Comments on: Lentil & Almond Burgers (Toor Dal-Badam Cutlets) http://www.nandyala.org/mahanandi/archives/2005/05/17/lentil-and-almond-burgers/ Cooking with Consciousness ~ Indi(r)a's Recipe and Photo Journal Sun, 08 Nov 2009 06:21:02 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.4 by: Aparna http://www.nandyala.org/mahanandi/archives/2005/05/17/lentil-and-almond-burgers/#comment-1364146 Thu, 20 Nov 2008 17:17:50 +0000 http://www.nandyala.org/mahanandi/archives/2005/05/17/lentil-and-almond-burgers/#comment-1364146 I made these cutlets for Zlamushka's T&T. I did make a couple of very minor changes and these were very good. Thanks. You may like to check out my cutlet post at http://mydiversekitchen.blogspot.com/2008/11/indiras-lentil-and-almond-burger.html I made these cutlets for Zlamushka’s T&T.
I did make a couple of very minor changes and these were very good.
Thanks.

You may like to check out my cutlet post at http://mydiversekitchen.blogspot.com/2008/11/indiras-lentil-and-almond-burger.html

]]> by: anitha http://www.nandyala.org/mahanandi/archives/2005/05/17/lentil-and-almond-burgers/#comment-866283 Tue, 03 Jun 2008 21:42:49 +0000 http://www.nandyala.org/mahanandi/archives/2005/05/17/lentil-and-almond-burgers/#comment-866283 The burger was wonderful indira, I added some small mashed potatoes and cooked chana,grated ginger,garlic to it.Thanks much. Usha's soup was yummy as well. Thanks Usha. The burger was wonderful indira, I added some small mashed potatoes and cooked chana,grated ginger,garlic to it.Thanks much. Usha’s soup was yummy as well. Thanks Usha.

]]> by: Usha Prabhakar http://www.nandyala.org/mahanandi/archives/2005/05/17/lentil-and-almond-burgers/#comment-56317 Thu, 20 Jul 2006 16:55:50 +0000 http://www.nandyala.org/mahanandi/archives/2005/05/17/lentil-and-almond-burgers/#comment-56317 I just stumbled upon this website as I was researching on the benefits of flaxseed. Does anyone have any simple recipes for snacks with low carbohydrate content. I am diabetic and my dietician has put me on a low carbohyddrate diet which allows only 10-15 gms of carbohydrates for snacks and 30gm carbohydrates for meals. By the time I have one chapati or half a cup rice and half a cup sambar or any lentil for that matter, I have reached my 30gm carbohydrate goal. Anything beyond that has to be free foods like like no carbohydrate vegetables. The other day I made celery soup which came out delicious. Here is the recipe: Half a cup chopped celery Few baby carrots chopped onions (less than half a cup) 1 green chilly optional 1tbsp mashed potato flakes 2 tsps of ragi 1 Avocado salt Method: 1. Saute onions and celery and carrots in some oil with jeera or cumin seeds. 2. And put 3 cups of water to boil the vegetables. After about 15 minutes and remove the vegetables from the water by straining but leave the water in the pan. 3. Pulse grind the vegetables in grinder along with one small peeled avocado and then put it back in the water it was strained from and continue to simmer. 4. Add 2 tsp of ragi in a cup and mix with water to make a smooth paste so it will not form lumps in the soup and then pour it into the soup mixture. It will form a consistency that is not too thick nor too thin. 5.Add salt and pepper to taste. I chose celery for its low calorie or carbohydrate content and its benefits for blood pressure. I guess any carbohydrate in this recipe would come from the potatoes and ragi. But when one is following portion control as well, a cup of this soup should not contain too much carbohydrate! Usha prabhakar I just stumbled upon this website as I was researching on the benefits of flaxseed.

Does anyone have any simple recipes for snacks with low carbohydrate content. I am diabetic and my dietician has put me on a low carbohyddrate diet which allows only 10-15 gms of carbohydrates for snacks and 30gm carbohydrates for meals. By the time I have one chapati or half a cup rice and half a cup sambar or any lentil for that matter, I have reached my 30gm carbohydrate goal. Anything beyond that has to be free foods like like no carbohydrate vegetables.

The other day I made celery soup which came out delicious.

