Stuffed Lettuce Soup
Ingredients • 1 green lettuce • 8 C water + 2 tsp salt • 1 Tbsp oil • ½ Tsp yellow asafetida • 1 C mashed paneer • ½ C shredded carrots • ½ C finely chopped bell pepper • 1 Tbsp dried parsley • 2 Tbsp fresh coriander leaves • 1½ Tbsp yogurt • 1 Tsp salt Preparation 1. In a large pot, bring to boil water and salt. Wash thoroughly the lettuce leaves and drop 2-3 leaves in the boiling salted water for 20 seconds or until it begins to...
Quick Cream of Split Pea Soup with Sliced carrots
Here is an elegant, mildly seasoned dal soup that is good the whole year round. The ingredients are easily obtained, and the texture is light and pleasant. Yellow or green split peas are transformed into a smooth, creamy soup, and sliced carrots lend color and nutrition. Dal soaking time: 5 hours Preparation time (after assembling ingredients): 10 minutes Cooking time: 1 ½ hours or 30 minutes in a pressure cooker Ingredients • Yellow...
Double-Dal Soup
Toor dal is also known as arhar or tuar dal and pigeon peas. The mildly seasoned combination of moong and toor dals in this recipe is popular in cool-weather months. Dal soaking time: 3 hours for toovar dal, 5 hours for yellow split peas Preparation time (after assembling ingredients): 10 minutes Cooking time: 1 ½ hours Ingredients • Split moong dal, without skins – 1/3 cup (75 g)...
Mung Dal Soup with Tomatoes
Dals are perhaps the most popular and the most economical foods in Vedic cuisine. They are relished by everyone, rich and poor, and are part of almost every Vedic lunch. A bouquet of delicate flavors in this creamy dal soup comes from the species, seasonings, tomatoes and sweetener added in the final stages of cooking. The recipe comes from the skilled hands of a great devotee of Krishna from West Bengal, Srila...
Pumpkin Apple Soup
Ingredients • Small pumpkin, peeled and cut into cubes(about 4 cups) – ½ • Apples (peeled and cut into cubes) – 2 • Water – 4 cups • Curry Masala – 2 tsp • Light cream or milk- 1 cup • Sugar – 2 tsp • Chopped coriander (to garnish) – ¼ cup • Garam Masala – ½ tsp Preparation 1. Take a pot fill it with water (4 cups, add extra...
Curry leaves Powder (Karepaku podi)
Ingredients • Curry leaves powder – 2 tbsp • Black gram dhal – ¼ cup • Red chilies – 15 to 20 • Salt – as required • Tamarind – little more than gooseberry sized • Bengal gram dhal – ¼ cup Preparation 1. Separate the tender curry leaves from its bark. 2. Wash and wipe with a cloth. 3. Dry by spreading on a clean towel. 4. When it is completely dry,...