Green Peas Curry (Vatana Rassa)

Author : Nupur      Blog : One Hot Stove      Date : 6/11/2013 12:26:00 AM

'Behind the generic yet convenient word "curry" lurks an almost unimaginable diversity of dishes in the cuisines of India. Take just one region- Maharashtra, on the West coast of India- and just one vegetable- green peas. (I cook with green peas often because they are available to me year-round in their frozen avatar.) We make many curried dishes with green peas (hirva vatana or mataar in'

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Pinto Bean Mini Burgers

Author : Nupur      Blog : One Hot Stove      Date : 6/3/2013 1:24:00 PM

'Another Sunday afternoon, and I found myself wondering what I'm going to post on the blog this week. You know how it goes- when life is busy, you cook familiar things instead of trying anything new. And hundreds of recipes later, all my dinner rotation classics are already here on the blog.  Well, this month MLLA is being hosted here on One Hot Stove, so in honor of that, I tried to think of'

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Announcing My Legume Love Affair, the 60th Edition!

Author : Nupur      Blog : One Hot Stove      Date : 5/31/2013 4:44:00 PM

'I have an ongoing love affair with legumes and I know most of you share this not-so-secret-passion. Well, this month, we're making it official! My Legume Love Affair, known simply as MLLA to its fans, is being hosted here on One Hot Stove this month, June 2013. It is the 60th edition (the diamond anniversary!) of this long-running blog event, started by Susan of The Well-Seasoned Cook and now'

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Sign Up for Round Two of The Spice and Something Nice Swap

Author : Nupur      Blog : One Hot Stove      Date : 5/24/2013 12:22:00 PM

'The first round of the Spice and Something Swap was quite successful, and today we're kicking off the second round. The idea is that you will be paired up with another person, and then you send each other two small gifts: a "spice" and "something nice". The Spice can be homemade or store-bought. It can be a powder or a paste or indeed a bottled sauce. It can come from any cuisine. It'

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The Week in Books and Food

Author : Nupur      Blog : One Hot Stove      Date : 5/21/2013 2:13:00 PM

'What I have today is a series of brief blurbs on interesting eats and reads from the past several days. The success of the quinoa pinto bean salad that I posted last week means that many more hearty salads are going to be put together. I cooked a big batch of short pasta (bows and corkscrews) and had some left over. Somewhere, I had seen an idea for an avocado pasta sauce and that's how this'

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Quinoa Pinto Bean Salad

Author : Nupur      Blog : One Hot Stove      Date : 5/12/2013 3:28:00 PM

'Once every three or four months, I launch an eat-down in my kitchen. This is when I stop buying more and more food and instead focus on consuming and enjoying all the wonderful food that is jammed into my fridge, freezer and pantry. Eat-down weeks are my favorite because this is when I'm using my creativity rather than strict recipes to come up with meals. You never know what you will find.'

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A Rainy Day Luncheon

Author : Nupur      Blog : One Hot Stove      Date : 5/7/2013 3:44:00 PM

'One of the greatest pleasures of traveling to a new place is the chance to sample the local cuisine. This past month was my parents' first visit to the Southern US. They have explored both coasts and the Midwest in past trips but the South is a region that is justifiably proud of its food traditions, which was all new to them. During their visit, my parents enjoyed cuisines that they don't have'

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It's Monday! What Are You Reading?

Author : Nupur      Blog : One Hot Stove      Date : 4/22/2013 2:01:00 PM

'Since my parents' arrival, our trips to the library are more frequent than ever. We're sampling genres as varied as crafts, physics, nutrition, aviation and classic mysteries, and books are being borrowed by the bagful. Here are some highlights from my reading list over the last few weeks: Image: Goodreads Crocodile on the Sandbank by Elizabeth Peters (fiction, mystery): This is the first'

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In My Kitchen: April 2013

Author : Nupur      Blog : One Hot Stove      Date : 4/8/2013 9:19:00 PM

'This morning I spotted Johanna's In My Kitchen post while sipping my chai and thought it was a fun idea for a post- and so timely because, ahem, it was Monday and I had no clue what I was going to write about today. In My Kitchen is a monthly meme hosted over on the blog Fig Jam and Lime Cordial. Read their post here and look at other posts on their side-bar. and maybe you'll be inspired to'

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Make the Ghee, Buy the Paneer

Author : Nupur      Blog : One Hot Stove      Date : 3/31/2013 6:38:00 PM

'Once in a while, there comes along a book that is downright entertaining. I've been reading one such book lately, and it happens to be a cookbook: Make the Bread, Buy the Butter: What You Should and Shouldn't Cook from Scratch by Jennifer Reese. The book contains plenty of practical information and recipes for the home cook, and the author's voice is genuine and funny, which made this book an'

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It's Monday! What Are You Reading?

