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beginner, Easy Indian Cooking, Glutenfree, Healthy, Lentils, Pressure Cooker Recipes, vegetarian, VegProtein

Drumstick Leaves Recipe – Dal with Drumstick Leaves

July 25, 2016

A recipe for drumstick leaves – Dal with Moringa greens / drumstick leaves, just another way to include this superfood in your daily diet.

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Curry, Diabetic friendly, easy, Easy Indian Cooking, Glutenfree, Lentils, Pressure Cooker Recipes, Vegan, Vegetables, VegProtein

Indian Pumpkin Curry with Dal

May 21, 2016

Recipe for Indian Pumpkin Curry with Lentils / Yellow Pumpkin with Chana Dal  – Mildly spicy curry full of health-boosting nutrients and delicious too!

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Breakfast, Diabetic friendly, easy, Glutenfree, Healthy, KiddieLunchBox, Lentils, Lunch, Steamed, Vegan, Vegetables, vegetarian, VegProtein

Cucumber Chana Dal Idli

March 3, 2016

You will love this unique combination of ingredients in IDLI. A cucumber recipe that is perfect for the oncoming summer months {breakfast / kid lunchbox / light lunch} . Protein and fibre rich too!

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Dinner, easy, gluten free, Healthy, Lentils, Lunch, Vegan, vegetarian

Whole Masoor Dal Recipe

November 6, 2015

Whole Masoor Dal (sabut masoor or Whole red lentils) is one of the easiest dals to cook, a healthy side for rice or rotis. Get the recipe! BEGINNER COOK FRIENDLY!

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easy, Festival Recipes, Glutenfree, Lentils, Snacks, Vegan, vegetarian, VegProtein

Rajma Sundal – Kidney Beans Sundal

October 14, 2015

Sundal is an inseparable part of Navaratri celebrations in our Tamil homes. Try this recipe for Rajma Sundal, garnished with fresh coconut.

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Indian, Lentils, Nutrition, VegProtein

Recipe for Rajasthani Panchmel Dal / Panch Kuti Dal

May 16, 2015

This is the concluding recipe in the ongoing series – Tata I-Shakti T20 Tadka. These recipes are a fusion between the two Indian states / cities that are playing each other in the IPL2015 – T20 matches. This one is for the match between Rajasthan Royals and Kolkata Knightriders this evening. Panchm

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Baking, Easy Cooking, gluten free, Indian, Lentils, Nutrition, Snacks, Vegan, vegetarian, VegProtein

Baked Crispy Chana Dal Chaat

May 14, 2015

This recipe is a part of the ongoing series – Tata I-Shakti T20 Tadka. These recipes are a fusion between the two Indian states / cities that are playing each other in the IPL2015 – T20 matches. This one is for the match between Mumbai Indians and Kolkata Knightriders and co-incidentally, I’m going

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Breakfast, Indian, Lentils, medium, Nutrition, Vegan, VegProtein

Recipe for Paruppusili stuffed Dal Parathas

May 12, 2015

Paruppu Usili is a traditional Tamil Brahmin dish where soaked, ground and fried lentils are added to a seasonal vegetable such as any beans variety, carrots or ivy gourd. It is often paired with our version of Kadhi called Moar Kozhambu The recipe in this blog post is the fifth in series for the Ta

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Breakfast, Diabetic friendly, easy, Easy Indian Cooking, Glutenfree, Healthy, Lentils, Snacks, VegProtein

Recipe for Moong Dal Cheela with Crunchy Spice Topping

May 7, 2015

A twist on the traditional Moong Dal Cheela / Chila recipe, where it is served with a spicy-crunchy topping, instead of chutneys. Healthy breakfast is served!

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Indian, Nutrition

Recipe for Karnataka Sambar with Masoor Dal

May 2, 2015

I’m super excited to bring to you a new recipe series. This combines our combined love for IPL T20 and food! You may wonder what this is about. For the T20 Tadka, on 7 exciting match days, I shall be sharing a fusion recipe that clashes the food of the two states clashing with each other in the matc

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Dinner, Indian, Nutrition, vegetarian

Recipe for Dhabewali Dal – Punjabi mixed lentils

April 11, 2015

To be honest, I’ve never eaten in a ‘real’ dhaba. But yes, I can claim to have eaten in a few mock dhabas, starting with Pritam da Dhaba at Dadar (Mumbai) in my childhood with Amma and Appa. It was one of the few restaurants we would eat out at. I remember staring at the side counter of their open

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easy, Easy Cooking, Gardening, Greens, Indian, Lentils, Nutrition

{GARDEN TO PLATE} Radish Recipes: Moong Dal with Radish Greens and Quick Radish Salad

February 20, 2015

I love to grow radishes, more for the greens, than the radishes themselves. Fresh, pungent and full of goodness, I start snipping the leaves as and when they appear (not all, but some from each radish). Use them in salads, both raw and lightly wilted. They happily go into a Sambar and also pair with veggies like potatoes or carrots. Radish greens can also be sneaked into your kid’s pasta along with basil and other greens 🙂 You can also make a simple curry using the radish and the greens

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