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kala chana puri - what to serve with puri
Diabetic friendly, Dinner, easy, Easy Indian Cooking, gluten free, Indian, Lentils, Pressure Cooker Recipes, Vegan, vegetarian

Recipe for Kaala Chana – North Indian black chick peas curry

December 20, 2006

Kala chana – Kaale chane is a North Indian chickpea curry, a dry preparation made using brown chickpeas. This is usually served with Pooris / puris, the deep fried Indian bread made using whole wheat… [Continue Reading]

by Nandita Iyer 
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Curry, easy, Glutenfree, Healthy, Lentils, Party dishes, Vegan, Vegetables, vegetarian, VegProtein

Veg Dhansak / Vegetarian Parsi Dhansak

September 21, 2006

Dhansak is a delicious Parsi dish made using a mix of lentils (dhan) and vegetables (sakh). My vegetarian version comes with the stamp of approval from my Parsi friends 🙂 You must try this!

by Nandita Iyer 
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beginner, Diabetic friendly, Dinner, Glutenfree, Lentils, Vegan, Vegetables, vegetarian, VegProtein

Recipe: Cooking a simple curry with spring onions

July 8, 2006

Spring onions, usually used a garnish, can also be made into a delicious curry along with besan (chickpea flour) that tastes really good with rotis. Try this healthy recipe with just 1 tsp oil!

by Nandita Iyer 
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beginner, Diabetic friendly, Easy Indian Cooking, Glutenfree, Lentils, Monsoon, Tamil Brahmin Recipes, Winter

Pomegranate Rasam | Spicy pomegranate lentil soup

July 4, 2006

Pomegranate-BBC news calls this the fruity panacea. Packed with anti-oxidants (note the ruby red colour), it’s known to protect the heart, prevent prostate cancer, reduce LDL (the bad cholesterol). It’s rich in ACE Vitamins and iron, and no wonder doctors and many others are recommending a glass of

by Nandita Iyer 
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Breakfast, Dinner, easy, Glutenfree, Indian, Lentils, Tamil Brahmin Recipes, Vegan, VegProtein

4 Lentil Pancake ( Paruppu Adai )

July 4, 2006

Traditionally Adai (South Indian Lentil Pancake ) is made with a mixture of lentils in a certain proportion. This is my own version. Sometimes, you have a little bit of all dals remaining in your pantry, then this is the best way to clean up all those bottles. You have soak the dals and then grind

by Nandita Iyer 
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Breakfast, Diabetic friendly, Glutenfree, Lentils, medium, Steamed, Vegan, Vegetables, VegProtein

Recipe for Gujarati Handwo – Steamed lentil dish

May 15, 2006

Handwo is a savory rice and lentil cake that is served as breakfast or a snack. This recipe hails from the state of Gujarat in Western India. This makes one hell of a filling breakfast.

by Nandita Iyer 
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lasooni dal palak
Greens, Healthy, Lentils, vegetarian

Lasooni Dal Palak ( Garlicky lentils with spinach )

April 16, 2006

This recipe for Lasooni Dal Palak was published in one of the Sunday papers and I knew I had to try it right away. It turned out delicious like the dals you get at fancy Indian restaurants. After all, it is a recipe from one 🙂 Lasooni Dal Palak

by Nandita Iyer 
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