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Healthy Vegan - Tamarind Edamame, Soy and Green Beans

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Eat Your Greens on World Vegetarian Day. Although a little spicy, this plate of food made for an interesting eat.  This Tamarind Edamame, soy and Green Beans dish is more of a stir fry than a curry.  There is crunch from the green beans also known as pole beans, and different flavours of green  from the garden peas, edamame and soy beans. I know stuffed  I like tamarind a lot.  Its one of those ingredients that I reach for when I have a sore throat - its not like honey, but more marmite, but the flavour of tamarind are more sweet and sour, than yeasty. D is not that keen on it, but will accept it as long as it does not dominate the whole meal, and this certainly does not.  Its subtle.  The tamarind lends a mild citrus twang with a hint of sweetness.  I think this dish was suitably moist as its not overly saucy, but if you want more sauce, then please feel free to stir in some coconut milk - how much is up to you. Other Tamarind Rec...

Healthy Vegan - World Vegan Day: Burmese Yellow Split Pea Samosa Soup

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Oh can it be true? Yes indeed!  Two of my favourite dishes on one big bowl: South Asian style spicy Dal and deep fried triangles of delicious Samosa. Today it is World Vegan Day and the start of Vegan Mofo.    I have no set theme for the month of November, so I will probably follow some of the  Vegan Mofo themes  and prompts. The theme today is what is your favourite food?  I am of South Asian heritage and very fond of my Dals and deep fried snacks including the pakora aka onion bhaji .  I consider both these dishes to be comfort food in my eyes, so you can imagine my delight when I stumbled across the recipe a few years back.  Inspired by a Burmese  Samusa Thouk  they had at   San Francisco's Burma Superstar   in 2007, the food blogger NCJay went back home and re-created a version.  And g uess what Samusa Thouk is still featured today at the Burma Superstar restaurant.    Burma Superstar  assert that...