added this 18 years ago
Lovely Lentil Dahl
What you need:
200 mg lentils (yellow split peas)
2 slides raw ginger unpeeled
1/2 teaspoon turmeric
2 pints water
oil, margarine or soy butter for frying
1 teaspoon cumin seeds
1 teaspoon ground coriander powder
1/4 teaspoon hot chili powder
1/2 teaspoon asafetida
What you do:
Add lentils, ginger, turmeric to 2 pints water and bring to boil. Skim foam, reduce heat and leave for 1 hour adding water if you think its too thick.
Remove ginger.
Fry with spices, cook for 1/2 minute and add to lentils.
Preparation Time:
Cooking Time:
Servings:
Recipe Category:
SO HOW'D IT GO?
This was "lovely". I used half cup dried yellow split peas and got a good dollop of dahl. Ate half for dinner last night with some moong (mung) bean dahl and store bought dahl mukhani (anyone got a good recipe for this, its gorgeous stuff). Had the other half with leftover moong (mung) bean dahl and rice. The contrast was good between the three.
I give it 4* - needed a little extra spice but that's just my taste.
I am assuming the quantity of lentils is a typo 200mg would be about 1 lentil. How many did you really mean?