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The Vegetarian Curry Bible
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You may get a lot of noise from the pan, this is fine.
Add a little water to the frying pan and heat until boiling, add this to the
dal too.
Take the dal off the heat and allow to stand for ten minutes, mix and
serve.
Tarka Dal
by Kris Dhillon
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This nutritious dal is made with red split lentils which turn a pale yellow when
cooked.
Serves 4-6.
Preparation and cooking time: 1 hour
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and pre-cook the beans, or simmer them for up to 8 hours, rather than 1 to
Note that if using a bean mix, rather than dal, you'll either have to pre-soak
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Ingredients:
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½ cup red split lentils
3 cups water
1 level teaspoon salt
1 small onion chopped
3 cloves garlic finely chopped
4 tablespoon melted vegetable ghee
Pinch turmeric
½ teaspoon garam masala
1 small tomato
2 teaspoon finely chopped green coriander
Method:
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Pick over the lentils for any stones and wash them in several changes of water.
Put into a saucepan with the three cups of water, add the salt, and bring to the
boil.
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Turn down the heat and simmer uncovered, skimming off the froth that collects
at the top for the first 20 minutes or so during cooking. After this stage, the pan
should be partly covered.
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Cook, stirring occasionally, for a total of one hour, at the end of which time you
should have a pale yellow, soup-like consistency.
While the dal is cooking, fry the onion and garlic in the ghee until the onions
are pale brown.
Add the turmeric and garam masala to the onions and cook for two or three
seconds.
Stir the onion mixture into the cooked lentils. Serve hot, sprinkled with
chopped tomato and green coriander.
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