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      Title: Toovar Dal
 Categories: Main dish, Indian, Dals, Vegetarian
      Yield: 4 servings
 
      5 oz Toovar dal
      1 pt Water
      2    Green beans
      5    Curry leaves
      1    Ginger piece (1/2")
      1 ea Green chile
    1/2 tb Jaggery
      2    Tomatoes
      1 tb Raw groundnut meats
           Salt to taste

-----------------------------------TARKA-----------------------------------
      1 tb Ghee or oil
    1/2 ts Cumin seeds
    1/2 ts Mustard seeds
    1/2 ts Chilli powder
      1 tb Fresh coriander; chopped
      1 pn Asafoetida
 
  Wash & clean the dal throughly and leave to soak for one hour. Wash
  it again in one or two changes of water and then place it in a
  saucepan with one pint of water. Wash the drumsticks and cut into
  2" long pieces. Add this to the dal with the curry leaves, the
  salt, chopped ginger, chopped green chilli, jaggery, chopped
  tomatoes and raw groundnuts. Bring the dal to the boil, reduce the
  heat and let it simmer for about 15 minutes until the dal is well
  blended and the drumsticks are tender. The consistency of the dal
  should be like that of a cream soup.
  
  To make the tarka, heat the ghee or oil and when hot add the cumin
  seeds and the mustard seeds. As soon as they start to pop, add the
  asefoetida and the chilli powder. Stir fry for 1 second only or the
  chilli powder will burn. Pour it over the prepared dal and garnish
  with fresh chopped coriander leaves.
  
  Recipe by Meera Taneja, "Indian Regional Cookery"

  Posted by: Joell Abbott
 
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