Announcement of Spotlight: June-July, Theme : Beans & Lentil

      Lentils/Pulses are some of the most nutritious, and at the same time economical foods in the world. Lentils, a small but nutritionally mighty member of the legume family, are rich in dietary fiber, folate, vitamin B1, and minerals and most importantly, lentils have the third-highest level of protein of any legume or nut. Lentils are an essential source of inexpensive protein in many parts of the world, especially in West Asia and the Indian subcontinent, which have large vegetarian populations.
     Lentils are available in all sorts of colors. Some of the common lentils are: Bengal Gram/Chickpeas(chana dal),  Chickpeas brown(Kala Chana), Black gram(Whole urad dal), Brown Lentil(Whole Masoor dal), Green Chickpeas(Cholia/hara chana), White chickpeas(cholay/kabuli chana), Black Eye Bean/Lobia, Green gram(green whole mung beans), Red lentil(masoor), yellow Mung dal, Red Kidney beans(Rajma), Red gram/pigeon peas(arhar/toor dal), Lablab beans(vaal Dal) to name a few, we Indians consume in our daily diet.
    I know You all also include beans & lentils someway in your diet. So share how many different ways you consume this health beneficial food in your diet. 

So, this month, the theme of "Spotlight" is "Beans & Lentils"

Rules of the event :

1. Prepare a dish using any kinds of beans or lentils. Lentil should be the main ingredient of your dish. Veg and Non-Veg. both are allowed.

2. Post it in your blog from June16th to July 15th,'13 and link it to this announcement page.  You can send multiple entries.

3. Archived  entries are allowed if reposted with this announcement link. 

4. The use of logo is mandatory as it helps to spread the word.

5. Non-bloggers can send their entries to the email address mentioned below.

6. Use the linky tools below to link your entries...if you are having any problem linking your entries, send them to my email address, (riappyayan@gmail.com) with subject line "Spotlight : Beans & Lentil" in below format

Name :
Blog name :
Recipe Name :
Recipe URL :
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So friends, without any more delay share your lentil recipes with us..

Check out the round-up of previous edition of Spotlight, Theme : Show your best creation, which was hosted by my sister, Chandrani 0f Cuisine Delights

Spotlight : Show your Best Creation (part-1) 
Spotlight : Show your Best Creation (part-2)

Update :
Friends, Please send me the picture of your posts to [riappyayan@gmail.com], as many of your blogs are right-click protected. Link your posts here and send the picture to my email address. I need the pics for round-up. Thanks for your co-operation.....

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