Simple dhal
Dec. 4th, 2008 05:04 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
khiemtranStep 1: attempt to chop one onion. Realize there are no onions in the house. Delay rest of cooking until Liem wakes up and you can walk into town to buy some.
Step 1a: Chop one onion, two cloves garlic, about a teaspoon of ginger (I like to use bit more ginger).
Step 2: Fry chopped ingredients in olive oil. Realize after you've poured it in that last of olive oil has gone rancid. No other oil in house. Shrug and continue anyway.
Step 3: Wash red lentils carefully and drain in sieve. Make sure they were red lentils, otherwise you would have to have soaked them overnight beforehand.
Step 4: When frying ingredients turn golden brown, add in half a teaspoon of turmeric, stir well, then the drained lentils. Fry for about two minutes.
Step 5: Add three cups of hot cup, cover and turn down the heat. Hope that your recently repaired stove switch has the same value of "low" as it did before.
Step 6: After twenty minutes, add a teaspoon of salt and half a teaspoon of garam masala. Add more water if required. Simmer, simmer, simmer until soft.
There are much better dhal recipes out there (and probably just as many varieties as there are for bread), but this is quick, easy and very more-ish. It's also a great source of low-fat protein.
Step 1a: Chop one onion, two cloves garlic, about a teaspoon of ginger (I like to use bit more ginger).
Step 2: Fry chopped ingredients in olive oil. Realize after you've poured it in that last of olive oil has gone rancid. No other oil in house. Shrug and continue anyway.
Step 3: Wash red lentils carefully and drain in sieve. Make sure they were red lentils, otherwise you would have to have soaked them overnight beforehand.
Step 4: When frying ingredients turn golden brown, add in half a teaspoon of turmeric, stir well, then the drained lentils. Fry for about two minutes.
Step 5: Add three cups of hot cup, cover and turn down the heat. Hope that your recently repaired stove switch has the same value of "low" as it did before.
Step 6: After twenty minutes, add a teaspoon of salt and half a teaspoon of garam masala. Add more water if required. Simmer, simmer, simmer until soft.
There are much better dhal recipes out there (and probably just as many varieties as there are for bread), but this is quick, easy and very more-ish. It's also a great source of low-fat protein.
