Summer Green Beans with Cashews, Coconut & Ghee

Summer Green Beans with Cashews, Coconut & Ghee

This time of year is just overwhelming for me. I am constantly inspired by the abundance of beautiful summer produce available in gardens and farmers markets. If you find yourself taking home (or picking!) a basked of fresh summer green beans, here’s what to do with them…

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'Vibrant India' Red Lentil Sambar

'Vibrant India' Red Lentil Sambar

I recently received "Vibrant India" by Chitra Agrawal as a gift, and I can already tell that I will be using it a lot this year the way I spent most of 2017 methodically studying "Fresh India" by Meera Sodha. The cookbook's author focuses on recipes originating from Karnataka, (Central, Southern India) and uses a lot of my favorite ingredients such as coconut and curry leaves. This recipe for a South Indian lentil dal -- sambar is easily one of the best ones so far! 

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