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Some years ago a little Indian restaurant opened not far from my home; for a tiny hole-in-the-wall in a strip mall, it has become very popular and received great reviews. This wasn’t my first experience with Indian food, but it certainly is the experience that made me an addict, and I wanted to learn how to make some similar dishes at home. I posted an Instant Pot recipe for Butter Chicken last year: http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/3659886/postsbut last week I wanted to try an eggplant recipe. We adapted the following from the same book as the butter chicken - ‘The Keto Instant Pot...

The owner of an Indian restaurant was found guilty Monday of killing one of his customers — after he cut corners whipping up an order of chicken tikka masala. A jury in Teesside Crown Court in North Yorkshire, England, found 52-year-old Mohammed Zaman guilty of manslaughter and gross negligence because he switched out almond powder for a cheaper ground nut mix containing peanuts, according to the BBC.

Monday, January 19th, 2009 AT 8:01 PM Tags: Indian food, books, literature Close... Book: The Illustrated Foods of India A-Z Author: K T Achaya Publisher: Oxford University Press Pages: 299 Price: Rs 395 Did you know that biryani derived its name from birinj, Persian for rice? Or that the first Mughal emperor Babar had bhang? Very few, other than Bengalees, would know that the raisin-stuffed ledikeni (a sweet) was named after Lady Canning, the Vicereine of India. Tracing the origins of foods or anything closely and remotely (Roman or Italian trade) related to it finds a mention in KT Achaya’s...

Ladies, if you love your man, give him cauliflower curry with a side of kale for dinner. It may stave off prostate cancer, according to research released yesterday by Rutgers University. Though they don't often make the favorite menus of most men, cauliflower and kale -- along with cabbage, broccoli, brussels sprouts, kohlrabi, watercress and turnips -- contain a chemical that is a significant cancer-preventive.