Indian Foods

I'm still looking for the direction I will go in with this blog.  Very excited about ethnic cuisines, particularly Indian.  Am reading, among other titles, Gil Marks' Encyclopedia of Jewish Foods.  There are Jewish food communities in India, of which I was unaware.  Marks' book has an amazing amount of info on the topic.  A couple of weeks ago, I visited an Indian market (and restaurant) and purchased some besan and some ajowan.  I was originally going to use the besan for making falafel, but instead, I'm going to try it as a thickener in some curry.