My Legume Love Affair 39 Recipe Roundup and Winner Announcement

Thanks to Susan of The Well Seasoned Cook for allowing me to host the 39th edition of My Legume Love Affair. I received a lot of interesting entries, from salads and sandwiches to dals and curries. I already made one of the recipes – the Missi Roti from My Kitchen Trials. They were a huge hit at my Indian dinner party, and I am now officially obsessed with chickpea flour. Now I just need to make my way through the rest of the great recipes here! I’ve got my eye on the lovely Soybean Pasta Soup from Love Food Eat, Tempeh in Cilantro Curry from Hobby and More and Warm Carrot and Flageolet Bean Salad from The Taste Space. And there are so many great dals and curries, I don’t know where to start.

If you want even more ways to make your life beanier (yes, that’s a made up word), be sure to check out my guest post for Eating Rules’ October: Unprocessed event. It’s all about … you guessed it … beans. And while you’re there, sign the October: Unprocessed pledge to eat no processed foods for the entire month. You can do it!

Without further adieu, here are the entries for My Legume Love Affair 39. Read on for the big prize winner, along with a special shout-out to my favorite photo of the event.

(from upper left, row by row):
1. Cauliflower and Chickpea Skillet from Meat Free Wheat Free
2. Yellow Split Peas or Pigeon Peas from Teczcape
3. Soybean Pasta Soup with Basil from Love Food Eat
4. Moong Sandwiches from Palakkad Chamayal
5. Fettuccine in Creamy Garlicky Butter Bean Sauce from Love Food Eat
6. Missi Roti from My Kitchen Trials
7. Lentil Dosa from Life…a Miracle
8. Hummus and Cucumber Sandwich from eCurry
9. Yogurty Moong Dal from Tadka Pasta
10. Chickpea Salad with Mexican Mango Dressing from Vanilla and Spice
11. New Potato, Chickpeas and Green Bean Thai Curry from The Taste Space
12. Warm Carrot and Flageolet Bean Salad with Dill from The Taste Space
13. Red Kidney Beans Curry from Hobby and More
14. Chana Paneer from Tamalapaku
15. Tempeh in Cilantro Curry from Hobby and More
16. Kadalai Paruppu Sundal from Sizzling Tastebuds
17. Fresh Pinto Beans in Tomato Sauce from Briciole
18. Fish Baked in Banana Leaf from Torview
19. Spinach Chickpea Soup from My Kitchen Trials
20. Kala Chana Usli from Sumee’s Culinary Bites
21. Alsande Usal from Mad Scientist’s Kitchen
22. Mattar Paneer from Mad Scientist’s Kitchen
23. Dry Cooked Mung Beans from Food and Spice
24. Lauki Chhole from Ambrosia
25. Microwave Masala Kaladai from Krithi’s Kitchen
26. Taragon Succotash Vegetable Medley from A Well Seasoned Cook
27. Black Bean Quinoa Herb Salad from City Life Eats

Drum roll, please. The randomly-chosen winner for this MLLA is Deeptie from Life…A Miracle!  You’ll be getting your copy of Herbs and Spices: The Cook’s Reference by Jill Norman, as well as a case of Hurst Beans! Susan will get in touch with you shortly to arrange the shipment.

Also, this isn’t an official My Legume Love Affair thing – and there is no prize attached – but I wanted to give props to my favorite image of the bunch: Chinmayie’s beautiful shot of Butter Bean Pasta. Nice job!