Side Pannel
Ambat-Varan (A Curry)
Ingredients List
- 1/2 c Red gram dal (like small
- -lentils)
- Salt and jaggery to taste
- -(jaggery is like brown
- -sugar; actually dried sugar
- -cane juice; like Sucanat)
- 1/2 ts Turmeric powder
- 1 1/2 l Water
- Tamarind pulp to taste (this
- -makes it sour)
- 3 -(up to)
- 4 Sliced sliced green chillies
- --or-
- 1/2 ts Chilli powder (cayenne)
- 1 Handful of coriander leaves;
- -chopped (cilantro)
- 1 tb Groundnut oil (peanut oil)
- 1/2 ts Mustard seeds
- 1/2 ts Cumin seeds
- 1 pn Asafoetida (I don't know
- -exactly what this is; but
- -it's sold in Indian
- -restaurants; and it's
- -really good; some sort of
- -spice, I keep mine in the
- -freezer and it seems to
- -last a long time)
- Few curry leaves
Directions
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