Family Fridays #17 Nita

This week's Family Friday is brought to you by Nita! Nita Sharda is a Registered Dietitian who maintains a private practice, Carrots and Cake Balanced Nutrition Consulting. She lives in the heart of the prairies, Winnipeg, Manitoba with her husband. Nita supports a balanced approach to nutrition (with room to play) and encourages clients to take joy in preparing simple and tasty meals. In her spare time you can catch Nita dancing to music, cooking and enjoying brisk walks outside. 

This recipe is particularly important to me because it was inspired by my Masi Ji (maternal aunt) who in-turn learned about marinating chickpeas in roasted cumin from her relative. And just like that, I managed to perfect the recipe with my Masi and I can share it with my readers on the Carrots and Cake I particularly love how fragrant my house is after I roast the cumin. This is a really important component of the recipe—you simply cannot use “regular ol’” cumin. It is crucial that roasted cumin be used.Tip: to save your future-self some time, roast a large batch of cumin seeds and store in an air tight container to add into other recipes.It’s difficult to summarize why I feel my family is special. A lot of who I am and who I want to be is a direct result of my upbringing. I recall many memories with my mum and dad managing all aspects of life: from the food I ate, the friends I had, the clothes I wore and right down to my finances. And now after being married for over three years I’ve got another set of parents who similar to my mum and dad are learning to take a back-step on managing our lives and transitioning into being our advisors. It’s a gift, truly. To have people that surround you with love and generosity; this is certainly not something I take for granted.You can find the full recipe here.