MLLA 64 Round

I'm really happy to share with you the wonderful round-up of completely vegetarian legume based dishes.As many of you know Susan of The well seasoned cook started this event and its now successfully being carried on by Lisa Turner of Lisa's Kitchen.I guest hosted it last month and received 19 beautiful entries.
I used a random Number Generator to choose the winner and I got number 14 Swathi's Sweetened flat bread.

Thank you all for the lovely entries.

Here they are for you :

1.Janet's Chick pea curry with fresh dill leaves

2.Harini's Tomato pappu
Chennai,India

3. PJ of Seduce Your Tastebuds Homemade chocolate peanut butter spread
India

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4. Mireille's Fenugreek Toor Dal 
Brooklyn, New York

5. Sapana Behl Chana Curry
Delhi , India

 6. Priya Suresh's Butterbeans Masala Sundal

7. Priya Suresh's Soyabean Dosa

8. Priya Suresh's Butterbeans & Coconut Pulao
Paris,France

9. Claire's Vegan Louisiana Red Beans and Rice
Houston, TX

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10. Nilu A's  Tadka Chana Dal
Coimbatore, India

11.  Meena Kumar's Rajma Masala
 California,United States

12. Priya's  Musur Daler Bora (Red Lentil Fritters)
 Bangalore

13. Kalpana's Pidhukumparuppu Sambar/Avarekaalu Sambar
Bangalore

14. Swathi's Boli/Sweet lentil flatbread
Houston, Texas

15. Mireille's Wadilaya Pulusu -
New York

16. Johanna's Easy lentils for tea
Melbourne, Australia

17. Nagashree's Nuchinunde (A homely dish from Karnataka made by steaming seasoned coarse ground lentils)
Seattle, WA

18. Yvonne Kerrigan's Aubergine Dhal with Peshwari Polenta
Cyprus

19. Shaheen's Vegetarian Beetroot Scotch eggs
Wales,UK

Hope you had a fun time enjoying the lovely vegetarian dishes with our star ingredient the legume.

MLLA 64 Round

I'm really happy to share with you the wonderful round-up of completely vegetarian legume based dishes.As many of you know Susan of The well seasoned cook started this event and its now successfully being carried on by Lisa Turner of Lisa's Kitchen.I guest hosted it last month and received 19 beautiful entries.
I used a random Number Generator to choose the winner and I got number 14 Swathi's Sweetened flat bread.

Thank you all for the lovely entries.

Here they are for you :

1.Janet's Chick pea curry with fresh dill leaves

2.Harini's Tomato pappu
Chennai,India

3. PJ of Seduce Your Tastebuds Homemade chocolate peanut butter spread
India

Image

4. Mireille's Fenugreek Toor Dal 
Brooklyn, New York

5. Sapana Behl Chana Curry
Delhi , India

 6. Priya Suresh's Butterbeans Masala Sundal

7. Priya Suresh's Soyabean Dosa

8. Priya Suresh's Butterbeans & Coconut Pulao
Paris,France

9. Claire's Vegan Louisiana Red Beans and Rice
Houston, TX

URL:


10. Nilu A's  Tadka Chana Dal
Coimbatore, India

11.  Meena Kumar's Rajma Masala
 California,United States

12. Priya's  Musur Daler Bora (Red Lentil Fritters)
 Bangalore

13. Kalpana's Pidhukumparuppu Sambar/Avarekaalu Sambar
Bangalore

14. Swathi's Boli/Sweet lentil flatbread
Houston, Texas

15. Mireille's Wadilaya Pulusu -
New York

16. Johanna's Easy lentils for tea
Melbourne, Australia

17. Nagashree's Nuchinunde (A homely dish from Karnataka made by steaming seasoned coarse ground lentils)
Seattle, WA

18. Yvonne Kerrigan's Aubergine Dhal with Peshwari Polenta
Cyprus

19. Shaheen's Vegetarian Beetroot Scotch eggs
Wales,UK

Hope you had a fun time enjoying the lovely vegetarian dishes with our star ingredient the legume.

Event My Legume Love Affair - MLLA October

My Legume Love Affair had been started 8 years ago by Susan of  The Well Seasoned Cook , when I discovered my love for food photography two years ago I stumbled upon her BWW event going on and I loved to contribute my black and white pictures.That is when I first saw MLLA event going on and thought it was such an unique event to showcase our  legume foods we make at home daily.

Since early 2013 the baton has been passed on to Lisa Turner of Food and Spice who has been successfully carrying on MLLA taking over from Susan she's doing a great job as the Legume Queen :)

Rules for your dish to be included in the MLLA round up :

1. Only vegetarian dishes are accepted with our star ingredient the Legume not just being merely there.

2. Fresh or dried beans, lentils, pulses, and/or the sometimes edible pods that contain these seeds, and derivative products like tofu or besan, along with tamarind, fenugreek, carob, peanuts are all acceptable. Please ensure that your shining star ingredient is in fact a member of the legume family.

3.All types of cuisines and courses are welcome, so long as the mighty legume is the key ingredient.

4. We are looking for legume-centric dish, link back to Lisa's MLLA announcement page, Spicy Foood's MLLA announcement and to Susan the beloved creator of MLLA.

5. Email me  your dish with the subject line MLLA 64 and the following details mentioned in the format below :
- Your name:
- Dish Name :
- Your Location :
- Picture (400 pixels wide) of your dish :
- URL to your posted recipe.

