Name: Peas and Lentils with Pumpkin (Kaddu Dhansaak)
Yield: Makes 6 cups
Cuisine: India
Ingredients: 4 medium-size cloves garlic, thinly sliced; 4 tablespoons Ghee or canola oil; 2 teaspoons coarse kosher or sea salt; ½ cup oily or unoily skinned split yellow pigeon peas (toovar dal), picked over for stones; ¼ cup skinned split green lentils (yellow in this form, moong dal), picked over for stones; ¼ cup yellow split peas (chana dal), picked over for stones; 2 cups cubed fresh red pumpkin (1-inch cubes; see Tip); 2 medium-size red onions; 1 cut into ½-inch cubes, 1 cut in half lengthwise and thinly sliced; 1 medium-size carrot, ends trimmed, cut crosswise into ½-inch-thick slices; 1 medium-size russet or Yukon Gold potato, peeled, cut into ½-inch cubes, and submerged in a bowl of cold water to prevent browning; 1 teaspoon ground turmeric; 1 teaspoon ground Kashmiri chiles; or ¼ teaspoon cayenne (ground red pepper) mixed with ¾ teaspoon sweet paprika; 1 can (14.5 ounces) diced tomatoes; 1 teaspoon English-style Madras curry powder; 1 teaspoon Sambhar masala; 8 ounces fresh spinach leaves, well rinsed and coarsely chopped; ½ teaspoon Maharashtrian garam masala; ¼ cup finely chopped fresh cilantro leaves and tender stems

Preparation info

Makes
6 cups

Difficulty
Medium

Appears in

660 Curries

By Raghavan Iyer

Published 2008

About

A vegetarian-friendly version of a Parsi classic, this combines a plethora of legumes (dhan) and vegetables (saak) to make a more-than-adequate one-dish offering—adequate even for Sunday dinner, as a replacement for the standard pot roast and vegetables.

Ingredients

½ cup oily or unoily skinned split yellow pigeon peas (toovar dal), picked over for stones
¼ cup skinned split green lentils (yellow in this form, moong dal), picked over fo

Method

Place the pigeon peas, lentils, and split peas in a pressure cooker. Fill the cooker halfway with water, and rinse the legumes by rubbing them between your fingertips. The water may appear slightly dirty. Drain this water. Repeat three or four times, until the water remains relatively clear; drain. Now add 3

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