A fat slab of flawless, crisp-skinned hake comes on a black "daal" made not of lentils, but of black-eyed beans, all murky with masala and topped with shards of fresh ginger.
I said "Charlie, this is what a kali daal tastes like".
If you have an sensitive stomach it would be a good idea to order daal (a soothing lentil based-soup) or mutter paneer (stewed peas and cubes of special cheese).
In another wobblier video still, he is squatting beside a fresh bowl of daal and a large, unbroken chapatti, as if he is preparing to share it out.
For $80 a week, my in-laws received a large bag filled with enough dishes to last them at least five meals, including a soupy yellow daal, cabbage, bhindi (okra) and a foil wrapped packet of paper thin Gujarati rotis.
The boys get chicken once a week, on Sundays, so Bahrani walked them through a recipe for chicken in what I can now vouch for is most abasingly described as "coconut gravy"; a special black daal; and fried rice, which they craved after a field trip to a Chinese restaurant.
(It is nearly impossible to pry the little prawns out of their shells — I tend to regard them as I do the shrimp in a gumbo, there more for flavor than for actual sustenance). You would expect an adobo at a Filipino restaurant, and there it is —sweet, soft pork belly braised with soy, vinegar and lots of garlic, served over what in an Indian restaurant you would call a mung bean daal.
Daal, a 29-year-old left-hander, was 13-7 with a 4.46 earned run average.
"I'd just rather give him a good chance to," said Valentine, who did not want Ventura to face OMAR DAAL, a pitcher he does not hit well.
Mrs. Rahi's sous-chef, Benjamin Afonso, makes a thick black daal with black lentils, tomatoes, cumin, salt and olive oil that could chase away the blues.
