Urid Bean Question (+ Hello from Newbie!)

June 24, 2006

Hello everyone First I'd like to say thanks for being such an awesome

group! I am an aspiring vegetarian, and am pretty close to being there 100%

I love all the recipes and talk here, it's great!

Now, I have a question. I was given a bag of Urid beans (black with a small

white dot), about 1-2 lbs. I haven't got a clue as to how to cook them.

Everytime I google them, they mention Dal, but I have yet to find out how to

make it. If anyone has some suggestions, I'd be forever greatfull

Thank you muchly in advance

BB,

Tara

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June 25, 2006

Oh NEAT! New beans, yum! I just looked them up online, as you did and found lots

of less than helpful suggestions other than not cooking them in a slow cooker. I

wonder why? How odd.

For me, when I get a new bean (there are so many differnet beans, legumes, etc

in the world!) I soak a quarter cupful of them overnight, rinse, then cook in

pain, unseasoned water till done. Once they are soft, then I taste and start

playing with seasonings. I'm willing to bet that the vegetarian kitchen has more

seasonings than most non-veg kitchens, and as a new veg, I suspect you are

having a ball discovering this new world.

So, short form. Cook up a tiny bit of them and taste then naked. The beans,

not you, but it is summer sooo....Have FUN. Jeanne in Georgia

Tara Donovan-Kostyrski <longtobemom wrote:

Hello everyone First I'd like to say thanks for being such an

awesome