2022 Holiday Cook-Along

Thank you for registering for MMD Architecture's Holiday Cook-Along! 

The Menu:

• Fragrant Daal with Spinach
• Sweet and Sour Butternut Squash
• Buttery Rice with Fried Onions
• Turmeric & Ginger Rubbed Chicken
• Mustard & Curry Leaf Raita
• Classic Kachumbhar Salad

Desert:

• Vanilla Ice Cream with Chai Syrup

Cocktails:

• Mumbai Mule
• French 75
• Indian Hot Toddy

Here's a shopping list with the ingredients you'll need to cook along with us:

Bar

• Bourbon
• Vodka
• Ginger beer
• Gin
• Simple syrup
• Champagne (or other sparkling wine)

 Pantry 

• Vegetable oil or olive oil
• Ghee
• 2 cups basmati rice get the real stuff from the Indian grocery store
• 2 cups  Chana Daal
• 1 cup brown sugar
• 1/2 cup sugar
• Vanilla extract
• Cashews
• Golden raisins

 Grocery 

• 3 lb boneless chicken Breast and thighs
• 1 lb. Spinach
• 2 lbs. cubed butternut squash
• 6-8 Lemons
• 6 limes
• One large English cucumber
• 1 pint cherry tomatoes
• Large bunch water cress or arugula
• Large daikon radish
• Green chilis to taste
• 2 bunches fresh cilantro
• Sprig of mint
• 4 large yellow onions
• 8 ounces Ginger
• 1-2  ounce piece fresh turmeric root
• 3-4  heads Garlic
• 1 small beet canned is fine
• 1-2  large dried ancho peppers
• Large container of plain Bulgarian style yogurt
• vanilla ice cream

 Spice Cabinet 

• Cumin,
• Ground turmeric
• 10-12 whole chili dried peppers
• Asafetida
• Ginger garlic paste
• Black mustard seeds
• 2-3 sprigs of curry leaves
• Fresh ground pepper/ whole peppercorns
• 2 bay leaves
• 2 pods of black cardamom
• 4 pods green cardamom
• 4 inch piece cinnamon stick
• 6-8 cloves
• 8-10 black peppercorns
• Nigella seeds
• 4 tsp whole coriander seeds
• Black peppercorns
• 1 tsp garam masala
• Ground red chili pepper
• Chai spice tea bags
• Star anise
• 2 tsp Rumi Spice Herati Coriander, whole seed
• 1/2 tsp Rumi Spice Wild Black Cumin whole seed
• 2 pinches of Rumi Spice Saffron threads

Note: For best results, we recommend you buy spices at an Indian grocery store.