Rachel Gurjar

Aug 11, 2024 | blog.doordash.com | Rachel Gurjar

We partnered with Bon Appetit to bring you easy weeknight meals, all seamlessly shoppable on DoorDash. Just hit “Shop the Recipe” to add the ingredients to your cart. These simple flavorful quick-cooking fish tacos are exactly what you want to make on a busy weeknight. A flaky white fish like cod or halibut works best here. The fillets get a dry rub with a spice mix of ground cumin, paprika, cayenne pepper, and salt before getting pan-seared until they get a deep, flavorful crust.

Jul 8, 2024 | bonappetit.com | Rachel Gurjar

This deeply savory, easy beef stir-fry recipe is your glossy, saucy excuse to head to the farmers market for high-season peppers. (Yes. Fresh peppers have a season.) We love the piquant heat finger hot peppers or cayenne chiles bring to this weeknight dinner, but if you’re averse, feel free to swap in sweet red bell peppers instead. Adding cornstarch to the marinade encourages the liquid sauce ingredients to cling to the steak and promotes browning when you’re ready to cook.

May 21, 2024 | epicurious.com | Rachel Gurjar

For me, summers are synonymous with fresh fruit, and I grew up eating many versions of fruit salad tossed in a mix of chiles and tamarind-laced sauces. This recipe is an ode to these and other spicy fruit salads found across Asia, particularly Cambodia and Thailand. It’s made with whatever seasonal fruits you can find—just be sure to stick to 7 cups total—along with lime juice, sugar, fish sauce, dried shrimp, and lots of red chiles.

May 21, 2024 | epicurious.com | Rachel Gurjar

This take on a classic Sri Lankan curry is particularly unique due to its use of black pepper, which has a slow-building heat that creeps up on you. Black pepper doesn’t contain capsaicin, the substance responsible for chiles’ spiciness; instead it possesses a compound called piperine that gives it a warming intensity.

May 20, 2024 | bonappetit.com | Rachel Gurjar

Whenever I was tight on time in college (but plenty hungry), you’d likely find me at a nearby street vendor, awaiting my turn at one of their paneer kathi rolls. Despite the plethora of options, this popular Indian street food, also known as Paneer Frankie, was always my go-to: Creamy paneer cubes, bell peppers, and sliced onions, draped in a tangy, spiced yogurt marinade, and stuffed into flaky paratha, ready to eat streetside or cart along to my next lecture.