Aromatic Chana Dal Kitchari with Saffron

After seasonal feasts, it not uncommon to crave more cleansing and nourishing dishes such as kitchari (or kitcheree or khichdi). …

Indian Yellow Split Pea Curry with Tomatoes and Spices (Matar Dal)

As much as I enjoy cooking, even though it's just my husband and I residing here (and two cats, but they eat from a bag of ra…

Golden Pumpkin Toor Dal Soup

Beautifully golden in color, this warming and spicy toor dal soup is partially blended until brothy and creamy with vibrant spici…

Quick and Easy Lemon Urad Dal

Sometimes of all the legumes that I have stocked in my pantry, I crave split dals. I appreciate the substance they add to mixed d…

Classic Mulligatawny Soup

Mulligatawny, meaning literally pepper water, is an English creation and essentially based on South Indian rasam. Rasams are brot…

Gujarati Dal (Khatti Meethi Dal)

I've been cooking Indian creations for years. My interests in Indian food happily coincided with my transition to a vegetaria…

Spicy South Indian Tamarind Vegetable Soup

On a cold winter night — of which we've had plenty here for the past too long — there's almost nothing as comforting and …

Smoky Mixed Dal Tarka

If you've ever been to an Indian restaurant in North America, there's a very good chance that you've seen "tarka…