Khichadi

Khichadi

Khichadi is another recipe made from mung and rice. It is one of the most popular comfort foods among Indians. Ingredients: Rice – 1 ¼ cups Mung Daal (split lentil) – 1 ¼ cups Water – 5 cups Salt – 1 tsp Turmeric (Haldi) – ¼ tsp. Hing (asafetida) – 1 pinch Ghee – 1tsp...
Carrot Rice

Carrot Rice

Ingredients:   1 cup Arborio rice/ brown rice 20 oz water 3 carrots medium size 1 Tbsp olive oil/ cooking oil 1 clove garlic 1 onion (finely chopped) 1 cup carrots (grated) 2 tsp salt 1 tsp black pepper powder 1 tsp dried parsley 1 tsp dried sweet basil 1 tsp...
Sprouted Moong Bean Salad

Sprouted Moong Bean Salad

Recipe developed by Aarti Batavia MS, RDN, CLT, CFSP, IFMCP. PREP TIME: 15 MINUTES TOTAL TIME: 25 minutes SERVINGS: 2 Mung beans (green gram seeds) are commonly used in Southeast Asian cooking- India, Thailand, China, Burma, Japan and Korea. It is an excellent source...
Vegan Green Thai Curry

Vegan Green Thai Curry

There are a lot of variations of basic Thai Curry and this is one of the variations that we enjoy. Being  a vegetarian ,  I substitute tofu instead of meat. This is a quick version of the authentic Thai curry. If you want to decrease your preparation time, you may...
Delectable Quinoa with Asparagus and Mushrooms

Delectable Quinoa with Asparagus and Mushrooms

This delicious and easy dish can be made by tossing asparagus and mushrooms together with oil, carrots , quinoa (Keen-Wah) parsley. Its worth a try! Ingredients: Oil – 1Tbsp Cumin seeds – 2 tsp Garlic – 3 cloves (chopped) Onion- 1/2 (finely chopped)...