【奶香炖鹰嘴豆】Creamy Chickpea Curry

 

鹰嘴豆是印度常用的一个食材，可以做成不同类型的小吃和咖喱，今天做的这款奶香炖鹰嘴豆和之前做过的鹰嘴豆咖喱做法稍微不同，味道更加温和醇厚，全家都很喜欢。

就着发面油饼吃特别香呢！

Chickpea is a common ingredient in Indian cuisine and can be used to make various snacks and curries. This creamy chickpea curry I made today is slightly different from the Spicy chickpea stew I made before; it has a milder and richer flavor, and the whole family loved it.

It tastes especially delicious with Bhatura!

【柠檬饭】Lemon Rice

 

多年以前我在马来西亚一个学院工作，有个同事是南印度来的婆罗门，她每天的早饭一定是芭蕉叶裹着的酸奶饭，而午餐则是一定会有这个柠檬饭的。我也是那个时候第一次知道这款主食。

后来在印度居住的时候，也经常在餐厅里或者朋友家吃到这个饭。后来也学会了在家做这款米饭，因为它真是冷饭的好去处噢！

Many years ago, I worked in a college in Malaysia. One of my colleagues was a Brahmin from South India. The breakfast she brings to work must consist of yogurt rice wrapped in banana leave, and her lunch will be this lemon rice many a times. 

Later, when I lived in India, I often had this rice in the restaurants or at friends'.  I also learned to make this rice at home during my time in India, it is really a good way to turn left over white rice into a yummy staple!

【印式香辣油饼】Masala Poori （Fried spiced Flat bread )

 

土豆咖喱/马萨拉是印度街边摊卖油饼的标配。是很多人乘搭长途火车或巴士时休息站必点的点心。也是我家LD和儿子非常喜欢的一道小吃。

搬到美国后我鲜少炸东西，前几天是俊爹生日，就做了这个他喜欢的香辣油饼给他庆生，就连俊宝都吃了好多呢！

Poori was the very first Indian bread that caught my attention and fancy, it was from there that I venture into making different types of Indian Rotis and Parathas.

The potato curry that I made today is the standard serving with Puri in roadside stalls in India, it is also something I make for hubby's birthday every year. 

This year on his birthday, instead of making the plain puris, I have made a variation of it with spices, it turned out really well and tasty.

Diwali Countdown - Gobi Mussallam 【莫卧儿烤全花椰菜】

 

Gobi Musallam is a derivation from the very famous Mughlai dish Chicken Musallam, the chicken is marinated and stuffed with eggs and can be served dry or with gravy. 'Musallam' means whole in Hindi, therefore, just as a whole chicken is cooked in Chicken Musallam, so is the Gobi Musallam. 

The gobi will first be roasted and topped with creamy gravy before baking again, it is a very appealing and tasty dish. Good for party and celebrations!

莫卧儿烤花菜【Gobi Musallam】 源于一道著名的莫卧儿王朝菜，【莫卧儿烤全鸡】- Chicken Musallam，这道烤全鸡是把鸡肉用香料腌制后进行烤制，非常的美味，有的食谱还会在鸡肚里塞上几颗水煮蛋一起烤制，也很美味。 

“Musallam”在印地语里是“整”的意思。所以这道菜做成素食的话，用了整头的花菜代替鸡肉烹制，烤花菜的成品卖相好，看起来非常大气，是个适合聚餐和节庆的美食！

Tofu Bhurji（Scrambled Tofu）【辣炒豆腐碎】

 

Tofu bhurji literally means scrambled tofu, a very good substitude to eggs for vegan and vegetarian. A very versatile side dish to go with rice and flat bread.

