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Title: Dal
Categories: Indian
Yield: 3 Servings

1/2 c Red lentils; they turn
- yellow when cooked
1 1/2 c Water
1 sm Onion
2 cl Garlic
1 Ginger thumb (1/2")
1 ts Salt; approximate
1/4 ts Cumin
1/2 ts Turmeric
1/2 ts Coriander
1 Bay leaf
2 lg Tomatoes (1 c); diced
Chili or pepper; to taste
Oil; for frying

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1/2 ts Cumin seeds
1/2 ts Pepper; coarsely ground
1 cl Garlic
1/2 ts Mustard seeds

Boil the lentils like rice, but with three times as much water as
lentils (by volume).

Cut the onion, garlic, and ginger into small pieces.

Mash the garlic and ginger up with a mortar and pestle, if available.

Fry the onion until light brown, then add the garlic and ginger paste.

Fry for a bit longer, then add the tomatoes and all spices except for
the tadka ones

After everything is cooked well (~20 minutes), mix with the lentils
(the lentils should soak up all the water; if not, figure out what
you're going to do...).

For the (optional) tadka, heat oil very hot in a pot with a lid, then
tilt the pot so the oil collects on one side, add the tadka spices
(cut the garlic clove beforehand), quickly close the lid, and wait
until the seeds stop sputtering. The sputtered seeds and oil can then
be mixed together with the rest of the dal.

Serve with rice or chapati or whatever.

Recipe FROM: <gopher://lumidify.org/0/recipes/main_meals/
pakistani_indian/dal.md>

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