Category: Dals

Spinach Mung Dal Fry

Spinach mung dal fry, palak mung dal fry, only curries, cooking with seeds - moung beans

This is another simple, quick and easy recipe. Palak or Spinach is most cooked leafy vegetable in my kitchen and it is usually spinach fry. Mr. U doesn’t like mixing vegetables or pulses with it. Spinach dal is another very popular dish in any Telugu household but that is a rarity I my house. One… more

Chana Dal Fry

Chana Dal Fry

When growing up, one of my cousin’s visited us frequently during holidays. Whenever she visited us, she made it a point to go and meet her paternal cousin V, during her stay with us. Her cousin is lot older than us and her children are our age. She is a bubbly lady, always smiling and… more

Kale Dal

Kale dal, indian dal, kale recipe

Last night I made sausage white beans and kale soup for dinner. I did not take any pictures of the soup yesterday.  I will share the recipe and the picture next time I make it. I had some uncooked kale after the soup preparation. The kale was so little that I could not bake it… more

Lisa’s Black & Yellow Chickpeas in a Sweet & Spicy Sauce

black & yellow chickpeas curry

For the month of April, Lisa’s Kitchen is the featured blog for Tried & Tasted event, started by Zlamushka.  Aparna of My Diverse Kitchen is hosting it this month.  Lisa has an array of Indian vegetarian recipes on her blog.  I usually cook Indian food at home and hence tried her Black & Yellow Chickpeas… more

Pappu Charu

pappu charu, sambar

This is a common dish in the state of Andhra Pradesh. This is a lentil stew made of toor dal, tamarind and variety of vegetables such as okra, brinjal or egg plant, beans, carrots, radish, bottle gourd or aanyapakaya or kadhu, drum sticks, pearl onions and beans. In this recipe I use bottle gourd, carrots… more

Pappu Khut / Nimmakaya Pappu Charu

Pappu Khut, nimmakaaya pappu charu, dal, nimmakaya pappu

Total Time: 40 minutes Preparation Time: 5 minutes Cooking Time: 35 minutes Serves: 4-5 Ingredients: Moong Dal: 1/2 cup Chillies: 8 – 10 small chopped Onions: 1 small chopped Tomato: 1 small diced Curry leaves: 4 Garlic Paste: 1 tsp Cumin: 1 tsp Salt t taste Lime Juice: 1 lime Seasoning: Oil: 2 tbsp Curry… more