This easy jeera dal converts simple ingredients into incredible flavor! Red lentils cooked to creamy and scented with sizzling cumin, garlic, chili oil tadka. (gluten-free, soy-free, nut-free) 19 g fiber, 19 g protein!

Jeera means cumin, and dal means lentils. Together, they create a simple meal that doesn’t sacrifice flavor. This is a simple cumin-scented lentil soup that’s cozy and satisfying.

This is a simple recipe with everyday ingredients, but it makes such a delicious dal. It’s one of the simple, home-style dals that my mom used to make often.

I changed it up a little to make it slightly spicier and creamier with some non-dairy yogurt. If you cook the dal long enough, it becomes creamy on its own, so if you don’t want to add non-dairy yogurt, that works just as well.

We make this simple dal with red lentils (masoor dal), along with tomato and dried fenugreek leaves. While the lentils cook, we make an amazing tadka, which is a spiced oil with cumin seeds, green chili, and garlic. That tadka takes the dal to the next level!

This jeera dal is delicious served with your favorite Indian sides or sabzi! In the photo above, I’m serving it with my simple gobi aloo matar.

Why You’ll Love Jeera Dal

• easy to make with simple ingredients
• 30-minute recipe with tons of flavor
• while the lentils simmer, make the quick cumin spiced oil
• naturally gluten-free, soy-free, and nut-free

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High protein, bold chili ginger garlic beans with cumin tofu and spicy onion salad. 30 minutes recipe, serve on toast, fries, baked potatoes, in smashed tacos, wraps or bowl. nut-free and gluten-free, 22 grams protein and 10 grams of fiber)

When weeknight dinners feel a little same-old, these chili ginger garlic beans are about to wake things up. They’re saucy, punchy, and layered with heat, balanced by creamy cumin-lime whipped tofu and a quick spicy onion salad. It’s bold, high-protein, and done in about 30 minutes.

Pile them on toast, tuck it into a baked potato, a dip platter, over roasted veg, in a wrap or go full comfort mode over crispy fries. One recipe, many moods. I prepped these and my garlic vinegar chickpeas and serve them in so many ways – watch on my YouTube channel !

We are reimagining Indian food today with beans majestic, a plant-based spin on chicken majestic. If you want a more traditional vegan version of Indian chicken majestic, check out my tofu majestic recipe. It’s super easy and full of flavor!

When people think of Indian food, they tend to think of Indian curries. But Indian cuisine that goes so far beyond curries and other saucy dishes served with flatbread and rice. There are so many creative ways that you can serve classic Indian dishes!

These saucy, chili garlic curry leaf beans are basically taking the sauce inspired from my tofu majestic, simplifying it, and adding beans to it. And it works so beautifully! It’s saucy, spicy, delicious, and pairs really well with lots of different components.

We make the beans along with a creamy, whipped tofu and pair these with a quick onion ring salad. Then, we’re going to pair these components in lots of different ways: on toast, as a dip, over baked potatoes or crispy potatoes(chili cheese fries style), or as crispy tacos!

Why You’ll Love Chili Garlic Beans

• 1-pan white beans packed with amazing Indian flavors
• creamy, curry-inspired, blender tofu whip takes only minutes to make
• quick pickled onion salad adds tang and crunch
• versatile! 1 dish can be served 4 or more ways
• naturally nut-free with easy gluten-free option

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This spin on Indian chilli cheese toast is absolutely decadent and delicious. It’s sort of like an Indian-inspired jalapeño popper cheese toast! Each toast has 10-15gm Protein, and ready in 15 minutes!

This is another recipe in my series of amazing, hearty summer sandwiches inspired by popular Indian sandwiches. I’m reimagining those sandwiches or components from those sandwiches. The goal is to create sandwiches with lots of texture and flavor while also making them hearty, high in protein and fiber, easy to make, and perfect for an easy summer lunch. These toasts boast 10 to 16 rams of protein and 5 to 7 grams of fiber per toast!

Don’t miss the other sandwiches in this series: my coconut tofu sandwich and curry leaf tofu sandwich!

Indian chilli cheese toast is usually very simple. It doesn’t have anything other than green chillies and cheese, sometimes with a few veg like onion and peppers, herbs, and seasonings. The two main ingredients are shredded cheese and green chillies. It doesn’t have any bean chili. This is all about green chilli.

That combination of green chillies, cheese, salt, pepper, and chaat masala tastes incredible, so I took that idea and added tofu for extra protein and volume. I also added nutritional yeast for more flavor and protein and hemp seeds for even more protein. Then, I added a generous amount of green chillies, piled everything onto toasted sourdough, and broiled it.

Most of the time involved is simply chopping the vegetables and green chillies and crumbling the tofu. After that, it only takes about three minutes under the broiler.

I also make a crispy tempeh and garlic topping to level up the texture and flavor and add even more protein. The crispy garlic is incredibly delicious on top. I add Kashmiri chili powder to the tempeh for color and that deep Kashmiri chili flavor, along with lime zest. All of these flavor combinations are just heavenly.

Depending on the size of your toast and how much filling you use, you can get anywhere from 10 grams of protein up to 16 grams of protein per slice. It also depends on the bread you’re using. Whole grain bread usually has even more protein! If you want to keep it gluten-free, use gluten-free bread, a gluten-free tortilla, or my almond flour gluten-free naan as the base.

You can broil these chilli cheese toasts, air fry them, or even put them on a grill. This recipe is crispy, cheesy, spicy, zesty, and packed with incredible flavor and texture. It’s an absolutely fabulous combination. You need these cheese toasts in your life! And see recipe notes for more flavor combinations!

Why You’ll Love Chilli Cheese Toasts

• crisp bread topped with creamy chilli-cheese mixture that turns golden brown in the oven
• crispy, savory, tangy crumbled lime tempeh topping adds even more flavor and texture!
• easy to make ahead and assemble as needed
• easily made gluten-free, soy-free, and nut-free

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