Posts Tagged ‘legume’

Dal Palak/Lentils with Spinach

Wednesday, February 24th, 2010



Palak Dal/Spinach with Lentils


Yellow mung dal/lentils are roasted till aromatic and then cooked with spinach and tempered with spices. A comfort food which brings on warm fuzzy feelings.

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Vegan Popcorn Chicken

Sunday, January 3rd, 2010



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The popular golden, crunchy, bite sized popcorn chicken goes all vegan in our kitchen.

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Butternut Squash with Black Beans and Walnuts

Sunday, November 8th, 2009



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Smoky, spicy and lightly sweet; this is a very easy and simple dish to make. With all the abundance of the pumpkins and the squashes in stores and the blogsphere, I could not resist making this even if I had to do it just for myself.

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Red Lentil & Vegetable Soup

Wednesday, September 16th, 2009


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A plain old lentil soup, can bring immense comfort sometimes.

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Chola Mix – a ring from the past…

Wednesday, August 12th, 2009



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Late afternoon – a few jingle of the  Ghungroo/Ghungur ( Images of  Ghungroo) & a holler ” Garam Chanachur” (Hot Spicy Mix) ,would draw all the kids in the neighborhood out of their front door to the iron grilled entrance gates of their houses, the little ones clamoring & climbing over the horizontal bars of the gates for a better view.

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Chilli Soy Chunks

Wednesday, May 13th, 2009



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If you look around the grocery/whole food stores, you will find a variety of soy products.  Soy is cholesterol free, low in carbs. & fat calories & most importantly, excellent source of protein.

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Spiced Lentil Stuffed Flat Bread (Ajwain Dal Paratha)

Sunday, December 14th, 2008

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Dal(Lentil) paratha/flat bread is something which I learned from my grandmother. My grandparents lived only a few minutes away from our home. And it would be often that my grandpa would walk by with a bag of hot, freshly made parathas and a bunch of flowers for me.

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