Vegan Indian Cooking: 140 Simple and Healthy Vegan Recipes

STORING COOKED LEGUMES. Most legumes, once cooked, will keep from three days to one week in the refrigerator and up to three mo ...

chickpeas and black beans on occasion, but I don’t like the added salt or additives, nor do I like how mushy the product becomes ...

gives my Brown Rice and Adzuki Bean Dhokla (see recipe on page 122) a nice twist. BLACK BEANS: These are not common at all in In ...

religious ceremonies. It’s what you think of when you order a dal makhani dish at an Indian restaurant. They are very easy to re ...

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• BROWN LENTILS (MASOOR, MASAR, MUSSOOR): Since my last book, these have become my go-to lentils. They hold up incredibly well c ...

very easy meal when you are short on time. CHICKPEAS (CHANA): The chickpeas available in the West are the large, white variety. ...

that they fed it to the horses in his village when he was little. These tiny chickpeas are easy to sprout. They are also split, ...

become huge fans of black-eyed peas. They have so much flavor without any seasoning—not to mention what they taste like when the ...

version (yellow mung) is one of the fastest-cooking lentils on the planet. I can whip it up for my kids in 20 minutes flat. KID ...

they are delicious in Indian curries. I substituted them for kidney beans in one of my slow cooker dishes to rave reviews. PIGE ...

include any recipes that call for split peas, but feel free to substitute them in recipes that call for other lentils. I’m going ...

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Spice Blends and Other Shortcuts ...

Most traditional households in India blend their own spices. This seemingly complicated process is actually very easy. Homemade ...

heat, pull back on the chile peppers. Make these your own blends. Grind the blends in a coffee grinder reserved for spices or in ...

and if you have a ground spice lying around longer that still smells aromatic, go ahead and use it up. I just wouldn’t keep grou ...

add in the powders when you grind them. If you heat the powders with the whole spices, the powder will burn before you get the w ...

Chai (Tea) Masala YIELD: ¾ CUP (178 ML) I grew up with a mortar and pestle always within reach, so I could grind a few spices ju ...