Name: Spicy Greens with Mung Beans
Yield: Serves 2 as a main or 4 as a side
Ingredients: 1 medium green cabbage; 200 ml hulled and split mung beans (moong dal); a good slug of sunflower oil; 1 onion, sliced; ½ tsp nigella (black onion) seeds; ½ tsp black mustard seeds; 2 dried red chillies, left whole; 3 garlic cloves, sliced; 2.5 cm piece fresh ginger, peeled and finely chopped; salt and black pepper; naan bread or chapatis, to serve (optional); a generous knob of butter or ghee; juice of ½ lemon; ½ tsp fenugreek; ½ tsp turmeric

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Serves
2
as a main

Difficulty
Easy

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Autumn and Winter Cooking with a Veg Box (Riverford Companions)

By Guy Watson

Published 2015

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This is an easy, one-pot dish that will warm you up on a winter’s night. The recipe comes from Riverford Cook Anna Colquhoun, who is a big fan of dals. If you don’t have all the spices on the list, use what you do have, perhaps adding in one or two more Indian spices of your choice.

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