Needham Community Education

Let’s gather together to welcome summer with a splash of cool, hot, spicy dishes--Indian style. The heavy monsoon rains lead to an abundance of summer crop of mangoes, corn, and leafy vegetables. Everywhere in the street markets, you will see baskets filled with shimmering summer fruits and green, leafy vegetables. The cooks all over India enthusiastically incorporate the new crop in their daily spread. We will recreate some of the recipes in this class, including Corn Bhel, a lemony medley of sauteed corn with red chili powder, chickpea flour noodles, sweet onions, and cilantro, accompanied by Mango Raita of sweet, ripe mangoes in yogurt and spices. We will also make curried Moong Dal with Spinach, peanuts, ginger, garlic and chilies to be paired with Yogurt Rice with cucumber, a southern specialty. Let’s get cooking. A $20 ingredients fee is payable to the instructor in class.