Send your entries to spicyfoood@gmail.com . The winner or winners will be contacted via email once a random draw has taken place.

5. Usage of the logo is optional. Your location should be included in your email for prize eligibility purposes and won't be published.

MLLA 64 Logo

Prize information:

 

Hurst Beans has agreed to continue as a sponsor meaning US residents have a chance to win a 6-pack assortment of products by the N.K. Hurst Company.

Susan is generously sponsoring a prize each month that she will ship worldwide, at her own expense. If the random winner is a resident of the US, they will win both the Hurst Bean Prize and Susan's offering - otherwise a second draw will take place for the Hurst prize from the pool of US residents. 
Get cooking with your legumes and send in those entries right away!

Event My Legume Love Affair - MLLA October

My Legume Love Affair had been started 8 years ago by Susan of  The Well Seasoned Cook , when I discovered my love for food photography two years ago I stumbled upon her BWW event going on and I loved to contribute my black and white pictures.That is when I first saw MLLA event going on and thought it was such an unique event to showcase our  legume foods we make at home daily.

Since early 2013 the baton has been passed on to Lisa Turner of Food and Spice who has been successfully carrying on MLLA taking over from Susan she's doing a great job as the Legume Queen :)

Rules for your dish to be included in the MLLA round up :

1. Only vegetarian dishes are accepted with our star ingredient the Legume not just being merely there.

2. Fresh or dried beans, lentils, pulses, and/or the sometimes edible pods that contain these seeds, and derivative products like tofu or besan, along with tamarind, fenugreek, carob, peanuts are all acceptable. Please ensure that your shining star ingredient is in fact a member of the legume family.

3.All types of cuisines and courses are welcome, so long as the mighty legume is the key ingredient.

4. We are looking for legume-centric dish, link back to Lisa's MLLA announcement page, Spicy Foood's MLLA announcement and to Susan the beloved creator of MLLA.

5. Email me  your dish with the subject line MLLA 64 and the following details mentioned in the format below :
- Your name:
- Dish Name :
- Your Location :
- Picture (400 pixels wide) of your dish :
- URL to your posted recipe.

Send your entries to spicyfoood@gmail.com . The winner or winners will be contacted via email once a random draw has taken place.

5. Usage of the logo is optional. Your location should be included in your email for prize eligibility purposes and won't be published.

MLLA 64 Logo

Prize information:

 

Hurst Beans has agreed to continue as a sponsor meaning US residents have a chance to win a 6-pack assortment of products by the N.K. Hurst Company.

Susan is generously sponsoring a prize each month that she will ship worldwide, at her own expense. If the random winner is a resident of the US, they will win both the Hurst Bean Prize and Susan's offering - otherwise a second draw will take place for the Hurst prize from the pool of US residents. 
Get cooking with your legumes and send in those entries right away!

Rajma Chawal - Red kidney beans curry with rice

Everyone is health conscious these days and with the increasing choice for unhealthy/junk food that our kids prefer to have it becomes our duty to supply healthy food at home.My LM is a choosy eater I'm still trying to make her eat her veggies and pulses she does love certain veggies and pulses but not all.She mainly hates onions and tomatoes now salads are her best bet!

I used to be a big fan of these red kidney beans that i used to make dal makhani so often then DH started complaining that it got too boring.Red kidney beans need to be cooked well unlike other legumes else they taste way too bland.This recipe was such a life saver we all loved it with our rotis and rice too.

Recipe source - Here

Rajma/Red kidney beans 1 cup
Cumin seeds/Fennel  1 tsp
Green chillies 1 slit at the top

Onions 1 large
Tomato 2 medium
Ginger 2tsp chopped finely/Grated
Dhaniya/coriander+cumin/jeera powder 2 tsp
Turmeric powder/haldi 1/2 tsp
Salt to taste

Salt to taste
Onions to serve
Lime juice/Amchur to taste (optional)

To cook the red kidney beans:
- Soak the rajma over night or more longer i soaked it the previous day afternoon.
-Into the pressure cooker add few whole spices -3/4- cardamoms,3-4 cloves and a piece of cinnamon,a bay leaf, few black peppercorns, now pressure cook the red kidney beans until soft that will need about 10-12 minutes on medium flame or for a 4 whistles.(or use canned red kidney beans will be faster and easier) Alternatively make a small pouch with the whole spices add it to the cooker while cooking the beans and take it out when its done.
- Add salt to taste for the beans in the cooker.

To make the gravy

•  Heat oil in a pan, add the Fennel, onions and fry well.Once thats done add the ginger and green chillies.
• Next add the tomatoes and let this get cooked until mushy.
• Add the turmeric powder, dhaniya-jeera powder and fry until the raw smell goes away.
• Add the cooked beans and cook well in the gravy.
• Serve hot with chopped onions, lime wedges and chopped coriander leaves with rotis, naans or steamed rice.

Flavourful rajma is ready to be served with rotis or steamed rice.

Sending this to Veggie/Fruit of the month - Onion at  Sowmya's  and Priya's VFAM page 
and Foodabulous Fest - Ramzan and Mango season 

Rajma Chawal - Red kidney beans curry with rice

Everyone is health conscious these days and with the increasing choice for unhealthy/junk food that our kids prefer to have it becomes our duty to supply healthy food at home.My LM is a choosy eater I'm still trying to make her eat her veggies and pulses she does love certain veggies and pulses but not all.She mainly hates onions and tomatoes now salads are her best bet!