Article on Chana Dal - worth a read!

[Guest guest]

Found this item quite by accident - when looking for a

recipe ;-) Thought this group might be interested too.

I mean, you don't have to be diabetic to be interested

in good nutrition ;-)

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Mendosa writes:

 

‘Like most people with diabetes I seem to be on an

endless quest for good-tasting food that won't play

havoc with my blood sugar levels. What I keep looking

for is low-fat food packed with nutritious

carbohydrates

 

‘Chana dal . . . looks just like yellow split peas

but is quite different.

 

‘The problem is that many foods high in carbohydrates

send our blood sugar levels skyrocketing. But when I

found the food of my dreams a couple of years ago, I

ignored it because I had no idea what it was.

 

‘This food—chana dal—is practically unknown in the

West, but is becoming available here too. Chana dal is

a bean that comes from India, where . . . .’

 

NOW! Click into: http://www.mendosa.com/chanadal.html

for the rest of the item. Well worth the read to find

out more about chana dal - even if you are already

familiar with it ;-)

 

love, pat

 

 

 

 

 

[Guest guest]

Actually, it was after reading that article that I ordered my chana dal.

Lots of nice recipes there too, which I'm going to try. i ordered a 5 kg

bag, so lets hope I like them. Grins, sure I will, I love all beans.

Cheers,

Shell.

 

 

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[Guest guest]

Hey, thanks to you and that article, I went out and bought some chana dal today

too! Not

sure which recipe I'm going to use, but you want to believe I'm going to report

back to you

All! (PS - wherfe I bought mine, the bags were unlabelled and mixed in somehow

with the

split yellow pea bags. I asked, and the salesperson quickly sortted out two bags

(all that

was left) of chana dal and pointed out to me the difference in appearance (a

little larger -

hard to carry in the mind).. Nice place, nice person, nice help.

 

love, pat

 

> Actually, it was after reading that article that I ordered my chana dal.

> Lots of nice recipes there too, which I'm going to try. . . .

[Guest guest]

Pat,

Thanks for that link....

Wow!!! I didn't realise that they were so different and i will make it a point

to use the real thing (the chana) from now on and also to use them more often.

I read the whole article and learn a lot and there is a bunch of nice recipes

to try.

I am still visiting in Florida and my friends whom i do a lot of cooking

with are both diabetics so that will help in planning better suited meals,

catering to their needs.

Renuka

 

Tue, 21 Feb 2006 06:47:57 -0800 (PST)

dr patricia sant <veggiehound

Article on Chana Dal - worth a read!

 

Found this item quite by accident - when looking

for a

recipe ;-) Thought this group might be interested

too.

It's nice to know that some foods you love are

also

good for you!

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Mendosa writes:

 

‘Like most people with diabetes I seem to be on

an

endless quest for good-tasting food that won't

pla

havoc with my blood sugar levels. What I keep

looking

for is low-fat food packed with nutritiou

carbohydrates

 

‘Chana dal . . . looks just like yellow split

peas

but is quite different.

 

‘The problem is that many foods high in

carbohydrates

send our blood sugar levels skyrocketing. But

when I

found the food of my dreams a couple of years

ago, I

ignored it because I had no idea what it was.

 

‘This food—chana dal—is practically unknown in

the

West, but is becoming available here too. Chana

dal is

a bean that comes from India, where . . . .’

 

NOW! Click into:

http://www.mendosa.com/chanadal.html

for the rest of the item. Well worth the read.

 

love, pat

 

 

 

 

 

[Guest guest]

> Wow!!! I didn't realise that they were so different . . .

 

Neither did I, but here's an interesting wrinkle re my last post: Remember I

said I went to

buy chana dal and succeeded - unmarked packs (they buy in bulk and package

themselves where I was shopping) held yellow split peas and, very like but

slightly larger,

chana dal. That's what she said, without hesitation. And she apologized that

although

there were many packs of the yellow split peas, there were only two packs of the

chana

dal. The rest, smaller, she shook her head at: No, those are split peas. Okay.

 

So home I came with the chana dal, all pleased. Then last evening I realized I

hadn't put

them away - I will make something with them tomorrow or Friday, I think. So I

put them in

the cupboard where I keep my dried lentils, beans, peas. And there was a partial

pack of

yellow split peas, labelled, from another store. And I swear they are identical

in colour,

size, form to the chana dal I just purchased.

 

So now the big question, if it matters LOL - are both lots chana dal? If so, why

label them

as yellow split peas. And if they're all yellow split peas, what on earth were

the slightly

smaller yellow so-called 'split peas' I saw but didn't buy yesterday. <scream>

 

Trying to learn, trying, trying . . .

 

Love, Pat

[Guest guest]

I thought chana dal would have been the smaller ones?? (Based on my

epxeriences shopping in an Indian market back in DC)

 

Here are some photos:

http://images.google.com/images?q=chana+dal & hl=en & btnG=Search+Images