Tag: beans

Shorshe Sheem: Hyacinth Beans cooked with Mustard Paste

Shorshe Sheem: Hyacinth Beans cooked with Mustard Paste

    Hyacinth beans transports me back to my childhood – of a huge family garden that  adorned the front of our home and of the beautiful deep purple pink flowers. They sparked up one corner of our lush green patch. The home that belonged to 

Curried Navy Bean Soup

Curried Navy Bean Soup

(Featured in Fine Cooking’s Spicing up Soup Week) The devil of the winter is back and has a big table of  a variety of wintry mix for us. Snow, ice, sleet, freezing rain, howling winds – you name it, and we have it!

Green Beans with Pecans and Cranberries

Green Beans with Pecans and Cranberries

Today I will leave you with a very simple side dish. Fresh green beans are briefly cooked with the pecans, the jeweled dried cranberries and some citrus zest.

Green Beans Tomatoes and Almonds with Sumac

Green Beans Tomatoes and Almonds with Sumac

Lovely green beans, juicy tomatoes, and almonds spiced with our favorite -the  deep red sumac. A dish full of flavor and crunch.

Hakka Noodles

Hakka Noodles

Hakka Noodles belongs to the Indo-Chinese cuisine; an immensely popular and widespread cuisine in India tho’ it bears no resemblance to actual traditional Hakka or to any Chinese dishes. Noodles here are quickly stir fried with a spicy “Indian Chinese” flavored sauce and crunchy vegetables.