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Homemade Bengali Badi (Sun-Dried Lentil Nuggets)
Sun-dried urad dal badi, Bengali style - phoola badi - is a pale, delicate nugget flecked with white poppy seeds. There is no cooking at all: soak, grind, whip, shape, and hand it to the sun. Step into the heart of a Bengali kitchen and you'll find a jar of these...
Authentic Punjabi Urad Dal Badi Recipe
Punjabi urad dal badi is the spicy one of the family - a sun-dried lentil cake loaded with crushed coriander, cumin, fennel, black pepper, and a serious dose of red chili. Fry a few and your dal or sabji suddenly has backbone. Unlock the secret to next-level...
Spicy Tomato & Mung Bean Dumplings (Moong Dal Badi)
Spicy tomato and mung bean dumplings - moong tamatar badi - concentrate a whole pot of tomato masala into sun-dried nuggets the size of a thumbnail. They fry up crisp, then turn irresistibly spongy in sauce. There's something incredibly satisfying about making a...
Homemade Moong Dal Badi (Sun-Dried Lentil Nuggets)
Moong dal badi - sun-dried lentil nuggets - turns a cheap bag of yellow moong dal into a pantry ingredient that flavors vegetable dishes for months. You soak, grind, and whip the batter, then give it to the sun. Unlock a secret of the traditional Indian pantry with...
Bengali Khichari: A Nutty One-Pot Wonder Recipe
Traditional Bengali khichari - pishima's recipe - layers basmati rice and toor dal with cauliflower, radish, green beans, tomatoes, and the unexpected sweetness of raisins. Whole cinnamon and cloves perfume the whole pot. There are some recipes that feel like a...
Jagannatha Temple Khichari: A Divine One-Pot Meal
Jagannath Temple khichari is the sweet-savory rice and lentil porridge famous from Puri, finished with a ghee-fried tempering of cashews and almonds. It tastes ceremonial in the best way - mild, buttery, and generous. Step into a world of divine flavor with a dish...
Easy Gujarati Dill & Tomato Dal Khichdi Recipe
Gujarati dal khichdi is comfort in a bowl - chana dal and rice simmered until soft, with dill, tomato, and a cumin-and-asafetida tempering. The five-hour dal soak is the only slow part; after that, the pot mostly takes care of itself. Craving a meal that's both deeply...
A King’s Khichari: The John Lennon Estate Recipe
Royal khichari proves that rice and moong dal, cooked down with cauliflower and peas, can be both the humblest and the most generous dish on the table. The ghee-sizzled ginger, cumin, and asafetida base does most of the flavor work, and the pot simmers itself into...
Ven Pongal Recipe: Creamy South Indian Khichari
Ven pongal, the savory rice and lentil porridge of South India, is comfort distilled — rice and split peas cooked soft with ginger, cumin, and black pepper, then enriched with ghee. It should be soft enough to eat with a spoon and gentle enough for the roughest...
The Best Punjabi Rajma Recipe (Kidney Bean Curry)
Authentic Punjabi rajma — kidney bean curry — is the Sunday dish of North India: dark red beans in a thick gravy built from freshly roasted, ground spices. Coriander, cumin, fennel, and a whisper of ajwain give the gravy its signature depth. Leftovers the next day are...
Creamy Coconut Chickpea & Potato Curry
Creamy chickpea and crispy potato curry in coconut-yogurt sauce is Gujarati celebration cooking — chickpeas and separately fried potato cubes folded into a sauce of ground toasted seeds, coconut, and yogurt. The potatoes fry until crisp at the edges, the sauce stays...
Savory Spiced Tomato Chickpeas for a Hearty Brunch
Savory chickpeas in tangy tomato glaze (tamatar kabli chana usal) is a street-food-style dish of chickpeas shining in a reduced tomato sauce flecked with curry leaves, ginger, and mustard seeds. A dusting of chat masala at the end gives it its addictive edge. Serve it...