Here is the recipe:

Half a cup chopped celery
Few baby carrots
chopped onions (less than half a cup)
1 green chilly optional
1tbsp mashed potato flakes
2 tsps of ragi
1 Avocado
salt

Method:

1. Saute onions and celery and carrots in some oil with jeera or cumin seeds.

2. And put 3 cups of water to boil the vegetables. After about 15 minutes and remove the vegetables from the water by straining but leave the water in the pan.

3. Pulse grind the vegetables in grinder along with one small peeled avocado and then put it back in the water it was strained from and continue to simmer.

4. Add 2 tsp of ragi in a cup and mix with water to make a smooth paste so it will not form lumps in the soup and then pour it into the soup mixture. It will form a consistency that is not too thick nor too thin.

5.Add salt and pepper to taste.

I chose celery for its low calorie or carbohydrate content and its benefits for blood pressure. I guess any carbohydrate in this recipe would come from the potatoes and ragi. But when one is following portion control as well, a cup of this soup should not contain too much carbohydrate!

Usha prabhakar

]]> by: kpks http://www.nandyala.org/mahanandi/archives/2005/05/17/lentil-and-almond-burgers/#comment-3156 Wed, 08 Mar 2006 17:23:08 +0000 http://www.nandyala.org/mahanandi/archives/2005/05/17/lentil-and-almond-burgers/#comment-3156 oops! I meant to say happy women's day!!!! What can I say? Gau is always on my brain! oops! I meant to say happy women’s day!!!!
What can I say? Gau is always on my brain!

]]> by: kpks http://www.nandyala.org/mahanandi/archives/2005/05/17/lentil-and-almond-burgers/#comment-3154 Wed, 08 Mar 2006 17:17:23 +0000 http://www.nandyala.org/mahanandi/archives/2005/05/17/lentil-and-almond-burgers/#comment-3154 hi, Love your blog and love your recipes. You inspired me to start blogging after a 1 year hiatus! I had wanted to start making somesort of burger patties for breakfast since my son is on a bread breakfast only diet these days; I trie dmaking some with mashed sweet potatoes, black urad and a lil bit of amaranth, hubby thought it was a lil dry and my son ate 1/2 out of respect for my "if you dont like eat 3 bites, if you do like eat as much as u want" rule. Since you are so focussed on cooking healthy, I wanted to make a couple of suggestions: 1. All lentils are equal but some are more equal ;) Chana daal has more iron and a lot lower glycemic index. Since we southies cannot bear to mess with our saaru/sambhar recipes, non-traditional recipes like these are a good way to incorporate more chana daal in our diet. 2. substituting flaxseeds for egg, does good binding and gives you omega 3 fatty acids in the bargain! See http://www.care2.com/channels/solutions/food/396 or just boil 1/3 a cup of water with a tablespoon of flaxseed until it becomes a gel. Happy mother's day! <i>Indira replies... Thanks for your comments Kpks and Happy Mother's Day to you too. and thanks for the tips, I'll definitely remember/incorporate them in my cooking. I've just started using flaxseed in my bread baking etc., but I was adding them directly to the flour. I'll remember your tip. Thanks for sharing them with me. </i> hi,
Love your blog and love your recipes. You inspired me to start blogging after a 1 year hiatus!
I had wanted to start making somesort of burger patties for breakfast since my son is on a bread breakfast only diet these days; I trie dmaking some with mashed sweet potatoes, black urad and a lil bit of amaranth, hubby thought it was a lil dry and my son ate 1/2 out of respect for my “if you dont like eat 3 bites, if you do like eat as much as u want” rule.
Since you are so focussed on cooking healthy, I wanted to make a couple of suggestions:
1. All lentils are equal but some are more equal ;) Chana daal has more iron and a lot lower glycemic index. Since we southies cannot bear to mess with our saaru/sambhar recipes, non-traditional recipes like these are a good way to incorporate more chana daal in our diet.
2. substituting flaxseeds for egg, does good binding and gives you omega 3 fatty
acids in the bargain! See http://www.care2.com/channels/solutions/food/396
or just boil 1/3 a cup of water with a tablespoon of flaxseed until it becomes a gel.
Happy mother’s day!

