A Simple Dal
Recipe: #14104
August 31, 2014
Categories: Curries, Beans, Indian, 5-Minute Prep, Gluten-Free, Heart Healthy, High Fiber, High Protein, Low Calorie, Low Fat, No Eggs, Vegetarian, Canned Tomatoes, Spicy, Vegetarian Dinner, more
"A quick and easy meatless main dish. This recipe is infinitely tweakable, so have fun experimenting."
Original is 4 servings
Ingredients
Nutritional
- Serving Size: 1 (305.8 g)
- Calories 218.5
- Total Fat - 1.3 g
- Saturated Fat - 0.4 g
- Cholesterol - 1.8 mg
- Sodium - 586.9 mg
- Total Carbohydrate - 37.5 g
- Dietary Fiber - 16.4 g
- Sugars - 7.7 g
- Protein - 15.6 g
- Calcium - 105.9 mg
- Iron - 4.9 mg
- Vitamin C - 10.5 mg
- Thiamin - 0.5 mg
Step by Step Method
Step 1
In a pot, heat the ghee over medium heat. Add the garlic and fry for about 1 minute, or until fragrant. Then, add the ginger and spices, and fry for a minute longer.
Step 2
Place the lentils and cloves in the pot; stir, then pour in water and tomato sauce.
Step 3
Bring to a boil, cover, then lower heat to a simmer. Cook for 30-45 minutes, or until lentils are tender everything is somewhat creamy. You may need to add more water as you cook, if too much evaporates. Often, I cook for as long as an hour.
Step 4
Just before serving, stir in the yogurt (temper it first with a bit of the hot dal so it does not curdle). You can taste-check at this point to see if you want to add any salt.
Step 5
Serve over rice and with warm naan for a complete and satisfying meal. I like topping the dal with a variety of chutneys, but a sprinkling of cilantro, parsley or green onions would be nice too.
Tips
No special items needed.
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