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Apple-currant Cookies Recipe

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Ingredients

1 ts Black mustard seed
1 Granny Smith apple
-KOSUMBARA----
1/2 ts Salt; or to taste
2 tb Fresh lime juice
1 tb Dried curry leaves; or substitute cilantro leaves
1 lg European cucumber
Tempering
1 Green cayenne pepper; or two jalapeno chilies, seeded and minced
1 ts Cumin seed
1 tb Split mung dal
1 tb Vegetable oil
3/4 c Fresh cilantro leaves; loosely packed

Directions

Step #1 At the very bottom tip of India is a town called Kanyakumari.
Step #2 It is in the state of Tamil Nadu & nearby Andra Pradesh.
Step #3 This salad, called, kosumbara is a vegetable dish that comes in many guises, all of them delicious.
Step #4 The distinguishing feature about the salad is the use of black mustard seeds for flavor & split mung (moong) dal for color & texture.
Step #5 In this version, the combination of crunchy apples & cucumber is very refreshing alone or when served with a "big-flavor curry" & rice.
Step #6 1.
Step #7 Place the dal in a small bowl with 1 c water & soak for 1 hr.
Step #8 2.
Step #9 Cut the cucumber lengthwise into 4 or 6 wedges.
Step #10 discard the seeds, then cut crosswise into 3/4 inch or 1/2 inch chunks.
Step #11 place this in a large bowl.
Step #12 Core the apple, but do no peel, then cut into small chunks and add to the cucumber.
Step #13 Add the chile.
Step #14 coriander, soaked dal, & lime juice & toss to mix well.
Step #15 3.
Step #16 Heat a small heavy skillet over med-heat/flame.
Step #17 Add the oil & when it is hot, toss in the remaining tempering ingredients.
Step #18 Give a quick stir, then cover to prevent the mustard seeds from popping out.
Step #19 When most of the seeds have popped, about 30 seconds, remove this from the heat & pour over the salad.
Step #20 Sprinkle topd on the salt & toss well.
Step #21 Served in a shallow bowl.
Step #22 Serves 6 as part of a rice-based meal.
Step #23 MUNG DAL -- a strong golden yellow all over, this quick-cooking dal is from mung beans that have been hulled & split.
Step #24 It turns slightly duller yellow when cooked.
Step #25 WHOLE MUNG are small, dull green & almost round beans.
Step #26 Also called green gram.
Step #27 Whole beans need to be soaked overnight.
Step #28 When skinned and split, they are yellow.
Step #29 CURRY LEAVES originate in south India.
Step #30 Also called Kari Patta.
Step #31 Dark green, fresh leaves are preferred & often grown in one's kitchen window.
Step #32 They must be used within a few days of picking.
Step #33 Dried leaves are available at most Indian markets & may be kept for weeks.
Step #34 Cilantro may be substituted; or omit.
Step #35 NOTES : SEDUCTIONS OF RICE is more than a cookbook & a guide to the rice of the world.
Step #36 It's also a personal diary of the couple's travels & adventures.
Step #37 1998 Jeffrey Alford & Naomi Duguid (Artisan: 1579651135).
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