1/2 cup mung dal
1/2 small cabbage, chopped fine
1 large baking potato, diced
1 bunch frozen peas
1 tsp sambar powder
1 turmeric, to taste
1 salt, to taste
1 shredded dry coconut soaked in a li, ttle water
1 mustard, (seasoning)
1 urad dal, (seasoning)
1 dry red chilli, (seasoning)
1 curry leaves, (seasoning)
1 oil, (seasoning)
Directions
Set dal to cook in about 2 cups water and a touch turmeric. When dal
is three-quarters done add shredded cabbage, potatoes and a little
more water if needed on top of the dal. Add sambar powder and salt.
Cover with a lid and let it simmer away another 10 to 15 minutes.
Veggies should be done but still holding their shape. Stir in wet
coconut. Remove from heat. Top with seasoning as explained in
previous recipes.
If more particular, grind fresh coconut with roasted red chilli and
roasted urad dal paste in lieu of the desiccated coconut.
Variations:
You can do a keerai (spinach) kootan with a little modification. Add
fresh coconut ground with roasted red chillies, urad dal and a little
cumin. Also you can cook toovar dal separately or throw veggies + dal
in a cooker for a few minutes, if you like. This tends to overcook
veggies but can be done fast.
U15297@uicvm.bitnet (Shyamala Parameswaran)
Servings: 6 servings
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The History of Recipes
It is possible to track the history of meal recipes back into history, certainly as far back into recorded history as the ancient Egyptians, and possibly even further. In practice though, in the main part, these old records were just very basic pictorial recipes for preparing food.
As our culinary historical trip moves on a few more years there are two interesting books dating from the 1300s - a cookery book titled `Forme of Cury`, and another, similary called `Curye on Inglish`. Perhaps surprisingly, these two books have no connection with the indian curry that is popular today, but instead accounts of the types of food served to the nobility of the period. By the arrival of the 1900s, recipe publications were in high demand, due to higher levels of literacy, increased leisure time and having more disposable income. |
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