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Crudités or Crudites refer to raw vegetables cut into strips, generally served with dip as an appetizer.
Crudités is the French for varieties of or assorted crispy vegetables suitable for eating raw (carrots, greens, cucumber, celery, turnips) which are cut into long strips or batons and usually served with a dipping sauce, like mayonnaise, soured cream or other cold sauce (tzasiki) as a hors d’oeuvre or appetizers.
Cumberland Sauce refers to a classic English sauce with a high fruit content made by combining red currant jelly, port wine, orange and lemon zest, mustard and seasonings.
Cumberland Sauce is usually served cold to either hot or cold gammon, tongue, cold goose or game. It is also often serve as an accompaniment to meats, like ham, venison, or lamb. This sauce should not be thickened – it is meant to have a thinnish consistency.
Cup of Joe is a slang for "cup of coffee".
"Cup of Joe" is said to be named after Josephus Daniels (1862-1948) which was appointed Secretary of the U.S. Navy by President Woodrow Wilson in 1913. As a Secretary of the U.S. Navy, one of his numerous reforms was the abolition of the officers' wine mess, since then, the strongest drink aboard navy ships was coffee and over the years, a cup of coffee became known as a "Cup of Joe".
Channa dal/dahl is a variety of Lentil. Channa dal/dahl is also called Bengal Gram/Split, Bele and Paruppu in India. It has a sweet and nutty flavor, is very tasty, robust and versatile lentil. It is also easy to cook. It is the most popular legume in India. Channa lentils are very nutritious, easy to digest, and have a low rating on the glycemic index. This product is also all natural. It may reduce the risk of heart disease and some forms of cancer. Channa dal is usually used with sweeter vegetables, such as pumpkin and zucchini. This small, sweet bean good is also good for soups, salads, and rice dishes.
Channa dal is low in fat and has zero cholesterol and an excellent source of protein and fiber.
Besan, also called Bengal Gram flour, is split Channa dal milled to a fine flour
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Very nutritious and widely used beans. Chana dal is said to make up over one-half of India's pulse production. It is often dry-roasted and used in spice blends or chutneys as a nutty-flavored seasoning with urad or fenugreek seed. Used in many Indian sweets. Great for vegan and low fat diets.