Indira replies…
Thanks for your comments Kpks and Happy Mother’s Day to you too.
and thanks for the tips, I’ll definitely remember/incorporate them in my cooking. I’ve just started using flaxseed in my bread baking etc., but I was adding them directly to the flour. I’ll remember your tip. Thanks for sharing them with me.

]]> by: Zeenat http://www.nandyala.org/mahanandi/archives/2005/05/17/lentil-and-almond-burgers/#comment-2303 Thu, 02 Feb 2006 20:39:36 +0000 http://www.nandyala.org/mahanandi/archives/2005/05/17/lentil-and-almond-burgers/#comment-2303 P.S. I didn't have toor daal, so I used Chana... Had to add egg. Couldn't get the pattie to stick without it. P.S. I didn’t have toor daal, so I used Chana… Had to add egg. Couldn’t get the pattie to stick without it.

]]> by: Zeenat http://www.nandyala.org/mahanandi/archives/2005/05/17/lentil-and-almond-burgers/#comment-2302 Thu, 02 Feb 2006 20:38:16 +0000 http://www.nandyala.org/mahanandi/archives/2005/05/17/lentil-and-almond-burgers/#comment-2302 Indira, I am going to blame you from now on for my weight problem! My husband feels the same way! If everything I make using your recipes are these good, I am never going to loose those pregnancy pounds!! These are awsome! Reminds me of a snack we used to have in Bangladesh called "Piazu" with masoor daal. Great recipe! <i>Indira replies... I'm glad they turned out good, Zeenat and thanks for the feedback. My recipes - weight gain, no way. :) They are good and healthy but portion control is the key to not gain weight.</i> Indira, I am going to blame you from now on for my weight problem! My husband feels the same way! If everything I make using your recipes are these good, I am never going to loose those pregnancy pounds!! These are awsome! Reminds me of a snack we used to have in Bangladesh called “Piazu” with masoor daal. Great recipe!

Indira replies…
I’m glad they turned out good, Zeenat and thanks for the feedback.
My recipes - weight gain, no way. :) They are good and healthy but portion control is the key to not gain weight.

]]> by: priya,ar http://www.nandyala.org/mahanandi/archives/2005/05/17/lentil-and-almond-burgers/#comment-1533 Wed, 14 Dec 2005 17:16:06 +0000 http://www.nandyala.org/mahanandi/archives/2005/05/17/lentil-and-almond-burgers/#comment-1533 i made this last evening for tea. But i felt with the toor dal it was little dry. It dint look anywhere near ur almond burger. The taste was good . I like it . Thanx for sharing the recipe. <i>Indira says... Cold weather dries the ingredients more fast, may be that would be the reason for dry burgers?. In original recipe(eating well magazine), they added eggs to the toordal-almond mix. Try it like that next time, Priya.</i> i made this last evening for tea. But i felt with the toor dal it was little dry. It dint look anywhere near ur almond burger. The taste was good . I like it . Thanx for sharing the recipe.

Indira says…
Cold weather dries the ingredients more fast, may be that would be the reason for dry burgers?. In original recipe(eating well magazine), they added eggs to the toordal-almond mix. Try it like that next time, Priya.

]]> by: Stephanie http://www.nandyala.org/mahanandi/archives/2005/05/17/lentil-and-almond-burgers/#comment-108 Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.nandyala.org/mahanandi/archives/2005/05/17/lentil-and-almond-burgers/#comment-108 My husband has been checking your blog daily...and as a result, I know we'll be eating a lot more Indian food over the next few weeks! My husband has been checking your blog daily…and as a result, I know we’ll be eating a lot more Indian food over the next few weeks!

]]> by: Stephanie http://www.nandyala.org/mahanandi/archives/2005/05/17/lentil-and-almond-burgers/#comment-109 Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.nandyala.org/mahanandi/archives/2005/05/17/lentil-and-almond-burgers/#comment-109 Hang on; that might be misleading. What I should have said was: He's loving all your recipes, and has not-so subtly hinted he'd like me to make many/all of them for him!<BR/><BR/>Hey, as long as he does the dishes, I'm happy to oblige. Hang on; that might be misleading. What I should have said was: He’s loving all your recipes, and has not-so subtly hinted he’d like me to make many/all of them for him!

Hey, as long as he does the dishes, I’m happy to oblige.

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