****Next Cooking Class, Summer Wealth on an Indian Table
is on Saturday, July 3rd, 2002 - 6.30 p.m. onwards. 
Please Call - 952-593-3000 for more information or to register for the class. 

Class3.jpg (326510 bytes) Summer Wealth on an Indian Table
India has perfected the art of cooking vegetables.  There are many vegetables that are available in the Twin Cities Farmer Markets which are exotic and make wonderful Indian dishes.  We will be introducing these new vegetables to you as many of these vegetables are found in Indian cooking. 
This class brings the tastes, flavors and the goodness of the summer market to your kitchen. 
In this class we also highlight the art of how to transform vegetables into wonderfully flavored dishes by cooking vegetables with proper spices and giving it further dimension by adding grains, yogurt, cheese, nuts or fresh herbs.
In the Indian Ayurvedic cuisine- summer is time to cut down on meats and rid the body of winter toxins by creating dishes that are light and mildly spiced so we have created the following menu keeping the season and using it to create health.
Come enjoy learning how to cook a complete Indian gourmet summer menu -

Menu
• Kachumber yogurt Salad - Indian yogurt Salad with fresh mint
• Tandoori Paneer - Indian cheese is marinated in Tandoori spices and yogurt and then grilled.
• Moong Dal with channa dal along with louki or long summer squash - Summer squash is the enormously long squash available in the market (I am always asked what I do with it when people see me carrying it at the market). One of the popular used of it is to add it to Indian dal or lentils as we will do here and then spice it with cumin and green onions and other seasonings.
• Carrots with fresh dill - Carrots are delicately spiced with cumin seeds and flavored with raisins and dill.
• Summer okra - okra cooked in charred onions and seasoned with a touch of coconut
• Indian Summer lemon rice - basmati rice cooked to perfection with the flavors of curry leaves and mustard seeds and delicately flavored with Indian savory cinnamon.
• Fresh Summer cilantro pesto seasoned with key limes and fresh ginger
• Summer tropical fruits with misti dahi or sweet yogurt - cooling thick sweet yogurt flavored with honey and saffron make this dish fresh and perfect for a summer dessert.
• Also introducing accompaniments like Papads (crispy lentil wafers, laced with black pepper, to add an extra dimension and texture to the meal), Indian Pickles and more