Recipe#11866

Title: Dhansak

From: "amanda" amanda@gate.net 
 Message-ID: <6olohj$1jvg$1@news.gate.net> 
 Newsgroups: rec.food.veg.cooking 
 Subject: Re: Vegetable dhansak 
 Date: Fri, 17 Jul 1998 01:32:59 GMT 

Yield: 4 servings
 1 c mixed legumes
 3 c water
 1 lb mixed vegetables
 4 tablespoons ghee
 1 sm onion, diced.
 2 garlic cloves, chopped
 1 green chili, chopped
 1/2 teaspoon turmeric
 2 teaspoons garam masala
 salt 
 1 tablespoon lemon juice
 3 tablespoons chopped cilantro
 Wash legumes & soak for an hour.
 Place water & legumes in a large pot & bring to a boil.  Cut
 vegetables into bite sized pieces & add to the legumes.   Cook for
 10 minutes.
 Heat ghee in a separate pot & saute onion & garlic till golden.
 Stir in chili, turmeric & garam masala.  Mix thouroughly.
 Transfer legumes & vegetables into pot with ghee mixture & stir
 well.  Add salt & cook for another 20 minutes until everything is
 tender.
 Add lemon juice & cilantro & serve hot.