Strainer or sieve: Use a fine-mesh sieve or a basic kitchen strainer (the liner of a salad spinner also works) to rinse and ...
Soaking dried beans isn’t always necessary, since it saves little cooking time and can even diminish flavor in some varieties like black beans. Instead of soaking, a quick five- to 10-minute boil ...
To prepare lablab bean upma, you will need lablab beans, semolina, mustard seeds, curry leaves, green chilies, ginger, salt, ...
Always discard the soaking water. Cooking in fresh water reduces gas-causing compounds and improves overall digestibility.
There is a lot of bean cooking lore out there. Some of it good advice, and some of it bad. From the ongoing debate about soaking beans, to whether adding salt to beans before they're soft makes them ...
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Mexican pinto beans

There’s something so comforting about a big pot of Mexican Pinto Beans, and every time I make them, I’m reminded why they’ve ...