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Makes about 14
INGREDIENTS
1 cup whole wheat flour plus 1 cup unbleached all-purpose flour, or 2 cups chapati flour
1 to 1¼ cups water
All-purpose flour, for rolling
Butter, for serving
DIRECTIONS
Mix the flour(s) in a large bowl. Add ½ cup of the water to the flour, and mix with your hand to combine. Add another ¼ cup water, and [...]

categories: all purpose flour, bread, butter, chapati flour, unbleached all purpose flour, whole wheat flour

Serves 4 to 6
INGREDIENTS
2¼ cups plain yogurt
1 large cucumber, peeled and shredded
1 fresh hot green chile, seeded and finely chopped
½ teaspoon ground toasted cumin
¼ teaspoon cayenne pepper
¼ teaspoon salt, to taste
DIRECTIONS
Whisk the yogurt in a bowl until smooth and lightened. Add the shredded cucumber, green chile, toasted cumin, and cayenne, and stir. Chill well, and [...]

categories: cayenne pepper, cucumbers, cumin, ground cumin, hot green chile, raita, salt, yogurt

Serves 4 to 6
INGREDIENTS
3 cups plain yogurt
1½ cups seedless grapes, halved
2 teaspoons ground toasted cumin
2 teaspoons sugar
½ teaspoon cayenne pepper or paprika
Salt
For the tempering oil:
3 tablespoons canola oil
2 teaspoons cumin or black mustard seeds
1 teaspoon fennel seeds
6 fresh or 10 frozen curry leaves, torn into pieces (optional)
DIRECTIONS
Whisk the yogurt in a bowl until smooth and [...]

categories: black mustard seeds, canola oil, cayenne pepper, cumin, curry leaves, fennel seeds, grapes, ground cumin, paprika, raita, salt, seedless grapes, sugar, yogurt

Makes 1½ Quarts
INGREDIENTS
3-inch piece fresh ginger, peeled and coarsely chopped
41⁄3 cup water
2 cups sugar
1 cup lemon, lime, or Key Lime juice, or any combination
DIRECTIONS
Combine the ginger and 1⁄3 cup water in a blender, and process to a paste. Strain through a very fine strainer or stainer lined with cheesecloth, and set this ginger essence aside. [...]

categories: drink, ginger, Key Lime juice, lemon juice, lemonade, lime juice, sugar

Serves 2
INGREDIENTS
1 cup fresh mint leaves
1 cup fresh cilantro leaves
½ bunch scallions, white parts only, trimmed
A ½-inch piece fresh ginger, peeled and cut into large pieces
Juice of 1 lime
¼ cup water
DIRECTIONS
Combine the ingredients in a blender and process until well blended.
© Recipe Property of Suvir Saran

categories: chutney, cilantro, ginger, scallions

These lentil-bean wafers are eaten throughout India as a snack the way one would eat potato chips or popcorn in America. They may also be served along with or at the end of the meal. In India, for a snack, we would make a quick salad of onion and hot peppers tossed with lemon juice, served on top of roasted papadum. All you have to do is cook them quickly to make them crisp. In the north of India, they are preferred roasted, and, in the south, papadum is deep-fried.

categories: bread, papadum

Makes about 12 Parathas
INGREDIENTS
1 cup whole wheat flour plus 1 cup unbleached all-purpose flour, or 2 cups chapati flour
Salt
1 to 1¼ cups water
1½ pounds boiling potaotes, boiled in their skins until tender (25 to 30 minutes) and cooked
½ cup very finely chopped red onion
1 fresh hot green chile, very finely chopped
1½ tablespoons very finely chopped [...]

categories: all purpose flour, boiling potatoes, butter, canola oil, carom seeds, cayenne pepper, chapati flour, cilantro, cumin seeds, garam masala, hot green chile, lemon juice, lime juice, onion, potatoes, red onion, unbleached all purpose flour, whole wheat flour

Makes 1 quart
INGREDIENTS
3 medium green (unripe) mangoes, peeled and cut into small cubes
½ cup kosher salt
3 tablespoons turmeric
1 teaspoon fennel seeds
1 tablespoon black mustard seeds, coarsely ground in a mortar and pestle or spice grinder
½ tablespoon fenugreek seeds, coarsely ground
½ cup cayenne pepper
1 cup canola oil
DIRECTIONS
Put the mango cubes in a nonaluminum bowl, and sprinkle [...]

categories: black mustard seeds, canola oil, cayenne pepper, fennel seeds, fenugreek seeds, green mangoes, kosher salt, mangoes, pickles, turmeric

Makes 1 quart
INGREDIENTS
1-pound Japanese or small Italian eggplants, or 1 large (1¼ to 1½ pound) eggplant, stemmed
2 teaspoons salt
1 cup rice wine vinegar
1½ cups loosely packed light brown sugar
1 cup canola oil
½ tablespoon chopped garlic
½ tablespoon chopped fresh ginger
1 tablespoon cayenne pepper
DIRECTIONS
If using Japanese eggplants, cut them in half lengthwise and then crosswise into 2-inch [...]

categories: canola oil, cayenne pepper, eggplants, garlic, ginger, Italian eggplants, Japanese eggplants, light brown sugar, pickles, rice wine vinegar, salt

Makes about 1¼ cups
INGREDIENTS
1 tablespoon canola oil
1 teaspoon cumin seeds
1 teaspoon ground ginger
½ teaspoon cayenne pepper
½ teaspoon fennel seeds
½ teaspoon asafetida (optional)
½ teaspoon Garam Masala
2 cups water
1¼ cups sugar
3 tablespoons tamarind concentrate
DIRECTIONS
Heat the oil and spices in a medium saucepan over medium-high heat, and cook until the spices are fragrant and lightly toasted, about 1 [...]

categories: asafetida, canola oil, cayenne pepper, chutney, cumin seeds, fennel seeds, garam masala, ginger, ground ginger, sugar, tamarind, tamarind concentrate