Love this!! I too didn't know the mash the dal down with a spoon, hoping that helps! My dal never tastes really good even though I copy my mother's recipe when hers tastes much better!!
Do you happen to have this adapted for instant pot? Congratulations on your book!! Love how you compared the onion to moons
Thank you so much! A couple of the dal recipes on the blog are adapted for the Instant Pot! The same settings will more or less apply. The nice thing about IP is you don’t have to mash the dal down. https://www.pakistaneats.com/recipes/mariams-masoor-moong-daal/
Hello Maryam, from subtropical Brisbane , Queensland. Damp and muggy and relatively hot but at least not pounded by cyclones as in our north, which is tropical.
Just new to your posts and been reads a few over last two nights.
Have had a glance at your book which looks wonderful in so many wats and right from the start with the cover artwork. A slight reminder of central Aus First Nations dot painting.
Is it symbolic?
And what is happening to the US as a result of this teenage like bully gang of proto psychopaths who have no cohcept of duty, responsibility and charity, but instead tear it down and disparage it.
And in maybe a blase, naive and or un intelligent way, seem not to be aware of some real world global impacts on "America" and its standing. MAGA is probanly most unlikely to occur under Trump and Musk. Dismantling USAID will not just affect humanitarian sevices (and the lives of the people who provide this), but also allow an incursion by China /Russia to fill the void with often demands for access to primary products, military bases and crippling financial deals.
They forget history as well and one reason for The Great Depression was its isolationist and protectionist policies prior to WW2.
Thanks for the links, but will read apprehensively.
Apologise that my own fiscal situation means I can't purchase your book or for that matter, move to Paid Subscriber. Will get there ! Certainly wiil refer to all my foody friends and family.
Thankyou for both the explanations about dal and the recipes. Where I live I have access now to a great whle grain and lentil and such, as well as great South Asian spice, wiyhin walking or cycling distance, or if I an feeling lazy or it is too hot or raining, I can catch the bus for 50 cents ( our whole state has a maximum journey carge on all public transport at 50c, irrespective of length of travel ie a family of 4 can spend the whole day on ferry rides on the Brisbane River for $4, or catch a train from Gympie to Briz (400 miles, i think) for the same.
And liked your Other News !
Great but sad story about Story Telles St (story tellig an narrative history keeping are part of my small Irish clan(or sept)'s stry for perhaps more than a thousand years.
And chicken thighs are such a versatile meat - so will look up Melissa ASAP.
Couldn't connect with Arab Funk playlist yet, but reminds me of many years listening to a great World Music radio show, by a multi talented guy by name of Lucky Oceans (Goggle him). Till plays slide guitar.
Not seen Mo yet, and wii read your Forbes.
Will also reply on your recent post about a mutton meal.
Hope my sometimes long Comments are not boring or Too Much.
Thanks, though the reality is that i am only responding in kind to the wonderful posts you and others provide.
Maybe one day I can seek advice about how to set up my own site.
Toying with a possible concept called Letters from Australia (borrowing title from Alastair Cookes’ long running radio show, Letters from America - started in WW2 - v British background, went there during the war and stayed but very WASP centric and that part is not me). It was a quik 15 minutes and I think he slept with both the GOP and Dems at high level.
Thanks for subscribing. And to confuse things even more dhal/dal in Sri Lanka is called parippu. I hear you on the mispronouncing of names. I have to anglicise how mine is pronounced otherwise it’s carnage!
Great article, similarly we to use chana dahl or lappa for shami and khoresh too. I bought an insta pot without checking the inside and it's non-stick which I don't use! I think I can get a replacement inside in steel?
Love this!! I too didn't know the mash the dal down with a spoon, hoping that helps! My dal never tastes really good even though I copy my mother's recipe when hers tastes much better!!
