they are delicious in Indian curries. I
substituted them for kidney beans in one
of my slow cooker dishes to rave
reviews.
- PIGEON PEAS (TOOR DAL, TOOVAR,
ARHAR, AND TUR): This lentil is used
quite a bit in West and South India. The
split and skinned version is used in
making sambhar and rasam. It is sold
split, skinned, and dry, or with an oily
film on it. I recommend that you avoid
the oily version. They’re harder to wash.
- YELLOW SPLIT PEAS: These are the
dried yellow version of the green pea.
They are wonderful when cooked in a
slow cooker and blended into a soup (as
in my last book). In this book, I didn’t
