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Bread with Sabut Channa/Bengal gram A handful of Sabut channa flour increases the nutrition value of the daily bread.  The dark brown skin contributes the light brown colour and the sweet nutty flavour adds to the taste of the bread. How to make Sabut channa flour is given at the end of the recipe. Ingredients:Continue reading ““Our Daily Bread” – Channa Brown Bread”

Dal is a nutritious food.  How about adding a handful of dal to our daily bread? In India we have been using Sabut urad/ Black gram in roti/flat bread since very early times. Here is a small story about kala roti.  The English translation of kala roti is black bread.  Since the gram is blackContinue reading ““Our Daily Bread””

Children of today are the future generation of tomorrow.  As they say “Catch them Young”, so should we.  Children need to be made aware of dal and pulses.  To enjoy food one has to acquire the taste for it. So let us cook for them their favourites with a difference. Dal and pulses are cheapContinue reading ““Catch them Young””

Hi, Hope you are enjoying the project – Seed to Seed  as much as we  are enjoying doing it . The whole idea of this project is to create an awareness of dal/lentil – a food so cheap, yet so nourishing. This episode is about Urad dal/ white lentil. Urad dal is available in theContinue reading “Seed to Seed – Know your Urad Dal/White lentil through leaves and flowers”

Hi, This episode of  Seed to Seed  is about – Channa dal’s plants, leaves and flowers. Channa dal is the product of kala/Desi chana.  Desi chana is known as Bengal gram in English. Bengal gram belongs to the chickpeas family.  There are varieties of chick peas in the market. Channa dal is nutritious and hasContinue reading “Seed to Seed : Know your Channa dal/Bengal gram through leaves and flowers”

Hi, We are here again with another episode of Seed to Seed: Know your Masoor dal/ Pink lentil through leaves and flowers. When we talk about masoor dal/ Pink lentil, immediately the pink colour comes to our mind.  This is because we use the polished or split masoor dal more often than the whole unpolishedContinue reading “Seed to Seed : Know your Masoor dal/ Pink Lentil through leaves and flowers”

Hi, This was a small project – know your dal through leaves and flowers, where we sowed few common dal seeds and watched as they grew. Let us find out more about Moong dal.  Moong dal is available in the market in three forms. It is nutritious, easy to digest and versatile in use. The wholeContinue reading “Seed to Seed : Know your Moong dal/ yellow lentil through leaves and flowers”

Hi, Let us find out today what is dal … Dal is edible split pulse.  Edible pulse are dried seeds (legumes) found in pods of leguminous plants. Leguminous plants are those plants that flower and their fruit are always pods. Green peas are the best example of legume, and of leguminous plant. Dal /lentil isContinue reading “What is dal”

Dal is nutritious and sustainable food for future Rice and Dal is for the East, what Bread and Butter is for the West. Who could have imagined that pulses would someday find such a recognition! In regarding  pulses as ‘nutritious seeds for a sustainable future’, the United Nations,  led by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United NationsContinue reading “Dal On The Table”