Dhal Tadka (Lentil Curry)

Dhal who doesn't fancy a bowl of dhal with some rice or a puri. When ever i cook Dhal in my house the family goes crazy over it and it doesn't take time before you know its all gone.

So i cooked Dhal today with love and passion knowing the family are going to love it. It is a lovley vegetarian dish so enjoy non meat eaters.

Lentils are packed with nutrients, fiber, complex carbohydrates, and folic acid. Lentils are a low calorie, low fat, and cholesterol free food.

I like making my dishes unique so of course ill put a little twist in my Dhal so see if you can notice it. So lets start with the ingredients, now I'm going to use Red split lentils, i like them the best but you could use any lentils you want but the cooking time could be affected.

Now lets see what goes inside the Dhal tadka...

INGREDIENTS:

• 1 & 1/2 cup Red Spilt Lentils washed
  
• 5 cups of water
• 1/4 tsp of turmeric powder
  
• salt and pepper to taste
• 1 tsp cumin seeds
• 1/2 tsp mustard seeds
• 4 Birds eye chilli or 1 tsp chilli flakes
• 1 lemon juice
• 3 green chilli slitted
• 2 Tbsp Ghee or vegetable oil
• Bay leaf
• 1 small onion
• 4-5 cloves of garlic chopped, minced or grated
  
• Coriander leafs to garnish.

That's the ingredients done i know it looks like allot of stuff but trust me the taste is going to be mind blowing. Now lets start with the method remember there's going to be 2 steps of cooking, first cooking the dhal and then the tadka (fry)....

Cooking the Lentil...
Step 1... In a medium pot put the lentils, water, bay leaf, salt, Turmeric powder and the chopped onions together and bring to the boil. Boil the lentils until it has come to to very soft almost mushy and all the water and evaporated . Add the green chillis and put on medium heat.

The tadka...
Step 2... Now lets start with the tadka, the exciting part for me. Get a non stick frying pan heat the ghee or oil. Once the ghee is heated up add the birds eye chilli or the chilli flakes then add the cumin seeds and mustard seeds, when they start popping add the garlic and fry until garlic gets browned.

Step 3... When the garlic gets browned quickly add the fry into the dhal pot and it should sizzle.
Instantly add the lemon juice boil for further 5 - 10 mins and garnish with coriander leafs.

Done...

You could serve this with rice or roti, parathas and puri's. By now the kitchen is probley full of aromatic smell that you can almost taste it in your mouth like i always say..

"Yummy In My Tummy"