by Chetna Makan January 09, 2023
This hearty soup is filling by itself but can also be served over rice. The delicate spicing brings together the simple flavours of the chickpeas, squash and spinach. |
This recipe is from Chetna Makan’s wonderful book Chetna’s Healthy Indian. Chetna draws inspiration from her family to show off healthy Indian home cooking at its best, working with few ingredients and straight-forward methods to produce dishes with crowd-pleasing flavour, nourishment and comfort.
We were lucky to meet Chetna in 2019 at the British Dal Festival where she talked enthusiastically about her love of dal and demonstrated one of the many dal recipes from the book.
Serves 4
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Chetna's Healthy Indian: Everyday family meals effortlessly good for you. By Chetna Makan, published by Mitchell Beazley. Photographer: Nassima Rothacker
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