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.