#10 - Masoor Dal, Family Meals, & Celebrating Everything

Food Is Culture | A Podcast

English - January 07, 2021 11:00 - 38 minutes - 35.3 MB - ★★★★★ - 7 ratings
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In today’s episode Billy Buttery and her guest Nishta Saxena MSc. RD talk food and culture with a nutritional twist. Nishta is a registered dietitian, a wealth of knowledge, and such a fun story teller. Billy and her share some laughs, but when it comes to family nutrition Nishta is no nonsense. Feeding your family doesn’t have to be hard, or expensive as she explains. Nishta shares a couple recipes in the episode, which are mouth watering and easy. But it’s her story telling that draws you in. Her story of the true love between her parents is heartwarming.

“They were doing shocking stuff in 1968 to not have arrange marriages, and to just madly fall in love with each other while they were doing their university degrees. It was pretty Romeo and Juliet for the times.”

- Nishta Saxena

For reference:
Father - Mowgli style food / “typical” restaurant Indian food / Located in northern India
Mother - Mumbai originally Persian decent / Located in western India

Recipes Nishta teaches in the episode:

Canned salmon mashed up with:

green apple

mayo

lemon

Super Easy Dinner Meal

heat pot with oil: grape seed or canola

add in:

turmeric

coriander

cumin

garamasala

black paper

saute

add in:

garlic

onions

saute

1/2 cup diced tomatoes

cook together, add more spice to taste

1 cup of rinsed masoor dal

fill with water 1 inch above all

bring to boil, simmer 15 minutes

Super Fast Salad

2 cans of chickpea

1/2 cucumber chopped up

cherry or gape tomatoes diced

black pepper

sea salt

table spoon or two of olive oil

about half to quarter of lemon juice

apple cider vinegar

mini bocconcini or feta cubed

diced pepper if you have it

parsley or grains if you have on hand

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Follow guest Nishta Saxena MSc, RD on Instagram @family.meals.nutritionist

Or visit her website https://www.simplyvibrantnutrition.com

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