Elevating Simple Legumes, Just Enough

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Mung bean dal wiith apples and coconut tarka.
By MARK BITTMAN
Published: January 4, 2010

IF the word “dal” conjures up images of a simple dish of well-flavored lentils, the kind of thing you might see at an Indian lunch buffet, that’s not inaccurate. But it is incomplete, because dal is a generic term for bean dishes, and for the beans and lentils used to make them. More

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