Hot Lentil Soup

Ingredients for cooking the dal and the vegetables

• 4 ozs (115 g) split peas (dal harhar)
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Boil the split peas (dal harhar), carrot, potato, brinjal, salt, turmeric and the water together till the split peas become tender. Discard the carrot and the potato. Cut the brinjal into dice and put it back into the pan. If other vegetables like marrow or lady’s finger are used in place of the brinjals cut them also into dice. Squeeze out the tamarind pulp and add to the boil