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		<title>Turai with Chana Dal</title>
		<link>http://www.themahanandi.org/2010/08/23/turai-with-chana-dal/</link>
		<comments>http://www.themahanandi.org/2010/08/23/turai-with-chana-dal/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 24 Aug 2010 03:38:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Indira</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Chana Dal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Garden Log]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Turai (Beerakaya)]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Garden dreams &#8211; When they come true, it&#8217;s a glorious feeling. 
One of my lifelong garden dreams has been growing turai at home. This summer, beautiful turai vines smiled with pretty yellow flowers and it has been turai tanmayam ever since. Total number of turai harvested so far was around 60 from four turai vines. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Gongura Adugula Pappu</title>
		<link>http://www.themahanandi.org/2010/07/12/gongura-adugula-pappu/</link>
		<comments>http://www.themahanandi.org/2010/07/12/gongura-adugula-pappu/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 12 Jul 2010 19:01:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Indira</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Amma & Accha Telugu]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Gongura]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Toor Dal]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[My gongura love has many avatars. One that frequently appears on Mahanandi is amma&#8217;s beloved gongura pappu. Today&#8217;s gongura avatar is from my mother-in-law&#8217;s kitchen, a Nandyala standard and Vijay&#8217;s all-time favorite. It&#8217;s a simple mélange of familiar toor dal and fresh gongura, does not use lot of ingredients, but relies on slow cooking for [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Methi Turai Dal (Menthi Beerakaaya Pappu)</title>
		<link>http://www.themahanandi.org/2010/04/21/methi-turai-dal-menthi-beerakaaya-pappu/</link>
		<comments>http://www.themahanandi.org/2010/04/21/methi-turai-dal-menthi-beerakaaya-pappu/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 22 Apr 2010 01:20:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Indira</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Amma & Accha Telugu]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Methi]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Toor Dal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Turai (Beerakaya)]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Methi in my garden is now fully grown. Thanks to the frequent rains and pleasant weather we had for the past few weeks. I dug out few plants and plucked the fresh leaves and tender stems to prepare methi dal for today&#8217;s meal. I also added turai, because I thought mildly sweet turai would complement [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Celebrating Spring: Potato Sambar</title>
		<link>http://www.themahanandi.org/2010/04/20/celebrating-spring-potato-sambar/</link>
		<comments>http://www.themahanandi.org/2010/04/20/celebrating-spring-potato-sambar/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 20 Apr 2010 12:29:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Indira</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Amma & Accha Telugu]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Potatoes]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Toor Dal]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[You know, when something is good, it becomes a classic. This potato sambar, for example. I remember two generations before me, my mother and grandmother, enjoying this delicious and hearty dish. Idly and potato sambar &#8211; &#8220;more amma&#8230;&#8221; I would always ask for more when I was a child. Who knew digging into the earth [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Chanadal Chaaru (Sanagabedala Rasam)</title>
		<link>http://www.themahanandi.org/2010/03/29/chanadal-chaaru-sanagabeda-rasam/</link>
		<comments>http://www.themahanandi.org/2010/03/29/chanadal-chaaru-sanagabeda-rasam/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 30 Mar 2010 01:27:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Indira</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Amma & Accha Telugu]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Chana Dal]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[As I get older, like many of you, I am becoming thankful for our culinary heritage. I think our cuisine is the best kind diet out there, simply because it doesn&#8217;t need or depend on farm-raised animal and ultra-processed products for flavor and sustenance. Natural plant based ingredients have divine powers and most of the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Pesara + Attu = Pesarattu</title>
		<link>http://www.themahanandi.org/2010/03/22/pesara-attu-pesarattu/</link>
		<comments>http://www.themahanandi.org/2010/03/22/pesara-attu-pesarattu/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 23 Mar 2010 02:28:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Indira</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Amma & Accha Telugu]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Moong Dal (Pesalu)]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Aficionados of Andhra restaurants are passionate about pesarattus. The golden, crispy texture and the creamy upma filling make the pesarattu a favorite breakfast item to many. It’s easy to understand the name Pesarattu if you are familiar with Telugu language. You see, moong beans are called Pesara and the other name for dosa is Attu [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Masala Vada</title>
		<link>http://www.themahanandi.org/2010/03/09/masala-vada/</link>
		<comments>http://www.themahanandi.org/2010/03/09/masala-vada/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 10 Mar 2010 02:13:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Indira</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Amma & Accha Telugu]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Chana Dal]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Vada&#8217;s exquisite flavor and deep aroma brought to perfection over the centuries, evoke and accentuate the subtlest nuances of taste. Its warm appeal have long been celebrated in a cuisine which demands that the eye as well as the palate find satisfaction. Its gritty, yielding texture has been prized for being addictive in nature and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Fruit Kosambari with Pears</title>
		<link>http://www.themahanandi.org/2010/02/01/fruit-kosambari-with-pears/</link>
		<comments>http://www.themahanandi.org/2010/02/01/fruit-kosambari-with-pears/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Feb 2010 20:29:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Indira</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Chickpeas]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Dates]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Lettuce]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Pear]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[February Food Fun:
Include Fruits and greens regularly
Make a habit of Kosambari
Sweet pears in season are tossed with fresh lettuce from our backyard garden in this delicious kosambari. For an Indian twist, I have added some dates, chickpeas and chat masala powder. Fruits, greens and some protein, this free-spirited kosambari has all the food fun I [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Lemongrass Rasam</title>
		<link>http://www.themahanandi.org/2009/12/17/lemongrass-rasam/</link>
		<comments>http://www.themahanandi.org/2009/12/17/lemongrass-rasam/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 17 Dec 2009 23:34:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Indira</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Lemongrass]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Toor Dal]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[What can be better in a bittercold winter than a bowl of hot, savory rasam! I like rasam and I also enjoy experimenting. The result is today&#8217;s recipe. To a traditional toor dal based rasam, I have added lemongrass. The bright, lemony herbal flavor of lemongrass could really cheer up casual rasam, I thought, and [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>13</slash:comments>
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		<title>Gobi Chole (Cauliflower with Chickpeas)</title>
		<link>http://www.themahanandi.org/2009/12/10/gobi-chole-cauliflower-with-chickpeas/</link>
		<comments>http://www.themahanandi.org/2009/12/10/gobi-chole-cauliflower-with-chickpeas/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 11 Dec 2009 04:22:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Indira</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Cauliflower]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Chickpeas]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;Have you ever met a vegetable that you didn&#8217;t like?&#8221;
&#8220;There is no comparison to the comfort you bring.&#8221;
&#8220;You are a charming legume.&#8221;
&#8220;Cuddle with me.&#8221;
The result of this legendary love affair between cute cauliflower and charming chickpea is a hearty stew called Gobi Chole. This classic of Bharath cooking is very easy to make and very [...]]]></description>
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