Indian-Style Stir-Fried Spiced Carrots

Mild and full of flavor, this carrot stir fry is a delicious way to dress up the old carrot stick.

Beet Salad with Black Garlic Vinaigrette

[Photograph: Max Falkowitz] Even raw, beets are a wonderfully sweet vegetable. Sweet and funky black garlic bridges the gap between them and a very lime-based vinaigrette. Blending the black garlic into the dressing makes it, well, ugly, but lets the...

Cabbage & Carrot Thoran-style Indian Salad

This Cabbage & Carrot Indian Salad is based on the traditional Thoran dry curries. Full of spiced coconut flavours, it's ridiculously good!

Cabbage Thoran (Kerala-Style Stir-Fried Cabbage)

Grated coconut, turmeric, black mustard seeds, shallots, green chiles and curry leaves turn this simple cabbage dish into something special.

Fodni Bhaat (Indian Fried Rice)

Fodni Bhaat is a quick and easy rice dish that can be made in a hurry. It's doubles up as both a lunch and breakfast dish and is a great way to use up leftover white rice from last night's dinner.

Apple Sabzi (Apple Cooked in Mild Spices With Coconut)

Apple Sabzi looks like a vegetable dish until you bite it and discover the sweet taste of apple and the wonderful flavor of coconut oil.

Spicy Stir-Fried Tofu with Coconut Rice From 'The New Vegetarian Cooking for Everyone'

Deborah Madison adds spicy flair to tofu in this recipe from The New Vegetarian Cooking for Everyone.

Beyond Curry: Khichdi with Eggplant Fritters

If Indian food is just chicken tikka and biryani to you, then please keep reading. In India, food varies from region to region, home to home, and religion to religion. And it's not all spicy and complicated. Most Indian food is surprisingly simple to make and very, very rewarding to eat. In this new Indian cooking column, I'd like to introduce you to the real food we cook and eat at home. For starters, khichdi, a sort of one-pot comfort meal of rice, lentils and vegetables.

Beet and Citrus Salad With Pine Nut Vinaigrette

Sweet as candy, rich and earthy, with a great sorta-soft-sorta-crisp texture, fresh beets are one of my favorite vegetables to work with.

Spiced Shrimp and Eggplant Stir-Fry

Shrimp and eggplant are a classic combination, contrasting the vegetable's mild, bitter edge with the sweet, faintly briny seafood. A blend of spices and hot chilies floods the dish with warm heat; coupled with roti or pilaf, it makes for a hearty, satisfying meal.