CHICK PEAS THAT TASTE LIKE HOME…& DAL PARATHAS!
Chick Peas / Chanas…almost like a summer salad
Foodie blogs are buzzing with activity these days with lots of tags & events showing up to mark the appreciation of recipes tried from each others blogs. Tried and Tasted (T&T) is one such monthly event in appreciation of other blogs, hosted by Zlamushka @ Zlamushka’s Spicy Kitchen…provides an opportunity to thank fellow bloggers for sharing their recipes by re-creating them. As Zlamushka says, Starting the very first edition of T&T, Cynthia of Tastes Like Home has agreed to be the first “laboratory rat”. Cynthia’s blog is beautifully weaved with pictures of dishes mainly from her homeland – Barbados and Guyana. It rarely features actual recipes (this is because she is writing a book), but she is more than willing to share them. All you need to do is to drop her an e-mail….which is what I did back in the first week of April, & cooked these wonderful chick peas from this post HERE. In Cynthia’s words, “Channa is chick peas that’s sauteed with white onions, green onions, hot pepper, and the star of the dish – freshly ground cumin.”
Dal (Lentil) Parathas
This DAL PARATHA is off to Srivalli @ Cooking 4 All Seasons for her ‘Roti Mela‘…
Onto the dal paratha…I make a semi dry dal with red split masoor dal & yellow split mung dal (see dals in picture) in a proportion of 2 parts re to 1 part yellow. It’s a simple dal… saute some sliced onions in 1-2 tbsps of oil till brown, saute some ginger-garlic paste, add the dal + turmeric powder + salt + red chilli powder, give it a good stir. Add a little water (we don’t need a watery dal here) & cook until done. Should be semi-dry or the paratha tastes quite plain. I love eating spoonfuls of it at this stage…it’s a yummy dal like this & makes a great side dish to an Indian meal!
Now take some wholewheat flour + lots of chopped fresh coriander + chopped green chilies + some salt in a large bowl. Mix well together & then add the dal & knead to a nice firm but not too hard dough. Allow to rest 30 minutes for the flavours to mature & gluten strands to develop.
Roll out & cook both sides on a griddle till little bubbles appear. Then smear a little oil & cook both sides again. My son sometimes gets a dollop of butter if I am in a generous mood…otherwise he loves it with raita! The daughter will have the chanas with glee…she’s a more lentil type of person! Kids with opposite tastes…ho hum, so what’s new?? Serve hot…& enjoy a nice balanced meal…which TASTES LIKE HOME!
Thank you Cynthia, for this wonderful & flavourful recipe, & thank you Zlamushka, for affording a platform to showcase it on!!
Deeba @ PAB
About me: I am a freelance food writer, recipe developer and photographer. Food is my passion - baking, cooking, developing recipes, making recipes healthier, using fresh seasonal produce and local products, keeping a check on my carbon footprint and being a responsible foodie! I enjoy food styling, food photography, recipe development and product reviews. I express this through my food photographs which I style and the recipes I blog. My strength lies in 'Doing Food From Scratch'; it must taste as good as it looks, and be healthy too. Baking in India, often my biggest challenge is the non-availability of baking ingredients, and this has now become a platform to get creative on. I enjoy cooking immensely as well.
15 Comments
Rosie
Oh my goodness Deeba this looks so tempting I could just dive in now and eat!!
Rosie x
zlamushka
Geez, Deeba, what a fantastic lunch. Love the rotis. Your son is so funny. Kids are like that.
Thanks so much for the entry, it will proudly be included in the round-up.
Sukanya Ramkumar
Hi…
Lentil parathas looks so good. The baby potato and channa masala looks so appetizing…
srivalli
Thank you for the lovely entry…the pictures look great as usual!
Asha
I made Aloor Dom with Luchis today from Sandeepa’s recipe. Your’s looks great Deeba. Love Chickpeas too Great entries!:)
familiabencomo
Oooh, yumm! I really need to pop over for dinner one of these days. Every thing you prepare looks like heaven. Your children are the luckiest to have such a loving mom that makes sure their particular tastes with food are met.
Tanti baci,
Amy
Hetal
So many dishes together…..all look delicious,loved the dal paratha very much..
Arfi Binsted
wow, your potato salad with tomatoes successfully make me drooling hehehe… looks so yum!! i’d like to try making chapati as well as naan i’ve promised peter.
amandalwh
Deeba, i love chick peas! Many thanks to you for posting about it and Cynthia for the recipe 🙂 i will give it a try. and can i say that baby potatoes in a mildly spicy tomato based gravy looks really good! I am so gonna email you for the recipe! *wink*
chriesi
I have never had chick peas! I guess it is time. It looks amazing!
Btw I have tagged you in my blog.
Cheers!
Ann
Must try this one! I want some NOW! 🙂
Ann at Redacted Recipes
Cynthia
As I said, you are a torturer!
bbaking
ooh these look mouth watering!
Come to Belgium and cook me some food! purlease! x
d
ok i commented a few days back – i had made several of your recipes and all turned out great – now i made these too. and yummy as usual. and kids loved them!
thanks much
d
Latayy
I am so happy I found this site
In Barbados we do a lot of fusion cuisine and many of it is some indian dishes
We do dhal, roti with curried filling and that kinda thing
I will bookmark your blog and keep checking
It is excellent keep up the good work
Tay
Barbados
http://barbadianvegan.blogspot.com/