Spice Goddess, Bal Arneson, prepping a dish
Beginning in July, Cooking Channel will be rocking a brand-new Spice Girl. Her name is Bal Arneson and she is our Spice Goddess…
Ever feel daunted when trying to craft with the perfect blend of spices for your dish? Wouldn’t it be cool to have a spice sherpa who has been there and can demystify the entire process? Beginning Saturday, July 10th, Bal Arneson will share how you can make dishes that are deeply flavorful and nuanced, using aromatic spices and seasonings.
7 Things To Know About Bal Arneson, the Spice Goddess:
Bal and mango friend
- 1) She grew up in a small village outside Punjab, India.
2) Bal first learned to cook, over coals in a clay BBQ pit, when she was 7.
3) Philosophy: No one should spend more than 25 minutes in the kitchen to make healthy wonderful Indian meals.
4) First Hollywood crush: Captain Kirk (William Shatner) when she was 15.
Captain James T. Kirk, contemplative...
- 5) Outside the kitchen, Bal likes hiking, camping and rock climbing with her family.
6) Bal sells organic spices on her site; donating a portion of the proceeds to her village to fund educational programs for women and children.
- 7) She shares bonus recipes on her Facebook page like this
Tasty Chickpea and Asparagus side:
Ingredients
1 Tbsp garlic – finely chopped
1 Tbsp ginger – finely chopped
1 Tbsp coriander seeds – crush with your hands
1 Tbsp cumin powder
…1/4 tsp red chili pepper flakes
Salt and pepper to taste
1 cup cherry tomatoes
1/4 cup water
One 14 oz can of chickpeas-drain and rinse with cold water
Fresh mint leaves to garnish
Directions
In a skillet, add oil and heat on medium to high heat for few seconds until oil is hot.
Add garlic, ginger, coriander seeds, cumin powder, pepper flakes, salt and pepper and cook on medium to high heat for 15 seconds.
Add tomatoes and water and cook for 3 minutes. Stir regularly.
Add chickpeas and cook for 1 minute.
Serve on steamed asparagus. Enjoy!!
Congratulations on your cooking show! Just wondering how come that you started loving "Captain Kirk" at 15, when you were still living in your small "village"?
The spice goddess is my new favorite chef. I can't print out every recipe…..does she have a cook book?
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I love this show! Someone needs to go to bat for it. I am a committed fan. Bal has made Indian cooking accessible to new comers. I now use chickpea flour, have visited Indian groceries, learned about spices, and techniques. My entire family (with two children in their twenties) is new to Indian food, loves to help cook it, and watches Bal with me. Thanks, Bal, for sharing your expertise and your stories!
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What an enjoyable show. It's obvious that Bal knows what she's doing, enjoys what she's doing and is glad to share it with us. I'm pleased to know she is also helping her small village in India through some of the proceeds gained selling organic spices. Good for her. I can spend a lot of time watching her cook, and challenging myself to try some of her recipes.
This is my new favorite show! Have made her spiced grilled veges with tofu and it was mouth watering. My family loved it and have since served it to company. Thank you, Spice Goddess, for a fabulous cooking show – looking forward to making many of your delicious recipes.
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Thanks to Bal's show, I now am no longer intimidated by all those spices. I've found them to be not only user friendly but very tasty and also wonderfully healthy. I always steered clear of curry after smelling the strong odors in motels. My daughter encouraged me to give it a chance and with the "Spice Goddess' " help I have found the perfect blend. There are many reruns though and I do hope to see a good deal more of her recipe ideas.
i really love your show i dont know that much about indian food because it seems like most of it is veary spicey so i have always been afrade of trying it. but seening it may make me give it a go soon and you dont seem to have be eregant like a lot of those chefs on T.V. today i like that so don't let it go all to your head.
I really really enjoy your show and sure I love Indian food enough to just go to India to get the real home made Indian food. I really want to come back over again.
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please keep her pn for ever she is great
I am so enjoying these shows. Bal appears kind and seems to be passionate about food and spices. She is also very positive and uplifting. Being gluten, sugar and dairy free this show offers so many choices for me. The fact that she uses Chick Pea Flour and coconut milk make it possible for me to create these meals at home. Plus as a yoga teacher I love anything that has to do with India. This is a fantastic show!
"..outside Punjab, India". Just nitpicking, but Punjab is a state
. We get it – humble beginnings..etc. Keep the Indian flag flying high on Food N/W!
hi linda i am with you on a new chef . did you hear if Bal going to have a book or not ? i keep looking in the book stores but not yet. bet in time she will . but i guess you and i would like to have it now. well happy cooking . janice
she has two amazing cookbooks! Everyday Indian & Quick and Healthy indian. Best books Ive bought!
Star Trek was a huge thing in India those days. Endless re-runs. I grew up watching those too.