Posts Tagged ‘ghee’
Spiced Butternut Squash Soup
Vegetarian • Tags: butternut squash, capsaicin, cayenne, chili pepper, ghee, ginger, Indian, soup, spicy, warm, winter
It is perfectly chilly here in Los Angeles. But we are wimps about it. We are wimps about weather in general. During the summer, we’ll tell you it’s blazing hot, the air is dry, and we can barely go outside. Let the first and only drops of spring rain hit the ground, and we turn into maniac drivers and complain about getting wet. Come fall, the cool breeze that forces us into wearing a light jacket is rather upsetting. And don’t get started on winter. Once the temperatures reach the 40s at night, you’ll hear our teeth chattering, and folks are wrapped snug as bugs in a rug when it’s time to go to bed. We are weather wimps, and it’s time everyone admitted it. One of the best ways to stay warm right about now is with soup. Soup is healthy, comforting, nutritious and, well, it’s warming. Especially if you make it spicy.
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Cashew Chicken
Poultry & Pork • Tags: cashew, chicken, coconut, Ethnic Exploration, garam masala, ghee, India Sweets & Spices
Our apologies for those who may have come across this post earlier in the week. There was a malfunction with the image, and we had to recook the dish in order to grab another photo. If you already read through the info, hopefully you won’t feel like this is a duplication of information. We wanted to share this with everyone of course, so bear with us! Technical difficulties aside, it’s time for a new feature here on the blog. We like to keep things fresh, so come along with us as we start our own culinary exploration through La La Land (aka Los Angeles). We’ll call this series The Duo’s Ethnic Exploration, and each month, we’ll choose a dish from a different culture, shop in the markets, visit the neighborhoods and chat with people who can give us a few hints behind the making of a chosen dish. This month, we’re starting with Indian food.
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