这款辣炒豆腐碎吃起来真像炒鸡蛋，是个高蛋白的营养素食，茹素的朋友们可以试试看。

【野苋菜马铃薯】Amaranth Potato Sabji

 

屋子前院好多年前长出一堆野苋菜，因为我们不打农药，所以我都会拔了做板面吃。后来不知道为什么，野苋菜就越长越多，盛夏期间至少能吃好几茬。

今天拔了一把特别嫩的野苋菜来做这道菜，配杂粮面饼非常美味好吃。

A bunch of wild amaranth has been growing in our front yard for years. I will pull some out to cook noodle soup each year. 

For some reason, the wild amaranth grew more each year, and I could eat at least several times each year during the summer season.

Today I harvested a handful of very tender wild amaranth to make this potato dish. It is very delicious with multigrain rotis. So thankful for this gift from our mother earth.

Pineapple Kesari 【硬麦凤梨甜点】

多年前在吉隆坡工作的时候每个星期五会到公司附近的一家印度素食餐厅吃香蕉叶饭，饭后餐厅会提供一个甜点，有时是米饭布丁，有时是面条布丁，有时则是这款硬麦甜点。

前几天去附近的农夫市场买菜时看见凤梨正在打折，买一送一。就买了两个凤梨回家，拿来做一次这个很久没吃的甜点Kesari。

When I was living in the Kuala Lumpur years back, I will often go to an Indian vegetarian restaurant near my office to have banana leaf rice every Friday. The restaurant serves dessert after each meal, the dessert can sometimes be an Indian rice pudding/Kheer, and sometimes this suji dessert/Kesari .

The farmers market near my house was having pineapple on sale few days back when I shopped there. I bought two pineapples with the thought to make this Kesari, a dessert that I haven’t eaten for a long time.

Dal Maharani Paratha 【王后炖豆烙饼】

 

I made Dal Maharani for dinner two days ago, and was left with about 2 cups of the dal in the fridge. Today, I turned the dal into high protein dough and made this leftover dal paratha, very tasty and healthy!

前两天做了王后炖豆吃，剩下的豆糊今天拿来和面，做了这款高蛋白又软宣的面饼，既好吃又健康。

Chicken Jalfrezi 【Jalfrezi 炒鸡块】

According to Wikipedia : Jalfrezi recipes appeared in cookbooks of British India as a way of using up leftovers by frying them with chilli and onion. 

This English-language usage derived from the colloquial Bengali term jhāl porhezī: jhāl means spicy food; porhezī means suitable for a diet.

Jalfrezi is usually prepared by stir-frying the ingredients, a technique introduced to the region by Chinese cuisine.

据维基百科记录：Jalfrezi 食谱首次出现，是在英属印度的食谱记载中，是一种用辣椒和洋葱快炒剩菜的一种烹饪方式。

英语名字则源自孟加拉语 jhāl porhezī：jhāl 为辛辣； porhezī 是食物的意思。

Jalfrezi 是通过快炒的方式烹制的，相信是由中国菜烹饪方式引入的一种烹饪技巧。

印式中餐【客家炒面】Hakka Noodle

During my years in India, I often encountered a question that I could not answer until much later. The question goes : "Can you teach me how to make Gobi Manchurian, the CHINESE FOOD ?". 

Yeah you heard it right, India has its own version of Chinese foods. 

And the mentioned Gobi Manchurian is often paired with this Hakka noodle, a type of vegetable fried noodles that are normally made with dried egg noodles, a combinations that I enjoyed a lot in India as it is the closest things to Oriental cuisines that I could get.

在印度的时候我经常会遇见印度朋友问到：“你能不能教我做满洲花菜呀？”。让我非常啼笑皆非！后来再遇见这样的问题，我就会说：“满洲花菜不是中国菜！不过，却是最接近中国口味的印度菜！”

满洲花菜是印度式中餐厅主打的菜肴，经常和今天做的这款“客家炒面”一起吃，也是我在印度时经常点的套餐。算是口味最接近中餐的印度美食了。

【鸡茸玉米蛋花汤】Chicken Corn Egg Drop Soup

鸡茸玉米蛋花汤是个简单好做又好吃的汤，小朋友很喜欢。玉米盛产的时候除了蒸烤着吃，也可以拿来做这款浓汤。

Chicken and Corn Egg Drop Soup is a simple, delicious soup that my son enjoys a lot. Something I make many times during the summer month, when corn is abundance in NJ. 

