Khichdi is one simple dish that has a blend of spices, dal and vegetables. This perfect single pot meal is ideal for lazy weekends 😉 Ingredients: Rice: 1 cup Moong dal: 1/2 cup Whole Black pepper: 1 tsp Cumin seeds: 1 tsp Hing: a pinch Curry leaves: few Ghee: 5-6 tsps [NOTE: its tsps and […]
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I make Spinach/Palak dish once a week. It could be palak pulao, palak huli or simple palak sabji. There are lots of ways to prepare palak poriyal. Not a spinach lover? Try adding coconut or dal with the greens, I’m sure you will help yourself to a second serving. I like adding both fresh grated […]
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Moong dal (payatham paruppu) tadka is one of my comfort food. It tastes good with rice as well as with roti/chapathis. We Maharastrians are famous for our Varan Bath – Dal with rice! Mostly it would be toor dal (thuvaram paruppu), but moog dal varan also tastes delicious. The basic varan recipe calls for dal, […]
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I love adding moong dal with beans/cluster beans. I thought of adding the same in pea pod sabji and tried it. Mushy pea pod tasted gud with crunchy moong dal! Though I like the veggie, I always feel that pea pod has a sour taste compared to beans. Adding moong dal washed out the sour […]
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I really drool when people talk about famous restaurants like Saravana bhavan. Here in Chicago there are very few south Indian restaurants. Well, for the past one year, I have never had a decent coconut chutney in the hotels! I guess they just mix salt with the coconut flakes and do seasoning. I wanted to […]
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