Tag Archives: legumes & grains

Sweet Potato Curry with Chickpeas in Coconut Broth

Here is a recipe for a super yummy saucy dish that’s sweet and spicy and delicious. Sweet potato gives the dish its sweetness, curry powder for a spicy kick, chickpeas for added nutrients, and you get a stupendous stew that tastes fabulous along side rice or quinoa. Give it a try!

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Stuffed Peppers with Rice and Tofu

Stuffed peppers is an easy recipe with stupendous results. Use any leftover rice or quinoa, add in tofu, spices, onions and garlic and then stuff the mixture into bell peppers. Bake and serve for a delicious one pot meal. This recipe even has greens for a complete nutrition packed dinner.

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Zucchini Daal

It’s zucchini season, we are talking so many zucchini that we are running out of ideas on how to use the veggie. Enter this comforting daal that uses up two entire zucchinis. With the lovely aroma of spices and onions fried in oil and made all creamy with daal and zucchini, this is a winner of a recipe.

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Urad Dhal Vadas. Lentil Fritters with Ginger, Green Chilies and Onions

Here is a recipe for South Indian lentil fritters called vadas. This ever popular snack food can be made with any variety of lentils that are soaked until soft, blended into a coarse batter, and fried up to serve alongside tea or drinks. 

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Instapot Ven Pongal. South Indian Rice and Lentil Risotto

Happy New Year! I hope you had a great December! If you’ve been entertaining a lot this holiday season or went to a few dinners and gatherings and are looking for a simple low key dinner in the new year, this one is for you. It’s a recipe for South Indian lentil and rice dish called Ven Pongal. 

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