Name: Coconut and Garlic Tarka Daal
Prep time: 1 h 20 min
Cook time: 45 min
Total time: 2 h 5 min
Yield: Serves 4
Cuisine: Indian
Ingredients: 1-2 whole green chillies, slit ¾ of the way up; 2 tbsp oil; ¼ red onion, finely diced; 100 ml hot water; 2 x 400 ml tins of creamed coconut milk; 1 tbsp finely chopped fresh coriander; 1 tsp cumin seeds; 1 tsp black mustard seeds; 2 tsp finely minced fresh ginger; 2 tsp turmeric; 4 garlic cloves, finely sliced; 2 tsp finely minced garlic; 100 g split channa daal; 200 g yellow moong daal; ½ tsp asafoetida; 2 tsp salt, or to taste; 1 fresh green chilli, finely minced; Handful of fresh coriander leaves, to garnish

Preparation info

Serves
4

Difficulty
Easy
Ready in
2 hr 30

Appears in

The Garlic Story: Nourish your body, delight your palate

By Kumud Gandhi

Published 2023

About

Warming, velvety and delicious, this recipe uses some of the most nutritious ingredients available at a super low cost; how could anything be more comforting? Tarka simply means an infusion where the whole spices, seeds and garlic are tempered in hot oil and then poured over the daal to add intense flavour that permeates throughout the whole dish. As a child I remember always wanting to be the first to have my serving so that I could take the deliciously crunchy garlic from the tarka on top