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Ingredients : Garbanzos (chick peas): 1/2 can Garlic - 3-4 pods (I used a tbsp of my homemade ginger-garlic paste instead) Broccoli florets - 4-5 medium Salt Lemon juice - 1 tbsp EVOO - 4-5 tbsp Grind the chick peas, garlic, broccoli and salt along with 3 tbsp of oil. Grind it to either a complete/coarse paste, according to your choice. Take it out in a bowl/plate, pour over lemon juice and remaining oil, sprinkle some red chili powder and serve!

Finally, found some time and a good idea for the excess ginger and garlic in my kitchen. I made this for the first time today, love the end product! I am hoping it will stay fresh for at least a 2-3 months. Ingredients: Ginger - 1/2 lb, peeled and cubed Garlic - 30 pods (approx.) peeled Turmeric - 1/2 tsp Oil - 1/3 cup (and a little more) I made sure the garlic cubes were dry, so I patted them dry with a kitchen cloth. Grind the ginger first with some turmeric. Take it out and then grind the garlic pods. I did not grind them to a complete paste, I wanted it to look "grated". Add the ground garlic to the ginger, add oil and fold it in. Now, transfer the mix into a DRY, air tight jar and refrigerate. (I thought it could use some more oil so I poured about 2 tbsp of oil on top and roughly mixed it before refrigerating.) Ginger and Garlic 16oz. jar

If you have been following the current season of The Next Food Network Star , you definitely know Aarti and you probably also belong to the "majority" that is rooting for her to become the next Star! I have literally been following Aarti (well, online!) ever since the competition started. While she is competing to have her own space in FN she is quite ubiquitous and popular on cyberspace - be it on You Tube or Facebook or through her BLOG - Aarti certainly knows how to Parti with her eat-giggle-repeat mantra!!! So, while she gears up for the big finals this Sunday, I decided to try one of her recipes - Green Chicken Curry (with a vegetarian twist) - definitely a winner!!! Ingredients: Cilantro leaves - 1.5 bunches Mint leaves - 1/2 a bunch Medium red onion - 1 Garlic - 4 pods Ginger - 1.5" piece Salt and fresh ground black pepper Medium red onion - 1/4, finely chopped Extra Firm Tofu - 1/2 a block, cut into 1x1 cubes Turmeric powder, Red chili powder, Dhania powder,