Mung Dal Stew

So, I have started to slowly add back some legumes into my diet and so far I am doing fine as long as I limit my intake to once a week! This recipe uses mung (or moong) “dal” that has been soaked overnight (for better digestion). Mung dal is essentially mung beans that are stripped […]

Sauteed Shrimp with Maple, Blood Orange & Ginger Sauce

Another one of my favourite super simple and quick shrimp recipes packed with flavour. I use peeled, deveined, tail-on frozen sustainably farmed white shrimps and thaw the shrimps in the fridge from the night before. You can remove the tails or leave them on! I serve this dish with a side of saffron-spinach-dill Basmati rice […]

Iranian Roasted Chickpea Cookies, Nan-Nokhodchi (نان نخودچی)

Roasted chickpea cookies (Nan-Nokhochi) is one of my favourite sweets. I associate its smell and taste with so many sweet childhood memories of Norooz. These cookies are very delicate and crumble and melt in your mouth. Nan-Nokhodchi is made with very fine roasted chickpea flour (not regular chickpea flour, they don’t have the same texture and […]