Do you happen to have this adapted for instant pot? Congratulations on your book!! Love how you compared the onion to moons
Thank you so much! A couple of the dal recipes on the blog are adapted for the Instant Pot! The same settings will more or less apply. The nice thing about IP is you don’t have to mash the dal down. https://www.pakistaneats.com/recipes/mariams-masoor-moong-daal/
Thank you! Can't wait to try! Also your cover is beautiful !!
Hello Maryam, from subtropical Brisbane , Queensland. Damp and muggy and relatively hot but at least not pounded by cyclones as in our north, which is tropical.
Just new to your posts and been reads a few over last two nights.
Have had a glance at your book which looks wonderful in so many wats and right from the start with the cover artwork. A slight reminder of central Aus First Nations dot painting.
Is it symbolic?
And what is happening to the US as a result of this teenage like bully gang of proto psychopaths who have no cohcept of duty, responsibility and charity, but instead tear it down and disparage it.
And in maybe a blase, naive and or un intelligent way, seem not to be aware of some real world global impacts on "America" and its standing. MAGA is probanly most unlikely to occur under Trump and Musk. Dismantling USAID will not just affect humanitarian sevices (and the lives of the people who provide this), but also allow an incursion by China /Russia to fill the void with often demands for access to primary products, military bases and crippling financial deals.
They forget history as well and one reason for The Great Depression was its isolationist and protectionist policies prior to WW2.
Thanks for the links, but will read apprehensively.
Apologise that my own fiscal situation means I can't purchase your book or for that matter, move to Paid Subscriber. Will get there ! Certainly wiil refer to all my foody friends and family.
Thankyou for both the explanations about dal and the recipes. Where I live I have access now to a great whle grain and lentil and such, as well as great South Asian spice, wiyhin walking or cycling distance, or if I an feeling lazy or it is too hot or raining, I can catch the bus for 50 cents ( our whole state has a maximum journey carge on all public transport at 50c, irrespective of length of travel ie a family of 4 can spend the whole day on ferry rides on the Brisbane River for $4, or catch a train from Gympie to Briz (400 miles, i think) for the same.
And liked your Other News !
Great but sad story about Story Telles St (story tellig an narrative history keeping are part of my small Irish clan(or sept)'s stry for perhaps more than a thousand years.
And chicken thighs are such a versatile meat - so will look up Melissa ASAP.
Couldn't connect with Arab Funk playlist yet, but reminds me of many years listening to a great World Music radio show, by a multi talented guy by name of Lucky Oceans (Goggle him). Till plays slide guitar.
Not seen Mo yet, and wii read your Forbes.
Will also reply on your recent post about a mutton meal.
Hope my sometimes long Comments are not boring or Too Much.
Regards and Respect
Not boring at at all! They are incredibly heartfelt, sincere and thoughtful - thank you!!
Thanks, though the reality is that i am only responding in kind to the wonderful posts you and others provide.
Maybe one day I can seek advice about how to set up my own site.
Toying with a possible concept called Letters from Australia (borrowing title from Alastair Cookes’ long running radio show, Letters from America - started in WW2 - v British background, went there during the war and stayed but very WASP centric and that part is not me). It was a quik 15 minutes and I think he slept with both the GOP and Dems at high level.
Yes to this. Proper dhal (just the way I spell it!)
Hi Ranji, just have had a quick stroll through some of your recent posts and have subsribed. As a result of this post !
Many Sri Lankan friends over last 40 years
And dal/dahl just represents the problem of Anlo translation phonetic spelling.
The angiised and spelt name of my Irish name is only just close, and in tern often mispronounced.
Regards.
Thanks for subscribing. And to confuse things even more dhal/dal in Sri Lanka is called parippu. I hear you on the mispronouncing of names. I have to anglicise how mine is pronounced otherwise it’s carnage!
Great article, similarly we to use chana dahl or lappa for shami and khoresh too. I bought an insta pot without checking the inside and it's non-stick which I don't use! I think I can get a replacement inside in steel?