Simple Punjabi Homestyle Comfort Food: Keema Mattar

Keema mattar is one of the easiest north Indian dishes to prepare, and one of he most satisfying. It is nothing more than spiced minced meat, usually lamb, cooked with peas. The combination of the hearty meat and the sweetness of the peas is soul-stirring, and it is great served either with warm naan or […]

Curried Chicken From the Oven: Masalewali Dum Murghi

Most people think of curries being cooked on the stove top, in a pot, where it simmers over a period of time, sometimes hours, sometimes minutes. But whether a curry takes an hour or more, most of the time, it helps to be in the kitchen in order to stir the sauce and keep it […]

Flaky Pan-Fried Indian Flatbread: Methi Paratha

Paratha is a flaky sort of pan-fried round bread from India that is crispy on the outside and steamy-chewy on the inside. I was told by the father of one of my clients, who had been a civil servant in India and thus had to do much traveling around the country, that it is most […]

A Little Food Porn to Brighten Your Monday

Even though I cannot share all the recipes from the food I make at Salaam, I wanted to share with my readers some descriptions and photographs of the kinds of dishes I’ve been doing there for the past few weekends, all of which have been madly busy.
So, here we are, starting out with our new […]

Weekend Kat (and Daddy) Blogging

Some things are just too cute for words.

Case in point.
I’m just glad I had my camera at the ready.
So many times when the really cute stuff happens, the camera is in the other room, the batteries have died or I left it at work, silly me.
But this time, I was prepared.