Aamer Dal/Tok Dal: Tangy Red Lentils with Green Mango

 

 

 

Aamer Dal or Tok Dal is a common name in a Bengali households during the summer months. As the months roll into the typical summer heat and the schools are out, the lunch menu at home slowly transited into light meals to beat the heat.

 

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Bengali Cholar Dal: Lentils with Coconut and Spices

 

 

This is a very traditional Bengali recipe – simmered lentils with little bites of coconut, a hint of sweet and redolent of spices. And there is no other way to have a bowlful but with Luchi or Kochuri/Kachori. But that is only with us – the Bengalis. The rest of the world […]

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Medu Vada: Savory Lentil Fritters

 

 

While the wind howled and screeched outside one day, whistling into our home through the fireplace and window panes, we stayed home munching on these crispy, golden Vadas.

 

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Curried Butternut Squash with Brown Chickpeas

The combination of pumpkin and the brown chickpeas is a traditional dish from home. We call it Kumror Chokka. Kumro is Pumpkin; but do not ask me why it is a Chokka. Think of this dish as a flavorful curried pumpkin – just right for the season in all its traits and personality.

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Red Lentil & Vegetable Soup

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

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