If you are trying to put your crock pot to use…like I am, dals should be your best bet. I recieved the crock pot as a gift from my dear friends Srini and Vinitha one Christmas. I must confess that I have’nt put it to a lot of use, except for making soups and dals. … [Read more…]
Adapted from Nupur’s recipe here I didn’t have any tahini called for in Nupur’s recipe, so I dry roasted some whole sesame seeds along with a red chilly and some pepper corns, ground it to a powder and added it to the rest of the ingredients to make the hummus. I also used one can … [Read more…]
Adapted from Priya’s Recipe here I had to increase the quantity of the channa masala, as I was making it for two meals. I followed Priya’s guidelines, except having omitted the besan because I didn’t have any…but adding a couple of tablespoons of tomato paste because I had that on hand…hence the red hue to … [Read more…]
Whenever I make something with kollu(horsegram), I remember my grandmother….she was what we now call ‘a passionate foodie’. She would walk everyday to the vegetable vendor and buy fresh vegetables. If a dish needed a certain ingredient, she wouldn’t hesitate to make a trip to the store to get it. Even in her 80s….I used … [Read more…]
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…]
If you read the title and go: Eda…what?, Edamame are nothing but fresh green soybeans. They are sold shelled or in their pods in the frozen section of most grocery stores these days. And if you are skeptical about how they taste…they taste awesome. If you like the taste of boiled peanuts, you will definitely … [Read more…]