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"This was adapted from a recipe on vegweb (http://vegweb.com/recipes/beans/3088.shtml), to incorporate more Ethiopian spices and use up a sweet potato I had on hand. It doesn't quite achieve the heights of my favorite Ethiopian restaurant, but it's quick, hearty and pretty tasty. Braver souls can substitute cayenne for some of the paprika"

Ingredients: ground allspice, ground fenugreek...

"So simple, yet so good! A great side dish or cracker spread. Be sure to use freshly ground pepper in this, as it makes a big difference in the flavor. (Slightly adapted from a recipe in The Low Oxalate Cookbook, Book Two.)"

Ingredients: fresh ground black pepper, dried lentils...

"Lentil soups are ingrained in North African cuisine and this quick and simple soup is adapted from a international recipe website. Included in the Zaar World Tour 2005 swap, africa."

Ingredients: pepper, dried lentils...

"Serve this with rice, as part of your authentic Indian meal."

Ingredients: coriander leaves, cumin seeds...

"Another spartan vegetable side that we make at home, but this one's always been my favourite and is the reason why I love french beans! Once when I was a kid, I sat on my kitchen platform and ate the entire 4 servings of this dish that my mom made, while she was cooking the rest of dinner!"

Ingredients: mung dal, dried lentils...

"This is a one really easy and incredibly tasty chutney. This is my mom's recipe and no one makes it better, honest :) Store the chutney in the refrigerator (for not longer than a day; after that it usually goes bad), unless using it immediately, since the coconut makes it very perishable."

Ingredients: coconut, curry leaves...

"This recipe is from the City Times newspaper. This is high in Vitamins A and C plus is a good source of fibre. It goes great with lemon pickle and rotis/rice topped with some chilled plain yogurt."

Ingredients: coconut milk, curry leaves...

"If you read through my recipes you will find a number of recipes using lentils. Over the past year or so of eating a healthier diet I have come to know and enjoy lentils a great deal. So, when I see a new recipe involving lentils I like to add it to my collection. This one I found in the Winter 2008 version of the BBC Easy Cook magazine. The recipe..."

Ingredients: dried thyme, dry white wine...

"This is a nutritious, low(non?)-fat veggie main dish that I thought up on my way home from driving class today. So I came home and made this for lunch, and really surprised myself, since it tasted better than I had imagined! The secret ingredient here is cinnamon... don't be afraid to try it!"

Ingredients: pepper, cooking spray...

"I had this one day, at a Persian restaurant in Kuala Lumpur. It was so good with some okra stew or oxtail stew that I had to try it myself. Serving is for two people, because that's how many people live at home."

Ingredients: cooking oil, long-grain rice...

"Wonderful stew, can be a vegetarian meal on its own. Or you can add some diced or shredded smoked duck, if you like meat. The red lentils break down, and cause this to be like a really rich soup. If you need to stretch this out, you can serve it over white rice, to do a sort of "beans and rice" thing."

Ingredients: ground cumin, extra virgin olive oil...

"A perfect dessert for an Oriental meal. Sometimes i just drink it as a snack. Very fragrant due to the coconut milk. I've even poured it into a popsicle mold and ended up with a sweet bean popsicle! Refreshing and low in fat (without the coconut, anyway *grin*)!"

Ingredients: coconut milk, coconut milk powder...

"Mmmm, nothing like a good bowl of veg soup! This is the famous Indian Chef Sanjeev Kapoor's recipe. Like him, I believe that good soup is easy to make if you take care to choose the freshest ingredients, especially those that are in season. Beautifully garnished, any soup would look as pretty as a bride with a veil over her charming face;-) Add a..."

Ingredients: lemon juice, mushrooms, oil...

"Light salad for those hot summer nights. From Secrets of the Spas by Catherine Bardey."

Ingredients: dry lentils, fresh ground pepper...