masala and cayenne pepper. Where there are other ingredients in our recipes, we have indicated substitutions, for example, lemon juice instead of mango powder. Other ingredients will add a