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I was trying to make an Indian tomato chutney and the result reminded me of
a tomato cream sauce that would be good with pasta.  Since we really miss
cream sauces after being dairy-free and soy free, I was real excited and
thought I would share it with you.

1/2 cup urad dal (found in Indian stores, tiny pale yellow lentil beans,
main ingredient in Pappadini pasta)

1 onion

2 tomatoes

pasta sauce seasonings

2-3 tbs oil

Rinse the urad dal in water and fry in oil until very light brown.  Remove
from pan and cool.  Grind in a blender into a powder (it does not work in my
KitchenAid food processor but the blender does the trick).  Saute chopped
onions and cool.  Add to blender with dal powder and blend to a paste.  Cook
tomatoes with seasonings.  Cool and add to blender and blend to make a
creamy sauce.  You may need to add some water or other liquid to get the
right consistency for the sauce.

PS.  I remember that someone had posted a Better Than Cheese Whiz recipe
here that used the red lentils.  Maybe the red lentils will work in place of
the urad dal.

Devyani