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South Indian lentil stew with vegetables, tamarind, sambar spice, and a mustard-seed curry-leaf tempering.

Fresh arugula salad with tomatoes, avocado, mozzarella, basil, and a simple balsamic dressing.

Grilled eggplant slices topped like individual pizzas with tomato sauce, mozzarella, and optional pizza toppings.

Greek-style shrimp simmered in a seasoned tomato sauce and finished with mint, parsley, feta, and Kalamata olives.

Soft, chewy homemade pita made with whole-wheat and all-purpose flours and baked hot enough to puff into pockets.

Oven-finished frittata with spinach, browned artichoke hearts, Parmesan, sour cream, and Dijon mustard.

Easy homemade maki rolls with sushi rice, nori, cucumber, avocado, and smoked salmon or sushi-grade fish.

Indo-Chinese style fried chicken coated in a spicy garlic, ginger, pepper, onion, and kecap manis sauce.

A layered Hyderabadi chicken biryani with overnight yogurt-and-lemon marinated chicken, fried onions, whole spices, biryani masala, mint, saffron, and basmati rice.

Hyderabadi dum biryani with long-grain basmati rice, heavily spiced marinated chicken, fried onions, mint, coriander, saffron milk, and ghee, finished slowly under a tight lid.