New Jersey has some of the best corn in the country, if you happened to visit this side of the world, make sure you try the corn out!

Coconut Chutney （with Garlic) 【南印椰子酱 #2】

Coconut Chutney is my husband’s favorite accompaniment to go with south Indian snacks like dosas and idlis. He loves his idli and dosa with coconut chutney and sambar.

I have made Coconut chutney without garlic with Gun Powder/Milagai Podi before. Today I am making this version of coconut chutney with Garlic.

南印椰子酱是俊爸吃米豆发糕和米豆煎饼时很喜欢的一款沾酱，和酸豆汤还有辣椒豆粉一起堪称为南印点心的金三角哦！

之前做过不带蒜的椰子酱，今天做的这款是带蒜的，更香。

【凤梨酸奶】Pineapple Raita （Yogurt and Pineapple Condiment）

各种酸奶是印度饮食习惯中很重要的一环，印度人相信酸奶营养价值很高，还帮助消化。这道凤梨酸奶很简单，可以是很多主食的配菜喔！

Raita is a kind of condiment that goes with almost every Indian dishes. It is believed that it aids digestion and is very high in nutrients.

This pineapple raita is easy to make and taste very well, a good side dish indeed.

Kulcha/Onion Kulcha 【印度Kulcha发面饼】

 

I used to make Homemade Naan a lot at home, we loved it when we have guests at home or when I make our favorite curry dishes. 

At times when I don't feel like starting the oven for naan, I make this Kulcha on stove top cast iron pan. It is also another very versatile and delicious bread, it could be served plain, or stuffed with stuffing of your liking, which I did, with onion today.

家里宴客或者过节的时候，我喜欢做烤箱版馕饼，家人和朋友们都很喜欢。

平时如果我不想开烤箱的话，我也会做这款Kulcha 发面饼，也非常松软好吃，还可以加上各种馅料做馅饼，今天用这个食谱做了两款面饼，其中一款加了洋葱，更美味。

【印度王后炖豆】Dal Maharani

这道“王后炖豆” 名字其实有点哗众取宠，它是相对印度另外一款很有名的炖菜“奶香炖杂豆Dal Makhni”而言取的名字。

一般Makhni奶油炖菜被认为是皇家美食，食材比较朵，是属于王者的美食。而这款很类似，但是材料内容有点不一样的豆子菜，为了识别它的不一样，就被命名为王后的炖菜啦！

Dal Maharani is a close relative to another famous Indian lentil stew "Dal Makhni". Generally speaking, Makhni stew is considered a royal delicacy, and is often served at festive or celebrations time. 

Dal Maharani literally means "The queen's lentil stew", it is probably named as such in comparison to the famous Dal Makhani, though very similar, Dal Maharani has its own distinct flavor and is simpler in terms of ingredients and preparation.

Yellow Dal Paratha 【豆糊烙饼】

I made Simple Dal/Yellow dal for dinner two days ago, and was left with about 2 cups of the dal in the fridge. Today, I turned the dal into high protein dough and made this leftover dal paratha, very tasty and healthy!

前两天做了简易绿豆糊吃，剩下的豆糊今天拿来和面，做了这款高蛋白又软宣的面饼，既好吃又健康。

【印式米豆煎饼】Dosa/Thosai （Idli/Dosa Batter recipe)

这个米豆煎饼是我在印度的时候很喜欢的一个早餐，健康营养，全天然发酵的做法对肠胃非常的好，很容易消化，是素食很好的一个选择。

发酵过的米豆糊带有天然的酵菌，容易消化，对肠胃很好的哦！

Dosa used to be my breakfast everyday for a long time when I first visited India, I find it very light and nutritious. I was also amazed by the way the batter  was prepared when I started preparing it at home, it is so natural and simple, yet the result is so intriguing.

