Seasonal delights from a Dimasa kitchen. Curry, khari...and some baking

Category: Hyacinth beans

fresh basil / Hyacinth beans / pasta / smoked pork / soup

May 11, 2016

Hyacinth Beans & Pasta Soup

I have been busy spring cleaning. The rain and the wind did not help at all!:( And as I went through my drafts (there are a few of them) I came across this piece...

fish curry / home-grown produce / Hyacinth beans

March 3, 2016

Fish Curry With Hyacinth Beans & Potatoes

Fish Curry With Hyacinth Beans & Potatoes Towards the end of the year, our landscape is filled with the small and pretty blooms of hyacinth beans. They come in purple or white depending on...

bottle gourd / chicken stock / Dimasa food/Shongdima / Hyacinth beans / lettuce / mudru shamlai / perill/snem

February 22, 2015

Mudru Shamlai/A Dimasa Dish

Mudru Shamlai Picking the first bottle gourd from the vine in my back-yard today the thought that came to my mind was, mudru. The other ingredients like the leafy greens, chillies and beans are...

bean blossoms / brassica flowers / chilli-infused mustard oil / Hyacinth beans / nasturtium / salad

January 31, 2015

Warm Hyacinth Bean Salad

A salad of hyacinth beans with chilli-infused mustard oil and garden flowers I was away for a week visiting family and relatives. The place where I grew up and where my mother lives, is...