something old, something borrowed, and something new
This chicken pot roast has been in my life for as long as I can remember, or far more than I can remember. I don’t remember my toddler days, but I can assure you mom’s pot roast was there. It was there even before I walked on this planet. This chicken pot roast was perhaps one of the first recipes my mom learnt to cook.
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At times when I feel run down, don’t know what to cook or what to eat, I turn to my five spice seasoned lentils or “panch phoron dail”. ”Panch phoron” literally means five spices and “dail” is another word for dal. Dal, as we know it, refers to a variety of pulses and legumes, cooked and eaten all over the Indian subcontinent. It is often dressed up or down to suit different occasions. For example, parties and celebrations call for richer versions while an everyday staple dal is eaten in its simplest form, first boiled and then tempered with whole spices. So a bowl of dal can comfort you on a cold wintry night as well soothe you on a blistering hot day.
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