Our Daal for all seasons

Any day or time of the year, this daal, with phulka, is what Shri loves most to eat, I think. And when he says I am a “daal-chawal” kind of person, surely the daal he’d be happiest with would be this one.
It is made from the same lentil – arhar daal – that his other [...]

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Khatti-Meethi Daal

This afternoon, when I soaked the daal for the evening’s meal, I found myself thinking that I did not want to make varan yet again. As I mulled over the various ways in which arhar can be cooked, I was reminded for the first time in a long while of a childhood favorite – a [...]

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Comfort in a bowl – Varan

Indira seemed both interested and amused when I showed her this blog a few days ago. Both the sisters now look forward to watching me take pictures of the food these days, and eagerly wait to see them on the computer.
Even so, this evening I was pleasurably surprised when she told me, watching me serve [...]

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