Vegan Indian Cooking: 140 Simple and Healthy Vegan Recipes

to serve beans or lentils during the next
week. Each of these recipes is for dried
varieties cooked in water only. You’ll
end up with plain, cooked beans and
lentils without the preservatives and salt
of canned varieties and without the
hassle of stovetop cooking.
Once they’re cooked, go to the recipes
that follow. They give you more than a
dozen different and fun ways to prep 2 to
4 cups (396 to 792 g) of your cooked
beans and lentils. Feel free to swap out
any bean or lentil for any preparation
style. For example, if you are making
Chana Chaat (see recipe on page 98),
start with a traditional chickpea
preparation, but then try subbing black