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<p style="text-align: left;">I love cooking.  Cooking creates discipline - there's nothing more satisfying than following a recipe from beginning to end.    You can trace my identity by what you see on my plate and my two major influences are my mother's Indian and Anglo-Indian recipes and my boyfriend's love of fine dining and fine wine.</p>
<p style="text-align: left;">My favorite time of day is when we are home from school and work and there is a delicious meal about to be brought to the table.  I love whole, healthy ingredients and love creating a store of recipes that I can pull from every evening.</p>
<p style="text-align: left;">My major culinary goal is to make vegetarian cooking sexy.  My love for exotic flavors has allowed me to enjoy vegetarian dishes in India, Tibet, China and the Middle East, and my boyfriend's appreciation for fine dining and has allowed me to experience vegetarian dining in some of the best restaurants in the United States.</p>
<p style="text-align: left;">Now, more than ever, vegetarianism does not mean bland tofu and soy crumbles, and I love to create and eat sexy vegetarian cuisine.</p>
Are you trying to master a cuisine or cookbook?  What culinary adventure would you like to embark on?
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<strong><a href="http://ionlyweardresses.com/2010/03/indian-princess/">Tofu Tikka Masala</a></strong><strong> with Vibrant Yellow Rice and Peas.</strong>

<a href="http://ionlyweardresses.com/2010/06/indian-princess-smashed-eggplant-with-naan/"><strong>Spicy Mashed Eggplant</strong></a>
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<blockquote><strong>FUN FACT: </strong>

<strong>Curry is not a spice. </strong>Many people believe curry is an Indian spice.  That is a myth. There is a plant that grows wild in India that produces curry  leaves, or, in Hindi, "meetha neem" or "kadhi" leaves. The leaves resemble  miniature lemon leaves and are used to season certain—but not all—Indian dishes.  Curry is any dish cooked with a blend of spices (masala) and with a sauce. A  dish cooked with the same blend of spices without the sauce is not a curry.  (From <a href="http://www.chutneyjoes.com/menu/">Chutney Joe’s</a>).</blockquote>
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