Bean Soup
Feb09

Bean Soup

Ingredients • Kidney beans (rajma) – ½ cup • Tomatoes – 2 tomatoes • Red chili powder – ¼ tsp • Salt – as required • Clove – 1-2 • Lemon juice – ½ tsp • Oil – 1 tbsp For serving: • Tomatoes finely chopped – 2-3 • Cilantro leaves finely chopped. Preparation 1. Soak beans for over- night. 2. Heat oil in a pot; add chopped tomatoes, paste, chili powder, cloves and salt. 3. Add 3 cups of...

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Vegetable Soup
Feb07

Vegetable Soup

Ingredients • Kidney beans – 1/4 cup • Yellow split peas – 1/4 cup • Split mung beans – 1/4 cup • Pearl barley – 1/4 cup • Unsalted butter, or olive oil – 3 tbsp • Yellow asafoetida powder – 3/4 tsp • Carrot, diced – 1 medium • Celery stalk (with leaves), diced – 1 medium • Potato, scrubbed and diced – 1 medium • Turnip, diced – 1/2 medium • Tomato, peeled and diced – 1...

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Red Kidney Beans Curry
Dec27

Red Kidney Beans Curry

05   Ingredients • 2 C dried red kidney beans • 7-9 C of water • 4-5 medium sized tomatoes, peeled • 1½ -inch ginger piece • 2 hot green chilies • 3 Tbsp ghee/oil • ½ Tsp yellow asafetida powder • 2 Tsp cumin seeds • 2 Tsp garam masala • 2 Tsp chana masala • 1 Tbsp coriander powder • 1 Tsp amchur powder (dry mango powder) • 1 Tsp turmeric powder • 2¼ Tsp salt • ¼ C chopped fresh coriander leaves Preparation 1. Wash the beans and...

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Chili beans
Aug30

Chili beans

Ingredients •1½ C black bean or kidney beans •5 C water •1½ Tsp olive oil •2 green chilies, chopped •¼ Tsp yellow asafetida powder •1 celery stalk, chopped •1 carrot, peeled and chopped •1 medium sized bell pepper (capsicum) cut into 2cm cubes •3 tomatoes, chopped •1 Tsp cumin powder •¼ Tsp paprika •1½ Tsp salt •2 Tbsp tomato paste •1 C tofu cubed into 2cm size •2 Tbsp chopped fresh coriander leaves Preparation 1.Soak the beans in...

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Mexican Style Beans with Corn Chips (Nachos)
Nov03

Mexican Style Beans with Corn Chips (Nachos)

  Ingredients •2 Tsp olive oil •½ Tsp yellow asafetida powder •1 dry red chili •1 green chili, chopped •1 Tsp ground cumin •1 Tsp ground coriander •¾ C tomato puree •2 C (500 ml) cooked dark red kidney beans (rajma) •1 Tsp salt •1 Tsp sugar •250 g corn chips •½ C mozzarella cheese, grated Preparation 1.Heat oil in a saucepan over moderate heat;...

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