Ingredients: 1/2 cup red lentils, washed and drained 1 cup sweet carrots 1/2 medium onion, diced 1 clove of garlic, minced 1/2 teaspoon turmeric powder 1...
In Kerala, among the Jacobite community, Kanji is served after the long service at church on Good Friday. We spend almost 6 to 7 hours in church, fasting, and when the service is over, piping hot Kanji is served in manchatti /earthen bowl along with Vanpa
Moong Dal is always Bengali's favorite pick among different type of lentils when it is an special occasion. That is why I prepared Moog Dal in a very special way during Poila Boishakh .. It is actually dry roasted Moog Dal cooked with grated coconut whi
Pakora are all time favourite snacks in northern part of India. Specially taste best on a rainy day along with big cup of tea. Though I am not a huge fan of deep frying still when it comes to pakoda I am ready to make a compromise, which again is not too
Couple of months back I bought this cook book Rasachandrika, a very old book on Saraswat cooking, originally written in Marathi and later translated in Hindi and then in English. The first edition of the book came out in 1943 and I love the picture on the
Uttaranchali Masoor Dal I was going through the stats of my blog when I realized that one of the readers was interested in knowing how masoor dal is made in Kumaon, Uttaranchal. Thus I thought of blogging the recipe for cooking my humble masoor da
Tak Dal ( Tangy Lentil ) is a very healthy and tangy dish which is consumed in the Eastern Part of the country during summer period. It is very useful to replenish all the necessary nutrients which our body loses during peak of summer. Mostly it is accomp
Last week, when I was cleaning my overstuffed kitchen cabinets, I found several bags of different lentils. I like to have them handy whenever I feel like cooking my family's favorite Afghan lentil dish , but even though I think my stock was too big. I de
I use the term 'curry' loosely - It's more of a lentil stew, or dal , with curry powder in it. The suprising thing about lentils is, how little you have to use to make a cheap and healthy meal. I used just half a cup of yellow lentils. I had a