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keoti dal
Curry, Diabetic friendly, easy, Glutenfree, Healthy, Lentils, Lunch, Pressure Cooker Recipes, VegProtein

Keoti Dal

June 16, 2022

How did I end up hearing about keoti dal and cooking it in my kitchen? Dal is the most basic component of our everyday meals at home. And yet, when someone mentions a new dal… [Continue Reading]

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moong dal recipe with tomato and mint
Diabetic friendly, easy, Easy Cooking, Easy Indian Cooking, Glutenfree, Healthy, Indian, Lentils, Nutrition, Summer, Vegan, vegetarian, VegProtein

Tomato and mint flavoured moong dal

February 23, 2018

Yellow split moong dal takes on a delicious avatar in this stove top cooked version flavoured with tomatoes and dried mint. A quick and easy recipe to go with rotis.

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methi-dal-recipe
beginner, Diabetic friendly, Easy Indian Cooking, Greens, Lentils, Pressure Cooker Recipes, Winter

Methi Dal – Lentils with fenugreek leaves

March 1, 2017

Methi Dal is a simple dish of yellow lentils (tur dal) and fresh methi (fenugreek leaves), gently spiced with fresh ginger, garlic and garam masala powder. A bowl of methi dal with steaming hot rice… [Continue Reading]

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beginner, Curry, Diabetic friendly, Easy Indian Cooking, Healthy, Lentils, Pressure Cooker Recipes, VegProtein

Dal Fry using a mix of 6 dals | Mixed lentils dal fry

October 21, 2016

A recipe for dal fry made using a mix of 6 lentils | Mixed dal curry | Mixed dal fry recipe – Rich in protein, fibre and antioxidants, this is a hearty, filling dish!

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

Kerala Parippu Curry | Yellow Moong Dal with Coconut

September 12, 2016

 Recipe for Kerala Parippu Curry | Yellow moong dal with coconut | Onam Parippu recipe – One recipe that is a MUST have in an Onam Sadya, a simple flavourful moong dal recipe

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beginner, Curry, Easy Indian Cooking, Festival Recipes, Glutenfree, Lentils, Pressure Cooker Recipes, Vegan, Vegetables

Kerala Sambar

September 12, 2016

Onam Recipes : Kerala Sambar / Mixed vegetable sambar - Another Onam Sadya recipe, serve with red rice and banana chips for Kerala food heaven!

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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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Diabetic friendly, easy, Glutenfree, Healthy, Indian, Lentils, Pressure Cooker Recipes, Soups, Tamil Brahmin Recipes, vegetarian

Mint Rasam

March 14, 2016

Recipe for Mint Rasam / Pudina Rasam / Pudina Shorba – a uniquely flavoured rasam, with a refreshing flavour. A summer special!

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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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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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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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