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Poi Saag Toor Dal: Basale Leaves and Yellow Lentils

12 Dec

Basale Leaves with Yellow Lentils

I love cooking greens with toor dal – my go-to combination is spinach toor dal, mostly because spinach is easier to procure than other greens. When I do get my hands on poi saag (basale leaves/Malabar spinach), I alternate between cooking them in Bengali style or Andhra style – this poi saag toor dal recipe closely follows the Andhra style as in Sailu’s excellent blog.

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Kaddu Poi: Pumpkin Basale Leaves Curry

13 Oct

Kaddu Poi

Kaddu poi (pumpkin basale leaves curry) is a Bengali/Oriya signature style of cooking these two nutrient-packed, vividly colored vegetables together: pumpkin (kaddu) and basale leaves (poi).

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