Proteins is an essential macro nutrient and eating legumes, nuts, seeds, whole grains and other plant based sources of protein is a win for your health and the health of the planet.

Including legumes in the cooking is an easy option to increase protein intake through diet. Here is a quick recipe which has brown peas as one of the ingredient.

INGREDIENTS:

Elephant yam

Toor dal

Chana dal

Brown peas

peanut

Tamarind

Red chilli powder

oil

Mustard seeds

Coriander leaves

Curry leaves

Asafoetida

PREPARATION

1. Soak brown peas and peanut overnight

2. Cut elephant yam into pieces and cook it in a pressure cooker along with Toor dal, chana dal, brown peas, peanuts and Asafoetida

3. Soak tamarind and extract juice. Let it boil and then add the cooked mixture and mix well. Let it simmer.

4. Add salt. Place a kadai, pour oil and when it fumes, add red chilli powder and fry till golden brown.

5. Add it to the simmering mixture and mix well. The dish is ready

6. Again place the kadai, pour oil and add mustard seeds.

7. Add it to the prepared dish.

8. Finally add chopped coriander and curry leaves to the dish.

9. Serve hot "yam and brown pea sambhar" with rice, ghee and a curry.