Twist on a Classic - Tomato and Lentil Rasam with Barley

This is not exactly your traditional rasam, as rasams are typically brothy, thin and somewhat watery soups that are served along …

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 …

Punjabi-Inspired Black Gram Dal

Cooking with dals is a fun experience for me in the kitchen, especially if they feature in an Indian-inspired creation, and I oft…

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…