Golden Pastry Chips
In Bengal, this snack is sold everywhere, from shops and roadside hand-pushed carts to vendors carrying baskets on their heads and wandering from place to place. They are seasoned with one of three spice seeds: caraway, fennel or kalonji. Preparation time (after assembling ingredients): 30 minutes Ingredients • Unbleached white flour – 1 ½ cups (175 g) • Salt...
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...
Green Beans with Coconut
There are innumerable popular green bean and coconut variations in Hyderabad’s Vaishnava kitchens, this one from the home of S.K.Sethi. The contrast of bright green beans against snow-white coconut speckled with black mustard seeds and reddish urad dal makes this an attractive yet simple dish. For extra protein, if you do not have urad dal, use 3 table spoons (45 ml) of chopped peanuts. You can steam the beans ahead of...