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tahir
Joined: 28 Oct 2004 Posts: 45389 Location: Essex
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Posted: Sat Jan 17, 15 3:39 pm Post subject: Tarka dhal |
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nick asked for a dhal recipe, like all of mine its a bit freestyle, and that really is how its supposed to be, its peasant food; use whats avaiable!
Get some dhal, preferably a mix of split chick peas, red lentils, green lentils, green moong, any one of the above on it's own will work.
Boil in quite a lot of water till soft to your liking, some people like it smoother than others, add your salt and chilli. (You can add some tomato and onion at the boiling stage if you like, I mostly don't, but up to you, turmeric too). If you have some fenugreek or other spicy green you can add that finely chopped and just stir in at the end if you like.
The important bit is the tarka:
veg oil (good splosh, enough to cover the base of the pan at least a couple of mm)
heat till hot (not smoking)
add spices: (any/all of)
fenugreek
cumin
black cumin
black mustard seed
onion seed
caraway seed
fennel
once these have fizzed a bit (be careful not to burn)
add a good dollop of butter and (prechopped v fine) garlic and ginger
give it a sizzle then stir it into your dhal
after this you can if you like garnish with fresh coriander, a squeeze of lemon juice is also nice
There is no wrong or right, some people like it runnier than others, some people don't like a very brown looking dhal, some don't like a strong tarka others do, some like the whole thing to be smooth like soup...
As Nick found out fenugreek can be quite powerful so go easy |
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earthyvirgo
Joined: 24 Aug 2007 Posts: 7972 Location: creating prints in the loft, Gerlan
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Nick
Joined: 02 Nov 2004 Posts: 34535 Location: Hereford
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Posted: Sat Jan 17, 15 3:56 pm Post subject: |
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Yep, had this last night. Was great. Yellow lentils, 45 minutes boiling in salt water, some chopped onion and turmeric in for the last ten minutes, drained and threw in the tarka.
Used cumin, black pepper, fennel, nigella seeds, black and yellow mustard, and some tiny bitter seeds, I forget the name of, bought for 20 rupees.
I forgot to add coriander, but did add lemon juice. |
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