Indian-Style Red Lentil and Sweet Potato Curry

This lovely curry is sweet and spicy, nourishing and delicious … but most importantly, oh so simple and quick. A curry in a hurry for fami...

Spicy White Bean and Turnip Soup

Aside from actually traveling to the Mediterranean and dining at a seaside café, the next best way to cope with a relentlessly long and co...

Spicy Mung Bean Soup with Coconut Milk

Spring tempts and tickles with rather frosty tendrils, but the tease is not enough to resist the lure of a warming bowl of nourishing soup...

Cabbage Poriyal

Anyone wishing to explore the wide and creative arrays of colors, flavors and textures that make up south Indian cuisine could not do much...

Cream of Potato and Turnip Soup

The warmth and comfort found in a hot bowl of cream of potato soup has staved off winter chills for generations of Canadians, and few kitc...

White Cabbage and Bean Minestrone

Packed with vitamins, proteins and fiber, this simple Italian winter minestrone adapted from Martha Rose Shulman's delightful Mediterr...

Spicy Green Lentils and Yellow Split Peas

My trusted copy of 660 Curries by Raghavan Iyer has once again come to the rescue when I needed a quick but satisfying meal solution to e...

Butternut Squash Sambar

Served as part of almost every meal, every south Indian kitchen has its own staple sambar recipes to hand down to family and friends. At t...

Spicy Sweet Potato and Peanut Soup with Black Beans

Peanuts and dried red chilies make a striking complement to orange-colored winter vegetables, and after the success of a spicy peanut pump...

Spicy Peanut Pumpkin Soup

The comforting taste of warm salted peanuts starts on the palate before yielding to the pleasures of a rich savory vegetable broth and fin...

Millet-Quinoa Hash with Peppers and Zucchini on Sautéed Greens

Dark leafy greens lightly sautéed in lemon juice and crushed coriander seeds lend a pleasingly bitter and slightly astringent contrast to ...