Announcement : My Legume Love Affair (MLLA) Edition 21

I am happy and honored to host the 21st edition of My Legume Love Affair, brainchild of Susan of The Well Seasoned Cook on Mirch Masala. I never thought that I will be able to snatch a slot for hosting one of most popular blog events. Thanks to Susan for giving me the opportunity.  The round ups of the previous editions of MLLA can be found here 
Now what exactly is a legume? Is it only lentils or beans or what? Wikipedia defines legumes as “A legume in botanical writing is a plant in the family Fabaceae (or Leguminosae), or a fruit of these specific plants. A 'legume' fruit is a simple dry fruit that develops from a simple carpel and usually dehisces (opens along a seam) on two sides. A common name for this type of fruit is a pod, although "pod" is also applied to a few other fruit types, such as vanilla. Well-known legumes include alfalfa, clover, peas, beans, lentils, lupins, mesquite, carob, soy, and peanuts.” So, basically fresh or dried beans, lentils, pulses, and/or the sometimes edible pods that contain these seeds, derivative products like tofu or besan,  fenugreek, carob, peanuts, etc are all acceptable ingredients for this event. A good source of proteins with low carbohydrates, legumes are an important part of a well balanced meal.

Here are some of the rules for participating in this event.
- Post any recipe on your blog with any legume as the main ingredient.
- Multiple recipes are allowed (although only one submission will be counted towards the random drawing).
- Recipes submitted to other events are also allowed
- Recipes from archives can be accepted ONLY if updated and reposted as current.
- Posts should be linked to this announcement and the MLLA host line up on The Well Seasoned Cook 
- For those who dont have a blog, pls send me the recipe and other details and I will gladly add that to the round up as well. Such entries also make eligible the participants to win the random drawing. 
- Use of logo is optional.
- Photo is preferred, but not essential.

Send in your entries before the 31st of March 2010 to mirchmasala [at] live [dot] com with the following details

* Your name
* Blog Name
* Name of the recipe
* URL of the post
* URL of your blog
* Your location (this is a MUST)
* Photo of your dish

Now here come the best part. Susan is graciously offering two prizes ( all prizes awarded to one winner), to be won by participating in this event.
1) Randomly selected and purchased by Susan (shipped worldwide): The New Food Lover's Tiptionary: More Than 6,000 Food and Drink Tips, Secrets, Shortcuts, and Other Things Cookbooks Never Tell You by Sharon Tyler Herbst.
2) Hurst Bean Box - A case of six bags of the winner's choice of Hurst Bean products, suitable for every diet, donated by Hurst Bean. (Due to shipping restrictions, this prize can only be awarded if the winner is a U.S. resident.) Susan does not receive any product nor financial compensation for her arrangement with Hurst Bean to provide this prize supplement for My Legume Love Affair.

So what are you waiting for? get cooking and send in your entries soon!