Lentil Dahl

Name: Lentil Dahl
Prep time: 15 min
Total time: 15 min
Yield: Serves 4
Cuisine: Indian
Ingredients: salt and freshly ground black pepper; 150 g/5½ oz/heaped ⅔ cup split chana dal or dried yellow split peas, rinsed; 4 large garlic cloves, chopped; 100 g/3½ oz/heaped ⅓ cup split red lentils, rinsed; 55 g/2 oz ghee, or 2 tbsp groundnut oil or sunflower oil with 30 g/1 oz butter; 4 cm/1½ in piece of root ginger; warm naan breads, to serve (optional); coriander leaves, to serve; 1 tsp black mustard seeds; 2 tsp cumin seeds; 1 onion, grated; ½ tsp turmeric; garam masala, to serve; 2 dried red chillies, halved; 2 large tomatoes, deseeded and diced; a large pinch of ground asafoetida

Preparation info

Serves
4

Difficulty
Medium
Ready in
15 min

Appears in

I Love My Slow Cooker

By Beverly LeBlanc

Published 2012

About

Ingredients

150 g/5½ oz/heaped ⅔ cup split chana dal or dried yellow split peas, rinsed

Asia
India
Main course
Vegetarian

Method

Put the chana dal, lentils and onion in the slow cooker and pour over 800 ml/28 fl oz/scant 3½ cups boiling wat