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    Mango Masala: 60 Indian Recipes From Your Local Supermarket
    Mango Masala: 60 Indian Recipes From Your Local Supermarket
    Mango Masala: 60 Indian Recipes From Your Local Supermarket
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    Mango Masala: 60 Indian Recipes From Your Local Supermarket

    By Ranjini Rao

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    Right from the chicken curry served in a food truck in a bustling New York city street, to the jhalmuri served at Eat.St in King fs Cross in London, Indian food today has become more mainstream and less exotic than it used to be. Everyone seems to like a taste of something Indian, a deep-fried samosa or a scoop of biryani, but they fre often a little intimidated by what they believe it entails - long hours of slaving in front of the stove and a gazillion spices to pepper everything with. And yes, volumes of text have been devoted to busting those myths. Every second Indian cookbook begins with the word curry, or Tandoori and goes on to show you a world beyond those on the Indian culinary map. So why are we taking it upon ourselves to write yet another Indian cookbook, and how will it benefit you? We didn ft really have a plan to begin with, no months of planning or strategizing leading up to this project. Rather, the book found us. Let us explain: we fve lived outside India for years and on many an occasion, in small towns with no Indian grocer in sight for miles. Consequently, we fve had to run our kitchens on a limited supply of out-and-out Indian ingredients. But that didn ft deter us - we simply reached out into the deep pockets of our local Supermarket, and made the best of what we had access to. And armed with what we learnt in the shadows of our mothers and owing in some part to our own innate instincts, we continue to feed our families the simple, homely meals that we grew up on. That is what this book is all about, and it fs virtually an extension of us and our kitchens.
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    Release dateMar 4, 2020
    ISBN9781618130464
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      Mango Masala - Ranjini Rao

      MANGO MASALA

      60 Indian Recipes From Your Local Supermarket

      Ranjini Rao

      Ruchira Ramanujam

      MANGO MASALA

      60 Indian Recipes From Your Local Supermarket

      Ranjini Rao

      Ruchira Ramanujam

      eBook Edition

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      ISBN 13: 978-1-61813-047-1

      ISBN 10: 1-61813-047-1

      Copyright ©2012 Ranjini Rao & Ruchira Ramanujam. All rights reserved.

      This book, in its entirety or parts thereof, may not be copied or reproduced in any form, in print or electronically, without the authors’ permission. Exceptions will only be made when excerpts are used in authorized reviews, interviews and articles, with proper acknowledgments.

      Dedication

      This book is for our little girls, who love, like us, to bond over a hearty, home-cooked meal.

