Tangy Toor Dal (Split pigeon peas) with a medley of vegetables. A staple in every South Indian household with every family having their own ...

Boiled Red Lentil    Lunch (or Dinner) can't get simpler than this.... Phyana Bhaat (soft , runny, aromatic rice), ce), Sheddho Daal (bo...

Roasted Urad Dal with Prawns Ingredients: Dry Roasted Urad Dal 200gm Ginger Garlic paste Tej Pata Whole Garam Masala Onion paste Onion chopp...

Damp, dull, wet rainy days and nights...sniffles and coughs, exam time...not exactly exciting times !! How to cheer us all up ? Comfor...

Some left over broccoli which had turned yellowish and hence didnt want to use it for normal stir fry or in mix veggie dish preparation....

Chicken with Veggies & Egg Soup A cranky toddler down with cold-cough-fever, holed up indoors for 4 long days....just needed to ...

Realised (seeing the date of my last post) that I'm posting after a year! Most of the times, the urge of posting has been pushed to the...

Though it's an ideal winter evening pre-dinner appetizer, if fresh spinach is available, a wet monsoon evening is also 'just right...

A bowl full of bright red on a dull grey rainy evening....Tomato-Beet-Carrot Soup A depressingly wet grey weekday evening. When the whole...

Masoor dal or Red Lentil Soup In any Bengali household, the ubiquitous Mushurir Dal is very close to the heart. In its multitudes of var...

What has Dal (lentils) got to do with Boiragyo or spiritualism? Well, if you go by the name of this Dal…..quite a bit, I guess! This Dal o...