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Time for the Indian Cooking Challenge

The wise guy came home to this- how lucky eh!! Although I get treated to Madras Pavillion food when I return from travel (enh....who is paying attention I say!) This month we were tasked with Dapka Kadhis for the May I ndian Cooking Ch allenge and here it goes- a fairly straightforward recipe. Ingredients Dapka Recipe from Tarla Dalal 1 cup yellow moong dal (split yellow gram) 1 tbsp oil   1 tsp ginger-green chilli paste 1/2 tsp sugar a pinch of soda bi carb (I did not add this, may be that is why mine turned out denser) salt to taste This was also home to mashed roasted eggplant (tiny home grown) and a roasted tomato (again tiny homegrown)   Ingredients Kadhi from Tarla Dala 2 cups yogurt 5 tbsp besan (Chick Pea flour) 1 tsp ginger-green chilli paste 5 curry leaves (kadi patta) 3 tbsp sugar salt to taste 2 tsp ghee 1/2 tsp cumin seeds (j

Dinner for one...

For dinner tonight, Puli Aval (Tamarind based flattened rice) Spicy Cauliflower Sabji Yogurt Pannacotta with Blueberries and honey Recipe inspiration my favorite blog Smitten Kitchen ; except I used equal amount of agar instead of gelatin A truly quick and healthy dessert recipe In my defense I did not make this today- this was made on Saturday for guests. Not sure if they enjoyed it, but they are friends so who else was I going to experiment on...)