      Table of Contents

      Preface

      Our Story

      Notes

      Spice Rack

      Breakfast Spread

      1   Indian Masala Omelet

       V 

      GF

      2   Sunrise Medley with Potatoes & Mushrooms

      VG

      GF

      DF

      3   Basil Summer Toast

       V 

      4   Bacon ‘n Bread Hash

      5   Savory Oatmeal Power Porridge

       V 

      GF

      6   Mex-Indi Breakfast Burritos

       V 

      7   Gingery, Minty Fresh Fruit Salad

      VG

      GF

      DF

      Salads & Sandwiches

      1   Black-eyed Peas Salad with Rich Cilantro Pesto

      VG

      GF

      DF

      2   Hot ‘n Sweet Chunky Chicken Salad

      GF

      DF

      3   Warm Gingered Peas Salad

      VG

      GF

      DF

      4   Crunchy Hodge-podge

       V 

      GF

      5   Peppery Chicken Wraps

      DF

      6   Street-cart Veggie Sandwich with Ham

      7   Fennel-flavored Turkey Pitas

      8   Egg Salad Sandwich with Spiced Caramelized Onions

       V 

      9   A-wow-cado Grilled Cheese Sandwiches

       V 

      Warm Soups, Cold Drinks

      1   Buttery Red Lentil Bisque

      VG

      GF

      DF

      2   Snappy Sweet Potato Soup

       V 

      GF

      3   Tomatoey Chicken Noodle Soup

      DF

      4   Lychee Iced Tea Quencher

      VG

      GF

      DF

      5   Mango Lassi-Smoothie

       V 

      GF

      6   POM Lime Sparkler

      VG

      GF

      DF

      7   Salt ‘n Pepper Watermelon Crush

      VG

      GF

      DF

      Appetizers

      1   Bite-sized Beet Patties

      VG

      DF

      2   Curried Potato Turnovers

      VG

      DF

      3   Tandoori Chicken Lollipops

      GF

      4   2-bite Leek & Salmon Cakes

      5   Roasted Cauliflower with Mango-pistachio Dip

       V 

      GF

      6   Lemony Tuxedo Chicken

      7   Masala Poppadams or simply, Papads

      VG

      DF

      8   Savory ‘n Krispie Rice Snack Mix

      VG

      GF

      DF

      9   Chilli-cheese Bruschetta

       V 

      Main Dishes

      1   Rustic Lamb ’n Spinach Stew

      GF

      2   Peanutty Vegetable Curry

      VG

      GF

      DF

      3   Hearty Red Beans with Rice

      VG

      GF

      DF

      4   Creamy Roasted Red Pepper Sauce

       V 

      GF

      5   Shrimp in a Coconut Broth

      GF

      DF

      6   Homestyle Chicken and Rice Pilaf

      GF

      7   Chicken Tikka Masala

      GF

      Sides

      1   Kicked-up Cucumber Raita

       V 

      GF

      2   Goes-with-everything Green Chutney

       V 

      GF

      3   Smashed & Spiced Eggplant - Baingan Bharta

      VG

      GF

      DF

      4   Zucchini Smothered in Poppy Seed Sauce

      VG

      GF

      DF

      5   Tofu Scrambled with Peppers and Peas

      VG

      GF

      DF

      6   Green Beans Coco-nut-ine

       V 

      GF

      7   Potatoes Mashed with Mustard & Scallions

       V 

      GF

      8   Fresh Cranberry-onion Spread

      VG

      GF

      DF

      9   Spicy-sweet Fruit Relish

      VG

      GF

      DF

      Breads and Grains

      1   Aromatic Basmati Rice

       V 

      GF

      2   Zesty Couscous & Vegetables

      VG

      GF

      DF

      3   Multigrain Pilaf with Pizzaz

      VG

      GF

      DF

      4   Upside-down Crusty Cornbread

       V 

      5   Instant Skillet Naans

       V 

      6   Easy-cheesy Drop Biscuits

       V 

      Desserts

      1   Royal Rice Pudding

       V 

      GF

      2   Refreshing Chai Granita with Strawberry Salad

       V 

      GF

      3   Honey-nut Yogurt Bliss

       V 

      GF

      4   Warm and Fudgy Carrot Halwa

       V 

      GF

      5   Saffron-scented Creme Caramel Flan

       V 

      6   Light Mango-Ricotta Fluff

       V 

      GF

       V 

      - Vegetarian

       VG 

      - Vegan

       GF 

      - Gluten-free

       DF 

      - Dairy-free

      Preface

      Right from the chicken curry served out of a food truck in a bustling New York city street, to the jhalmuri served at Eat.St in King’s Cross in London, Indian food today has become more mainstream and less exotic than it used to be. Everyone seems to like a taste of something Indian, a deep-fried samosa or a scoop of biryani, but they’re often a little intimidated by what they believe it entails - long hours of slaving in front of the stove and a gazillion spices to pepper everything with.

      And yes, volumes of text have been devoted to busting those myths. Every second Indian cookbook begins with the word curry, or Tandoori and goes on to show you a world beyond those on the Indian culinary map. So why are we taking it upon ourselves to write yet another Indian cookbook, and how will it benefit you? We didn’t really have a plan to begin with, no months of strategizing leading up to this project. Rather, the book found us.

      Let us explain: we’ve lived outside India for years and on many an occasion, in small towns with no Indian grocer in sight for miles. Consequently, we’ve had to run our kitchens on a limited supply of out-and-out Indian ingredients. But that didn’t deter us - we simply reached into the deep pockets of our local Supermarket, and made the best of what we had access to. And armed with what we learnt in the shadows of our mothers and owing in some part to our own innate instincts, we continue to feed our families the simple, homely meals that we grew up on. That is what this book is all about, and it’s virtually an extension of us and our kitchens.

      Our one big goal is to help you cook well-balanced, nutritious Indian-style meals to share with your family just the way we do. Our recipes are easy on your pocket and time, and can be doubled or cut in half depending on the size of your family. Most of our recipes are vegan or vegetarian, while some are even gluten-free or dairy-free, and can be adapted to suit your preferences. And we won’t send you on a trip to the dusty bylanes of India to source the spices or condiments used in them. Instead, we’ll show you how to cook Indian food right out of your fittingly stocked Western pantry, and what a cinch it really is, right from breakfast and snacks to full-fledged lunches and dinner spreads.

      Our Story

      Our story, bound mainly by the love for good food and good books, began years ago, when as neighbors in the Midwest, we instantly hit it off after a chance encounter on a walk down to a community potluck. We bonded over gooey brownies and spicy onion fritters dunked in ketchup, relished down to the last crumbs, and peppered shamelessly with a few tongue clacks.

      Soon, we were whisking up comfort food for each other when an illness was doing the rounds, attending baking workshops, discussing food fiction over, well, more food, and last but not the least, hashing up menu ideas over endless cups of chai for our little girls’ birthday parties. Years rolled by and we kept at it, virtually clueless that it would all lead to something bigger.

      About a year ago, we set foot into the world of food blogging rather gingerly, with Tadka Pasta. With all the years of practice concocting multicuisine recipes of all order and ilk and infusing them with the one thing we knew best to do - the homely Indian touch, it seemed like a logical step. Mixing in a seasoning or Tadka - with a dash of cinnamon here, a pinch of cumin there -afterall, came rather naturally to us. With amateurish snapshots of our food and little jottings to go with them, we filled up the empty screen in childlike

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