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• Paneer: A Popular Food Ingredient for Indian Cuisine

  In Cook, Video / By Chris Chopp / 10 February 2011 / 0 comments

  

  Paneer is a common ingredient for many Indian food dishes prepared throughout North and South India. A great alternative to meat, paneer provides an excellent source of protein and fat for vegetarian diets. First time tourists of India unfamiliar with the Indian cuisine may find themselves asking, just what is this white, chunky stuff? What is Paneer? Paneer is a soft, crumbly cheese native to India. It’s versatile mild flavor [...]

   

• The Masala Dabba, a traditional Indian spice box still used for modern cooking

  In Cook, Culture, Video / By Chris Chopp / 27 January 2011 / 0 comments

  

  What is round, made of stainless steel and found in virtually every home in India? It’s the masala dabba, a traditional Indian spice box still used for cooking Indian food throughout the country. Packed with only the most often used spices for each household, and varying based on regions of India, this common item holds more than just seeds and powders. A masala dabba consists of a large outer tin [...]

   

• Lime Soda Sweet, The Refreshing Drink of India

  In Cook / By Chris Chopp / 31 December 2010 / 1 comment

  

  From the first sip of Indian sweet lime soda, a combination of fresh lime juice + simple syrup + soda water + salt, a celebration kicks off inside your mouth. Bubbly sweetness moves from the glass along the tongue with ease before hitting the back of the palette where a full explosion of flavor comes together. This crisp delicious beverage is a refreshing drink popular across India. It’s available in [...]

   

• Cook: Paneer Tikka Masala

  In Cook / By Chris Chopp / 26 October 2010 / 0 comments

  

  Paneer tikka masala is a dish so familiar with India, and so readily available everywhere, that the ordering, eating and enjoying of this spicy dish marks a tourist’s rite of passage into Indian cuisine. If you are a first time traveler and unsure what Indian meal to order, never fear, pick the paneer tikka masala! The creamy marinade mixed with traditional spices is best set overnight to seal in the [...]

   

• COOK: Vegetable Biryani

  In Cook / By Chris Chopp / 25 September 2010 / 2 comments

  

  Have a hard time getting veggies into your diet while traveling? Try the savory flavor of vegetable biryani, a meal which only recently became a favorite. I found myself craving the comfort food goodness of this delicious rice dish in South India where it’s more commonly referred to as pulao or pulav. Packed with vegetables and mild spices, biryani is also popularly served with different choices of meat. It can [...]

   

• COOK: Chicken Salna for Parottas

  In Cook / By Chris Chopp / 7 June 2010 / 1 comment

  

  My recent introduction to chicken salna was thanks to my Tamil driver Selvamraj, who promised this popular, traditional dish would not disappoint. And he was so right. Tamil Nadu food stalls, lining the roads of the state, are famous for their salnas. But I didn’t eat this delicious South Indian spicy gravy with chicken as most tourists would. Steaming salna was poured into a plastic bag and pipping hot parottas [...]