Homemade idli/Dosa dough is so useful and could be made into different kind of snacks easily, the mix could be used for :Dosa,Uttapam, Besan Uttapam and Fried Idli.

【印式炸豆圈】Medu Vada/Vadai (Deep Fried Lentil Donuts)

小时候每个午后都会有个老人推着脚踏车来到住宅区叫卖。脚踏车后座有个超大的玻璃箱子，里边是一格一格的各式各样的印度零食小吃，有花生，有粗的细的油炸香辣面条。给两毛钱老人会拿一张报纸，卷成火炬状，然后让你选格子里的零嘴往里头装，直到“火炬”装满为止。

这些零嘴都是素的，大部分是豆粉或豆子做成的香口零食，除了脆口的炸面条，老人也卖这个叫Vadai外层松脆，内部软嫩的像甜甜圈的糕点。

以前一直不知道它是什么材料做的，后来问了朋友，查了些食谱才发现这个饼居然是全豆做成的，不必小苏打，也没有面粉，自自然然的全由一个豆子，完成了外脆内嫩的好东西。一想到在没有搅拌器的时代，用石磨慢慢的磨出豆糊，然后在没有小苏打和膨化剂的帮助下，做出好吃爽口的小食，我就觉得非常的感动。

When I was a student, there was this old Indian man who goes around selling deep fried snacks or"muruku" back home. He has a big wooden/glass box attached to the back of his bicycle, where you could find small compartments that filled with different kinds of savory tidbits.

One of them is a little fried bean cake shaped like a mini donut, it is called "vadai", I love that stuff and did not know what it was made off until I moved to stay in India.

I was thrilled to learn that this snack is made of only legume, a snack higher in protein I presume. It goes very well with Coconut Chutney and can easily turn into Dahi Vada later.

Lauki Halwa (लौकी का हलवा) 【瓠瓜甜品】

My aunt Annie planted some vegetables and called for me to pick a few from her garden.  I was shocked by the bottle squash she planted, it was so long that it is even higher than my 8 year old!

I used 1/3 of the squash to make Lauki Halwa and it turned out really good.

去年夏天阿姨让我到她家拿点她自己种的蔬菜 , 结果我一去到就被她拿出来的一根瓠瓜吓到了.

阿姨钟的瓜居然比我儿子还要高! 真正的厉害.

我把1/3的瓠瓜拿来做这个俊爹很爱吃的甜点 Lauki Halwa。成色很好,味道也很棒噢!

【爆浆脆酥球】Golgappa/Pani Puri

今天我们来做电影《摔跤吧，爸爸》里面女主爱吃的脆球饼，也是我家LD特别爱吃的一款点心。这种空心球，电影里叫 Golgappa，它还有另外一个名字叫 Pani Puri （पानी पूरी）Pani 的意思是水，指的应该是灌入的香料水；Puri 指的是炸好的空心小面球。这种小球球可是印度街头热卖的小吃，只要有街头小吃摊的地方，就有它。

它的吃法是在油炸的空心面球里塞入土豆泥或者煮软的豆子，放入一点的酸子沾酱、薄荷沾酱再灌入辛辣的绿色香料水，一口放进嘴里咬破，口感味道特别丰富，是个很特别的味觉体验！

Years back, when I was still dating my husband, he brought me to a roadside stall in Delhi and brought 6 tiny puffs full of spice water and seasonings. That was my first encounter with this interesting snack called Golgappa/Pani puri.

When I popped the puff into my mouth the very first time, the burst of flavors and the combination of liquid and crunchiness of the fried puris is really a very unique experience.

Since there is no roadside stall selling this snack here in the United States, and the local Indian supermarkets are selling freshly made puri puffs for this snack, I have learnt to make it at home, and have since perfected the recipe.