Fiji Style guest vegetarian dinner idea | Diwali menu idea | Pooja menu idea

yellow split peas

🥗Healthier: red lentils

💰Cheaper: green split peas

Red lentils cook faster and are often cheaper.

whole wheat flour

🥗Healthier: spelt flour

💰Cheaper: all-purpose flour

Spelt flour offers a nutty flavor and is more nutritious.

butter

🥗Healthier: olive oil

💰Cheaper: margarine

Olive oil is healthier and adds richness.

green chilies

🥗Healthier: jalapeños

💰Cheaper: bell peppers

Jalapeños provide heat while bell peppers offer sweetness.

Peel garlic and onions.

Prepare potatoes, coriander, and curry leaves.

Start cooking canned chickpeas in a pressure cooker.

Begin cooking pumpkin curry on the side.

Chop ingredients for aloo (potato) curry.

Cook aloo curry in the pressure cooker.

Prepare raita with yogurt and roasted cumin.

Cook rice in a rice cooker.

Prepare dal for dal puri by cooking it slightly, not fully mushy.

Steam the dough for roti.

Fry the dal after blending it.

Prepare the tempering with ghee, cumin, garlic, green chili, and curry leaves.

Blend the cooked dal and prepare for stuffing into puris.

Flatten dough and stuff with dal, then shape into puris.

Cooking Techniques

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