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1 month ago | 
infobae.com | Tejal Rao
RestaurantsFoodIndian Food (Cuisine)Mexican Food (Cuisine)Una nueva generación de restaurantes está impulsando esta cocina tan ignorada.
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1 month ago | 
nytimes.com | Tejal Rao
El cuaderno de la críticaUna nueva generación de restaurantes está impulsando esta cocina tan ignorada. El crudo de hamachi y sus interminables y superficiales variaciones se confunden, pero la versión de Mirra, en Chicago, es un sorprendente destello de sabor: rodajas de medregal amarillo empapadas en suero de leche impregnado de limón verde, picantes y ácidas con una achara de ajo y serrano, arropadas por un delicado crujido de nopales, jengibre y hojas de curry.
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1 month ago | 
ourcommunitynow.com | Tejal Rao
Share Hamachi crudo and its endless, perfunctory variations blur together, but the rendering at Mirra, in Chicago, is a striking thunderbolt of flavor: slices of yellowtail drenched in lime-spiked buttermilk, hot and tangy with a garlic and serrano achar, tucked under a delicate crunch of nopales, ginger and curry leaves.In one bite, the fresh and drinkable buttermilk, called chaas in Hindi, is invited to party with Sinaloan aguachile, bringing together flavors from India and Mexico into...
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1 month ago | 
nytimes.com | Tejal Rao
A new generation of restaurants is pushing the overlooked cuisine forward. Hamachi crudo and its endless, perfunctory variations blur together, but the rendering at Mirra, in Chicago, is a striking thunderbolt of flavor: slices of yellowtail drenched in lime-spiked buttermilk, hot and tangy with a garlic and serrano achar, tucked under a delicate crunch of nopales, ginger and curry leaves.
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1 month ago | 
nytimes.com | Tejal Rao
Image Tejal here, filling in for Melissa. What did I cook last week? I will tell you the truth: so many strange and delicious quesadillas for me and my toddler, built from a mix of restaurant and home cooked leftovers, held together by optimism and melted cheese. There were quesadillas with beans, roast chicken, pickled turnips and herbs. Quesadillas with sesame snap pea chicken salad. Quesadillas with white sweet potatoes (and a smear of peanut-sesame salsa for me).
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2 months ago | 
nytimes.com | Tejal Rao
Image Tejal here, filling in for Melissa!I was so sick last week that I had to hide away completely, living on miso soup and rice. It's such a relief to scramble back up into the world and find that it is really and truly spring in Los Angeles. In my garden, the nasturtiums and lemon verbena are coming up, and the wisteria and borage are blooming. The peas are fat and sweet, the radishes are small and peppery and I found a big, beautiful piece of trout in the freezer.
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2 months ago | 
cooking.nytimes.com | Tejal Rao
We'll teach you how to master the technique, and how to tweak it to get each batch the way you like it. [This article was first published on Feb. 28, 2018.] Karsten Moran for The New York Times A hot, tender heap of rice is comfort food, just the way it is. There are so many ways to define a perfect batch, and as many ways to achieve it, but cooking basic rice on the stovetop is arguably the most versatile method.
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2 months ago | 
nytimes.com | Tejal Rao
This article contains key details from previous episodes of "Severance." It does not include any spoilers for the Season 2 finale. It wasn't your imagination: Something was off about the food from the start. That first glimpse of cantaloupe and honeydew, arranged in the office to welcome Helly R., played by Britt Lower, was a little unnerving: Melons in jagged halves - severed! - filled with anemic, out-of-season fruit.
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Feb 28, 2025 | 
nytimes.com | Tejal Rao
What was I in the mood to eat? Pacing inside Luv2Eat Express, a Thai restaurant in Hollywood, I sized up a dozen steel vats shimmering with curries and braises. A server behind the counter saw me agonizing over which three dishes to choose. "You can taste," he said cheerfully, gesturing toward a stack of tiny bowls. Imagine an ice-cream parlor with unlimited tastes, a scooper who wanted you to try as many things as possible. It was generous, impractical, thrilling.
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Feb 13, 2025 | 
nytimes.com | Tejal Rao
This orange chicken has not been waiting for you on the steam table. It has not been bouncing and sweating in the darkness of a clamshell container while you wheel your luggage to the gate. At Panda Inn, the Pasadena restaurant that started Panda Express, the orange chicken is made to order, strewed with whole dried chiles, scallions and a few threads of orange zest. It arrives craggy and glistening on a blue stoneware plate. Is it good? Trick question! It is sticky, and it is familiar.
