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[mornatasare]

In the new year, we wish to pursue exciting new cuisine! I managed to pick up (for a paltry $7!) a boxed set of book, DVD, and bamboo mat to guide me in my pursuit of homemade sushi delights. I've found a recipe for palak paneer that makes it look really easy, especially if one of our two local Indo-Pak grocers carries pre-made paneer. Are there

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[spelunkingplato]

Making sushi is fun! If you're thinking of Asian-inspired food, I had a really tasty curried-potato-and-pea samosa at a Diwali festival a few months ago, and I still want another! There are a lot of recipes online if you search for "potato pea samosa" or similar, so I'll leave it up to you to find one you like, as I haven't actually tried any and don't have direct recommendations.

If you can find the correct type of thick fresh rice noodles, a dish called (in Cantonese) "chow fun" is possibly my favorite thing to eat, ever. It's usually cooked with meat but you can easily eliminate/substitute. It's super-easy, too, just a stir-fry with pre-made noodles. But sooo good.

Ooh, I actually found a picture of what they look like in the package. It's not a great one, but should give you the idea. Here's another, this time out of the package.

You can get a similar thing dried, but most asian markets will have the fresh stuff available in the refrigerated section. I very much prefer it fresh. (I also like to just microwave the noodles straight out of the package and have them with soy sauce. mmmm.)

Finally (for now), one of my favorite cooking sites, which I'm sure I've recommended before, is Cooking for Engineers. Unfortunately, most of the recipes include meat, but there are many interesting ones that do not (like homemade marshmallows, under 'Test Recipes').

[mornatasare]

I LOVE vegetable samosas, and actually found a promising-looking recipe for them. Here it is, if you would like to attempt it.

Thanks for the recommendations! I will look for those noodles next time I visit the local international market. One of the fabulous things about living away from campus is that we live near people of a wide variety of ethnicities and the businesses that cater to them! There is only about 50% English on the road signs 'round these parts.