Author : Nupur      Blog : One Hot Stove      Date : 3/24/2013 7:50:00 PM

'I've read a half dozen very interesting books in recent weeks. I'm sure you're dying to hear about them ;) and even if you're not, here goes... Image: Goodreads Understanding Comics: The Invisible Art by Scott McCloud (Non-fiction, graphic). This book was recommended by two people- Gretchen of The Happiness Project included it in her book club picks and Radhika recommended it in a comment.'

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The Swap Round-Up: Spices and Nice Things

Author : Nupur      Blog : One Hot Stove      Date : 3/18/2013 12:16:00 AM

'44 swappers all over the U.S. signed up to send a "Spice and Something Nice" package to each other. During the course of the swap, I heard from several people that they reveled in the delight of having a pen pal, that they had fun thinking of all the special things they could send, they felt a child-like excitement while waiting for their surprise, and that they ended up making a new friend.'

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Blogger's Day Off

Author : Nupur      Blog : One Hot Stove      Date : 3/11/2013 11:42:00 PM

'A seasonal virus has me achy and tired so I'm taking a sick day, folks. Have a good week!'

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A Tale of Many Quilts

Author : Nupur      Blog : One Hot Stove      Date : 3/5/2013 12:45:00 AM

'It is funny how I got interested in quilting only last month and suddenly, I see quilts everywhere. So here's a picture-heavy post with notes on my quilt-sightings. On Friday, I played hooky from work and spent the day at a fabulous quilt show where dozens of local quilters displayed their best work. The morning started with the baking of a large batch of muffins, a little something to take to'

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As Time Goes By

Author : Nupur      Blog : One Hot Stove      Date : 2/26/2013 12:54:00 AM

'Earlier this month, I remembered that it has already been a year since our blogger friend Raji (Miri) of Peppermill passed away. Manisha also mentioned it in her last post and added that she would cook and post something from Raji's blog. That's a fitting tribute for a food blogger and I wanted to join Manisha in remembering this beautiful person who gave us a glimpse into her kitchen and her'

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The January Dinner Diary

Author : Nupur      Blog : One Hot Stove      Date : 2/19/2013 1:01:00 AM

'Almost every night for several weeks now, I've been scribbling a few words in a little notebook at the side of my counter. It is my dinner diary, an idea I read about in a cookbook and discussed in this post last month. Today, I looked back on my entries to get a big picture view of my family dinner, and I thought I would share it with you. January was not an ordinary month for us. We lost a'

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Reader Request: Breakfast Suggestions

Author : Nupur      Blog : One Hot Stove      Date : 2/12/2013 2:17:00 AM

'It is Monday night- blogging night at the One Hot Stove headquarters- and I have a bit of a weekend hangover, blinking and wondering how it got to be Monday already. Because this was an exceptionally fun and memorable weekend. Back in high school, I had a close knit group of friends and three of us were particularly close. Happily, when I moved to GA, I moved within 90 minutes of one of them.'

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Green Peas Pulao

Author : Nupur      Blog : One Hot Stove      Date : 2/7/2013 12:59:00 AM

'Do you ever get the feeling that everything you make tastes the same? I occasionally feel that way for some of the dishes I make that are of the no-recipe variety- where I'm cooking on auto-pilot and toss in the spices and seasonings most familiar to me. Which is fine, but then the dal fry and the veg pulao kind of end up tasting similar. Last week I decided to flip open a cookbook and look for'

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It's Monday! What Are You Reading?

Author : Nupur      Blog : One Hot Stove      Date : 2/4/2013 3:53:00 PM

'It has been two weeks since my last post on books and as usual, the comments and book suggestions in that post added several interesting titles to my to-be-read list- so thank you for sharing your reading life with me! Meanwhile, I found a few interesting reads to tell you about. Image: Goodreads When Hitler Stole Pink Rabbit by Judith Kerr was a gentle and enjoyable read. It is an'

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Mexican Breakfast Casserole

Author : Nupur      Blog : One Hot Stove      Date : 1/28/2013 7:05:00 PM

'There is a proverb attributed to Buddhism that goes something like this: When the student is ready, the teacher will appear. Recently, I was reminded about how true this is. You see, ever since I moved to North America, I've been wanting to learn how to quilt. The US has an incredible quilting tradition, so I wanted to learn at least the basics of this beautiful craft. Well, quilting was yet'

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