Serves
4
Ingredients
- 1 tablespoon coconut oil
- 1 cup split yellow lentils
- 1 medium onion
- 4 garlic cloves
- 1 tablespoon fresh ginger grated
- 1 serrano chilli diced
- 1 teaspoon curry powder
- 1 teaspoon garam masala
- 1/4 teaspoon ground coriander
- 1/4 teaspoon ground turmeric
- 3 cups water
- 1 teaspoon salt
- Pepper
- 1 can diced tomatoes
- 1 handful of fresh coriander
Tadka
- ▢ 1 tablespoon coconut oil
- 1 teaspoon black mustard seeds
- 1/2 teaspoon cumin seeds
- 8 curry leaves
- 2 dried red chile peppers
Sides
- Rice
- Flatbread
- Coriander
- Red onion
Method
Wash then soak lentils for 15 minutes in water.
Heat oil in a heavy, deep frying pan over medium-high heat. Once the oil is hot, add the onions, a pinch of salt, and cook for 7 minutes, until softened and starting to turn golden brown on the edges.
Add the garlic, ginger and serrano chili. Cook for 2 minutes. Add the curry powder, garam masala, coriander, and turmeric and stir to coat into the onions, and cook for about 30 seconds, stirring almost constantly.
Deglaze the pan with 2
Pour in 2 cups of water scraping up any browned bits on the bottom of the pan. Add the soaked and drained lentils, 1 teaspoon salt, and pepper to taste. Stir to combine.
Bring the dal to a boil. Then lower the heat and put on the lid (make sure heat can escape).
Simmer the dal for 30 minutes, stirring occasionally and adding more water as needed.
Add the diced tomatoes and cook for 4-5 minutes,
You can use an immersion blender to blend some of the dal, but keep some lentils whole.
Finally, stir in the chopped cilantro. Taste, adding more salt as needed.
Tadka
Heat a small frying pan add coconut oil and, when hot add the mustard seeds. After 1 minute. add the cumin seeds for a few seconds. Finally, add the curry leaves, dried red chile peppers. Keep stirring until the curry leaves have shriveled, the chili peppers and cumin seeds are darker. Remove from the heat immediately.
Drizzle over the dhal and serve with rice, flatbread, coriander and/ or red onion.
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looks delicious!