Cucumber Dal

This is a modified Andhra recipe, we found at http://www.nandyala.org/mahanandi/archives/2006/10/09/lemon-cucumber-dal-budamkaya-pappu/.
We made it without the onion and garlic so as to let the flavour of the cucumber stand out.

3 yellow round cucumbers
1/2 cup toor dal
4 green chillies, finely chopped
Juice of a 2 inch piece tamarind
Curry leaves

Seasoning
1 tsp jeera

1. Peel, de-seed and cut the cucumber into approximately one inch pieces.
2. Cook cucumber with a little water and the tamarind juice. You can microwave it for 5 minutes.
3. Cook the dal with a pinch of turmeric, a drop of oil and the green chillies.
4. Once the dal is cooked, add the cooked cucumber, curry leaves, seasoning of jeera, salt and simmer.