Spiced Dal With peanuts & Dill
Created by ellie on April 30, 2018
- Servings: 5
- Prep Time: 35m
- Cook Time: 30m
- Recipe #29438
Ingredients
- 6 tablespoons lentils (yellow, split)
- 1/4 cup oil (vegetable oil)
- 2 teaspoons cumin seed (whole)
- 10 garlic cloves, minced
- 2 chiles ( small green Indian chiles or sermons, stemmed, seeded and minced)
- 2 red onions (small onions, minced)
- 2 plum tomatoes (cored and chopped)
- 1 tablespoon coriander, ground
- 1 teaspoons turmeric, ground
- 1 teaspoon chile powder (red kashmiri chile powder, may be purchased at Indian grocery shops)
- 3 cups dill, chopped
- 1/2 cup peanuts, chopped
- Kosher salt
How to Make
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Step 1: In a bowl cover the lentils with water and let soak for 30 minutes and then drain.
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Step 2: In a skillet warm the oil over medium high heat and add the cumin seeds and cook, stirring constantly until fragrant (1 minute). Add the garlic, chiles and onions and cook, stirring, until the onions are soft and golden brown (10-15 minutes).
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Step 3: Stir in the tomatoes and cook for 2 minutes and then add the coriander, turmeric and chile powder and cook, stirring until fragrant (2 minutes). Stein in the lentils, dill, peanuts and 1 1/2 cups water, and cook, stirring until dal is tender (20 minutes). Season with salt and serve hot.
Nutritional Facts
- Serving Size: 1 (298.1 g)
- Calories 317.8
- Total Fat - 23.7 g
- Saturated Fat - 3.4 g
- Cholesterol - 0 mg
- Sodium - 957.2 mg
- Total Carbohydrate - 21.9 g
- Dietary Fiber - 7.1 g
- Sugars - 6.5 g
- Protein - 9.2 g
- Calcium - 121.6 mg
- Iron - 3.4 mg
- Vitamin C - 18.2 mg
- Thiamin - 0.3 mg