Dhaka Cooking, Season One: Season Finale

Before we leave town for the summer, I thought I'd post one more of the recipes that we've discovered while living in Dhaka. This chickpea salad was delicious, but beware of the yogurt sauce. Some curry powders are spicier than others, and the amount of curry powder in the recipe is clearly meant for a mild, non-Bangladeshi version (or for masochists and fire eaters). Proceed with caution!

For Kaya, we mixed the chickpeas with couscous and spooned plain yogurt over the top, and he seemed to like it fine. For ourselves, we had the salad with this green bean dish. The green beans are kind of cheating: there are no proper green beans here, only Chinese yard long beans, and no pine nuts either (ours came back with us from Malaysia). At this point, I am willing to bend the rules a bit.

Next up, I am considering doing a special summer series of recipes that I will call, "Things you can only make in America." First on this list: chocolate chip cookie dough brownies. I am already thinking about how I can bring the ingredients for this back to Dhaka in August.