AUGUST 2005
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oushala<br />
Fascolia Soma<br />
BEANS AND BAMBOO SHOOTS<br />
BY NIDHAL ALLOS POUDEL<br />
INGREDIENTS<br />
1 cup black eye beans<br />
(good source of protein)<br />
8 bamboo shoots<br />
(adds sour flavor)<br />
1/2 cup chopped potatoes<br />
(hearty vegetable instead of meat)<br />
1/2 tsp. garlic (good for the heart<br />
and blood pressure)<br />
1 tsp. ginger (good for the<br />
digestion and naval cavity)<br />
1 tbls. chopped white onions<br />
1 tbls. soy oil<br />
3 tbls. chopped tomatoes<br />
1/2 tsp. cumin (good for digestion)<br />
Cilantro (kills bacteria like salmonella)<br />
1 tsp. turmeric (good for liver)<br />
Lemon juice or temherhind<br />
for taste<br />
DIRECTIONS<br />
Soak beans for half an hour. In<br />
saucepan add oil, beans, potatoes<br />
and bamboo shoots. Cook for 5<br />
minutes, add rest of ingredients and<br />
cook another 5 minutes. Serve with<br />
basmati rice. (Rinse cooked rice in<br />
cold water to rid it of some of the<br />
starch and then re-warm.)<br />
Nidhal Allos Poudel is owner of Everest<br />
Express Restaurant in Farmington and<br />
Kathmandu Chullo Restaurant in Royal Oak.<br />
For the past five years, Nidhal has been<br />
cooking vegetarian dishes, substituting meat<br />
with potatoes, beans and bamboo shoots in her<br />
Chaldean and Nepali dishes. She substituted<br />
bamboo shoots for beef necks in this Middle<br />
Eastern dish. She has also studied homeopathic<br />
remedies for her cooking.<br />
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<strong>AUGUST</strong> <strong>2005</strong> CHALDEAN NEWS 21