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  • Keema Maggi with Achari Chili Oil

    Keema Maggi with Achari Chili Oil

    For Kitchn

    Topped with keema and accompanied by an achari chili oil made with South Asian pickling spices, this is my favorite way to turn the iconic Maggi Noodles into a complete meal. Read More

  • Fortune Cookies

    Fortune Cookies

    For Delish

    The fortune cookie is complex, in both process and pedigree, so it’s no surprise that the recipe for this cookie is also quite involved. It may not require any special ingredients, but it does require meticulous planning, timeliness, and bit of trial and error. Read More

  • Sequilhos

    Sequilhos

    For Delish

    Delicate, buttery, and oh-so-easy-to-make, sequilhos are a household staple across Brazil. Made with a handful of ingredients like butter, cornstarch, and condensed milk, these meltaway cookies come together in just one bowl. Read More

  • Daab Chingri

    For Food52

    Daab chingri—or literally, shrimp cooked in coconut—is a celebration of Bengali cuisine. Made with ingredients quintessential to coastal Bangladesh and eastern India, this dish is dubiously simple to make. Read More

  • How To Make Biryani

    For Taste of Home

    Very few South Asian dishes are as exquisite as a delicious and fragrant biryani. Follow this recipe to learn how to make biryani at home. Read More

  • Ube Crinkle Cookies

    Ube Crinkle Cookies

    For Delish

    From halo halo and boba tea to more Western treats like brownies, ice cream, and pie, the uses of ube are endless. This recipe gives the classic crinkle cookie the ube treatment using ube halaya, a popular Filipino pudding made with ube and condensed milk, and ube extract. Read More

  • Cheesy Bombay Toast

    Cheesy Bombay Toast

    For Kitchn

    Savory Bombay toast soaked in a spicy egg mixture with turmeric, cumin, coriander, cilantro, diced chiles and onions, before it's hit with mozzarella and served with cilantro chutney. Read More.

  • The Complicated History Of Curry Powder

    For Taste of Home

    You won't find any spice labeled "curry" in a South Asian kitchen. So what is curry powder? And where did it come from? Read More

  • As Sweet As Mishti

    For Taste of Home

    In South Asia, the end of a meal is almost always marked by the sudden arrival of over-satiety, making you almost regret that last serving of biryani. But even for those near incapacitation from biryani overload, no meal in South Asia is complete without mishti (alternatively, mithai in Hindi). Read More

  • Jasmine Rice, 3 Ways.

    For Taste of Home

    Whether you're a rice cooker loyalist, an Instant Pot fanatic or prefer a good ol' fashioned stovetop method, we've got you covered. This guide explains how to cook jasmine rice, step by step. Read More

  • 11 Things To Never Put In Your Microwave

    For Food Network

    Here’s how to avoid putting your appliance — and yourself — in danger. Read More

  • Get Familiar With Black Salt

    For Food Network

    The South Asian pantry is a treasure chest of incredible herbs and spices. Ingredients such as cumin, coriander and turmeric, which form the foundations of Indian, Pakistani and Bangladeshi food, have made their way into the global pantry. But one ingredient that plays a key role in the region’s most tantalizing dishes rarely gets the spotlight it deserves: Indian black salt, a tangy, sulfurous mineral. It’s the ultimate flavor booster that makes South Asian food so indescribably delicious. Read More

  • How the children of meatpacking plant workers sparked a movement

    For Meal Magazine

    The impact of COVID-19 is ongoing and ever-changing, revealing new repercussions almost daily. But since the onset, meatpacking plants and their workers have been hit very hard. As the pandemic took hold, plants across the country continued business as usual without implementing proper sanitation and safety measures to protect their workers — despite rising case counts. Read More

  • Brewing A New Narrative With Black Beer Chick, Eugenia Brown

    For The Infatuation

    A conversation on being a Black woman in craft beer and how she’s helping other women break into the craft beer industry. Read More

  • 16 Great Things To Buy From Black-Owned Coffee Brands

    For The Infatuation

    A Mario-themed mug, a sweatshirt with an important history lesson, beans (obviously), and so much more. Read More