Anything But Corn-Fed: Healthy College Cooking in Rural Iowa

Here is a cooking tip: equip yourself with the proper spices and you will have a quick, healthy, very tasty Indian meal with whatever you may have lying around. And it’s cheap.

Here are some things you may not know: unlike French cooking, you never taste a dish until it is done in Indian cooking. Also, pure Hindu vegetarians do not eat garlic and onions as they are believed to create lust and vegetarianism is a commitment to a simple lifestyle.

Tonight I:

washed, chopped and boiled some potatoes for about 15 minutes

heat 1 tbl of oil in a skillet over medium and added 1 tsp each of cumin, asafoetida, tumeric, cayenne, and salt and 1 tbl coriander and cooked for a minute before adding the potatoes. Cook, covered, for about 15 minutes.

Sprinkle with garam masala and amchoor powder and eat with yogurt and chutney.

If you add some cauliflower it’s aloo gobi!