Tag: legume

Aamer Dal/Tok Dal: Tangy Red Lentils with Green Mango

Aamer Dal/Tok Dal: Tangy Red Lentils with Green Mango

      Aamer Dal or Tok Dal is a common name in a Bengali households during the summer months. As the months roll into the typical summer heat and the schools are out, the lunch menu at home slowly transited into light  meals to 

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.  

Green Peas Stir Fry with Chaat Masala

Green Peas Stir Fry with Chaat Masala

The fresh tender peas always remind me of Spring. Delicate wispy shoots, the nascent tender peas nestled close in their pods, the light green hue – all of it spell fresh and a new beginning.

Red Lentils with Cumin and Fried Onions

Red Lentils with Cumin and Fried Onions

I have been very eloquent about my love of red lentils in a lot of posts before. This is another of my favorite recipe from home – my dida’s recipe,  a comforting dish fondly remembered and spiced with love and memories.

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!