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Default Re: ~Recipe Request~ - >>   Show Printable Version  Show Printable Version   Email this Page  Email this Page   05-24-2011, 04:12 AM

Kalii Dal

Ingredients:

* 1 cup split urad daal (black lentils)
* 2 large onions sliced thin
* 2 green chillies slit
* Salt to taste
* A pinchof asafetida
* 2 large tomatoes chopped into cubes
* 2" piece of ginger jullienned
* 1 tbsp garlic minced
* 2 tsps coriander powder
* 1 tsp cumin powder
* 1/2 tsp red chilli powder
* 1/2 cup thickened/ double/ heavy cream, whisked
* 2 tbsps vegetable/ canola/ sunflower cooking oil
* 2 tbsps ghee
* 1 tsp cumin seeds



Preparation:

* Soak the Urad Daal (black lentils) in a bowl of water, overnight if possible.
* Boil the soaked lentils with 3 cups of water, 1 sliced onion, green chillies, asafetida and salt to taste till they are very tender.
* In a separate pan, heat the oil and fry the other onion till soft. Add the ginger and garlic and fry for a minute.
* Add the tomatoes, coriander, cumin and red chilli powders and fry for another 5 minutes.
* Add the boiled lentils and enough water to make a thick gravy-like consistency and mix well. Simmer for 10 minutes.
* Pour in the whisked cream and mix well. Turn off the fire.
* In another small pan, heat the ghee and when hot add the cumin seeds and cook till they stop spluttering.
* Pour this into the lentils (it will all sizzle) and mix well.