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The south: split pea & coconut curry sauce

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Ingredients:
Stephen Ceideburg
1 tspRaw white rice
1 tbspYellow split peas
1/4 cupWater
2 Or 3 fresh hot green chiles
-stemmed and seeded
1 One-inch piece fresh ginger
-peeled
1 tbspMild vegetable oil
1/4 tspMustard seeds
1/2 tspCumin seeds
1/8 tspTurmeric
10 Fresh curry leaves, or:
1 tbspCrushed dried curry leaves
-or:
1 tbspMinced cilantro
2 cupCoconut milk
1/2 tspSalt
1 tbspLemon juice
Procedures:
1Combine rice and split peas in a bowl and rinse in several changes of water.
2Add ?cup water and soak for 1 hour.
3(do not drain the water).
4Add chiles and ginger and blend until finely pureed, set aside.
5Heat oil in a heavy 2-quart saucepan over medium-high heat.
6Add mustard, cumin, turmeric and curry leaves.
7When seeds pop, stir in split pea-ginger puree.
8Stir-fry for about 4 minutes.
9Add coconut milk and salt.
10Stir with the back of a spoon until there are no lumps.
11Bring to a boil, reduce heat and simmer, uncovered, for 10 minutes.
12Remove from heat and stir in lemon juice.
13Makes 2 cups per tablespoon: 35 calories, 0 g protein, 1 g carbohydrate, 3 g fat (3 g saturated), 0 mg cholesterol, 35 mg sodium, 0 g fiber.
14Laxmi hiremath writing in the san francisco chronicle, 6/24/92
 
 
 
 

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