Our creamy stovetop mac and cheese is about as easy as opening a box—and a whooooole lot more delicious. Though it can be made with other small plums, this cake is the tastiest with the Italian ...

In this recipe from the chef Anita Jaisinghani, chunks of the cheese are roasted while a warmly spiced curry simmers away on the stove. By Melissa Clark “If you’re going to eat dairy, you should go ...

First came the onions. I peeled, sliced and fried them all morning long--mounds of onions filling three large aluminum stockpots. I sprinkled in some spices--sparsely--and stirred. Then I took three ...

In the 1980s, when I first arrived in North America, every Indian restaurant menu featured Matar paneer, an old-world dryish peas and paneer curry. Invented during the royal Mughal era of India, I ...

Paneer tikka, a smoky, spicy vegetarian favourite, can be made at home without a tandoor using a hot cast-iron pan, hung curd marinade, and proper marination. Oven and air fryer methods also yield ...

A vegetarian dish of fresh, unripened cheese cooked in a thick, creamy spinach purée, palak paneer originated in the northern Indian state of Punjab. Christopher Testani for The New York Times. Food ...

Rebecca Flint Marx is the former editor of Eater at Home. Her areas of expertise include home cooking and popular culture. Published in 1980, Julie Sahni’s Classic Indian Cooking was responsible for ...

Saag paneer is a delicious and toothsome South Asian dish consisting of cubes of fresh cheese (that’s the paneer) combined with greens (that’s the saag) in a creamy sauce. The first time I made paneer ...

Saag paneer can be substituted for palak paneer. It’s the northern Indian version of this dish and sometimes includes other greens. The cubes of paneer cheese add a creamy richness to this dish, but ...