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Whole black urad lentils and a small handful of red kidney beans are soaked overnight, then pressure-cooked or simmered…

Whole chickpeas are soaked overnight and simmered until tender (or pressure-cooked)

Yellow split peas (chana dal) simmer with onion, turmeric and tomato until very soft

This is mapo tofu without the pork, where the dried shiitake mushroom steps in and does most of the heavy lifting

Sliced onions are fried into golden-brown crisps and lifted out

Spinach is blanched for one minute then plunged into iced water (a step that locks the colour bright green)

Dried kidney beans are soaked overnight and pressure-cooked (or simmered for 2 hours) until completely tender

A spice paste of green chillies and aromatics blends fresh (or starts from a good Thai paste with fresh additions)