Loaded with good for you ingredients like black eyed peas and butternut squash all delicately flavored with curry leaves and cooked with coconut milk. This is a simple dish with lots of flavor.
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Fresh Fig and Farro Salad with Lemon Honey Mustard Vinaigrette
Another fresh fig recipe coming your way, this time with the added nuttiness of candied pecans and farro, and the pungent tanginess of bleu cheese. A delicious salad that is tossed in a lemon honey mustard vinaigrette.
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Fresh Spinach and Peas Risotto
A yummy May risotto to share with you today. It’s made with sweet peas and garden fresh spinach. With lots of onions and Parmesan cheese this risotto is sure to make you happy 😋 .
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Kohlrabi Kootu
Kohlrabi kootu is a lentil stew made with South Indian spices and kohlrabi. A delicious stew with the lovely fragrance of asafetida and coconut milk all combined with soft creamy lentils and vegetables such as kohlrabi, peas and green beans.
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Pear Grape and Farro Salad
This is a wonderful salad with mixed greens, whole grains, pear, grapes, nuts, red onions, and sharp cheese all tossed in a maple sauvignon vinaigrette. Sounds so good, right?
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Chick Pea Apple Egg Salad at Sheila’s
This is a wonderful mixed lettuce salad with the added goodness of chick peas and egg protein. Really an awesome salad that’s easy to put together.
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Christmas Eve Dinner 2020
Today I’d like share some pictures from a phenomenal dinner on Christmas Eve with just our two families – ours and Vijay and Priya’s. A small gathering with loads of fun!
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Early Fall Black Eyed Pea Salad
I call this an early fall black eyed pea salad because it has lots of ingredients that are in abundance in early fall – veggies such as tomatoes, cucumbers, peppers, and even fruits such as pomegranates.
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Mom’s Mixed Daal
Mixed daal is one of my favorite lentil dishes that I learnt to make from my Mom. I’ve been making it the same way she taught me for decades. As much as I love this dish, it always amazes me how every time I make it for a dinner party all guests love it just as much.
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Beets Poriyal. Beets Saute with Toasted Sesame Seeds and Lentils
This recipe is for all your beet fans out there who are looking for a creative way to make a delicious beets dish. This one is flavored with toasted sesame seeds and urad daal which are split skinned black gram lentils. These two transform beets into a phenomenal dish that tastes so good you’ll be having second helpings.
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