Konda Kadalai aka Chickpea Kuzhambu/ Sprouted Black Garbanzo bean Kuzhambu – Fiber Health Benefits explained

Fiber – thats the new health term, that we’ve started looking out for. Fiber in cereal, fiber supplements, foods high in fiber…its all over the place. What is fiber? and why do we need it? Basically, the term fiber refers to carbohydrates that cannot be digested. There are two types of fiber—soluble and insoluble. Some … [Read more…]

Caribbean Channa(Spicy crunchy Oven roasted Garbanzo beans)

I missed out on IHCC – It’s time for Bed in Breakfast event last week, because I picked out a recipe and didn’t have an ingredient, but mostly it was also because I didn’t have any books by Mark Bittman on hand to inspire me. So, this week, in preparation I headed to the library … [Read more…]