Comments on: Dazzling Dals ~ Fresh Amaranth Dal

by: Soumya

Mon, 04 Jun 2007 18:04:31 +0000

Hi Indira - Ok I was not sure if I had to comment and say it all over again . But I just cannot stop - the minute I saw the red spinach in the grocery store , I said , oh this is what I saw in Indira’s blog and grabbed a bunch. Made this dal yesterday and it was so good. Had a special yummy taste. This is going to be often made at home. Thank you Indira.

by: Sangeeta

Wed, 16 May 2007 16:08:40 +0000

Hi Indira,

I made this dal last night for dinner, and I must tell you, the taste was awesome. This was so easy to make and packed with so much flavor. Thank you for sharing such a wonderful recipe

by: Dena

Thu, 10 May 2007 17:32:28 +0000

All I can say is amazing! I’m finishing a bowl of this delicious dal now and will help myself to another! For Bostonians, I found the thotakura at Super 88 market. They had loads of it.

I am very new to Indian cuisine and your recipes are simply delectable and easy to follow for someone who is unfamiliar with the ingredients. Thank you!

Indira replies:
Happy to hear that you tried and liked this recipe, Dena. Thanks for letting me know, I greatly appreciated your comment. Thanks and happy cooking/eating!

by: laxmi

Sun, 29 Apr 2007 00:00:42 +0000

HI Indira,

Thanks for the reply!!!

I got the red greens from one of the indian stores. There they mentioned it as “red leaves”.
So now I think I am buying a different variety than yours. It is not red thotakura.

Thanks.
Bye
Laxmi

by: Sudha

Fri, 27 Apr 2007 15:57:54 +0000

Hi Indira,
I came to know about your blog yesterday and I was thrilled to see how great your recipies are. Thanks to my friend Reshma for forwarding the link to me. I came from a town Repalle in Guntur dist. and leaned to cook from my mother-in-law from godavari dist. who was a great cook. I used to watch her in the beginning while she was cooking. She was very particular about the order in which you add ingredients and the timing. We can find almost all vegetables and groceries in NJ. So, I’m going to try your recipies one by one. Thank you so much for giving out your recipies like this. My daughter loves pappu combinations. The pictures are great.
Sudha

by: Indira

Thu, 26 Apr 2007 17:33:10 +0000

Kavya: glad to hear that you tried and liked the spinach dal recipe. Thanks for letting me know.

Hi Laxmi, I didn’t face this issue. When I first washed the leaves, there was pale red coloration of water, but the leaves on cooking, didn’t color the dal and curries.
I read that there are several different varieties of fresh amaranth, sort of like many types of brinjals. Perhaps yours belong to a different type or entirely different greens ? Sorry, don’t know more than that.

Pavani: Here in Indian grocery stores, they are labelled “Red data”. You can easily identify the leaves. Green with red veins, big leaves.

by: Pavani

Wed, 25 Apr 2007 16:17:00 +0000

Love thotakura pappu.. Even my mom doesnt add onions in most of her dals. But I do beacuse of my husband. I’d love to get a bunch of thotakura to try all your recipes. Do you know what they call thotakura in hindi? Thank you Indira.

by: laxmi

Wed, 25 Apr 2007 14:34:36 +0000

Is this doesn’t become red after cooked. I tried your “amaranth fry”. Mine taste is good but it turned red. It will happen like that.

I also made this dal long back but my dal also became red. So afterwards I never tried. Please tell me where am I doing wrong?

Thank you
laxmi

by: Deepika Saripalli

Wed, 25 Apr 2007 13:23:37 +0000

Thankyou Indira, I should thank Raji for that .. she helped me with it!

by: Deepika Saripalli

Wed, 25 Apr 2007 13:22:51 +0000

we make it with a lot of onions!!! the best combo is thotakura and mamidikaaya though. It tastes good!!