Bengali Cholar Dal: Lentils with Coconut and Spices

Bengali Cholar Dal: Lentils with Coconut and Spices

    This is a very traditional Bengali recipe – simmered lentils with little bites of coconut, a hint of sweet and  redolent of spices. And there is no other way to have a bowlful but with Luchi or Kochuri/Kachori. But that is only with 

Black-Eyed Peas with Roasted Tomato Sauce

Black-Eyed Peas with Roasted Tomato Sauce

    This warm and fragrant pot of legume was our weeknight meal; quite flavorful, and also easy to make.  

Lehsuni Moong Dal: Garlic Flavored Yellow Moong

Lehsuni Moong Dal: Garlic Flavored Yellow Moong

    Of all the infinite ways that Dal is cooked in India, this happens to be just another one; hearty and laden with the warm, distinct aroma of garlic. Quite popular, mostly in the northern regions of India, the flavors here are deep and 

Chilled Coconut and Melon Soup with Ginger for Sudeshna

Chilled Coconut and Melon Soup with Ginger for Sudeshna

  The chilled soup is perfect for entertaining, incredibly refreshing and quite simple to make.  

Egg Drop Soup

Egg Drop Soup

    The Egg Drop Soup happens to be one of basic and most comforting of all soups. There is something innately satisfying in that  bowl of silky broth and it soothes the body and spirit.