Pigeon Pea Paste Aka Arhar Dal Or Toovar Dal Recipes

Entered for ZWT. This is a staple of South Indian cuisine, found in Madhur Jaffrey's "World Vegetarian", used as a launching pad for other recipes. This recipe describes the basic preparation of these round, dull yellow peas with an earthy, dark flavor in their hulled and split forms. The plants in the northern part of India produce Arhar Dal; in the southern part of India: Toovar Dal. Every day a different stew is made with these. If using "oily toovar", wash it very thoroughly before cooking to remove the castor oil coating. Note that dried peas double in size after cooking. This paste will last 1 week tightly covered in the refrigerator; in Indian households, it is used everyday. If the next recipe requires draining of the peas, save the cooking liquid for soup. Preparation time is soaking time. Cooking time is estimated total time once in pressure cooker to come up to pressure and cook, but does not include natural release time.

Provided by KateL

Categories     Lentil

Time 8h35m

Yield 6 cups, 24 serving(s)

Number Of Ingredients 3

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Nutrition Facts : Calories 97.4, Fat 0.4, SaturatedFat 0.1, Sodium 6.6, Carbohydrate 17.8, Fiber 4.3, Protein 6.2

Dal can be made with all kinds of lentils and cooking methods. These vary not just from region to region, but also from day to day, mood to mood. Some cooks like dal soupy, others chunky. There are dals for special occasions, seasoned with charcoal smoke and butter or padded out luxuriously with cream, as well as lighter, leaner dals that can restore you when you're not feeling well.The flavor of this everyday, Gujarati-style dal comes from the pure nuttiness of split pigeon peas, boiled until tender and bolstered with spices bloomed in hot ghee. This fat-tempering technique, called vaghar in Gujarati, has many names and many uses across the country. In this case, the tempering is a great introduction to the resourcefulness and finesse of Indian home cooks: Just a few tablespoons of carefully seasoned fat, tipped in at the very last moment, transform an entire pot.

Provided by Tejal Rao

Categories     dinner, soups and stews, main course, side dish

Time 4h

Yield 4 to 6 servings (about 3 cups)

Number Of Ingredients 12

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Entered for ZWT. From Madhur Jaffrey's "World Vegetarian". After the pigeon paste has been prepared using Recipe #483388 #483388, the hulled and split pigeon peas are always cooked with a little turmeric. Salt is added at the very end. Again, this recipe is a launching pad for the Indian stew of the day. Once cooked, lightly boiled or sauteed vegetables may be added. For Indian dishes, a final tarka is also added unless feeding the sick, the elderly or young children.

Provided by KateL

Categories     Lentil

Time 1h25m

Yield 1 cup, 4 serving(s)

Number Of Ingredients 3

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Nutrition Facts : Calories 169.9, Fat 0.5, SaturatedFat 0.1, Sodium 584.3, Carbohydrate 28.9, Fiber 14.7, Sugar 1, Protein 12.4