Name: Black Dal
Yield: Serves 4
Cuisine: Indian
Ingredients: 5 cm/2 in piece of fresh ginger, peeled and finely chopped; ½ tsp salt; 1.25 l/44 fl oz/5¼ cups water; ¼ tsp chilli powder; small bunch of fresh coriander/cilantro, leaves and stalks finely chopped; juice of ½ lemon; 250 g/9 oz/1 cup whole black urad dal; 4 garlic cloves, finely chopped; 2 brown onions, finely chopped; 2 tbsp vegetable oil; 2 tbsp garam masala; 1 tsp cumin seeds; ¼ tsp ground turmeric; 1 x 400 g/14 oz can of chopped tomatoes; 1 tsp sugar

Preparation info

Serves
4

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

Meat Free Mowgli

By Nisha Katona

Published 2022

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This sumptuous dal always feels like such a treat. It is one of those special dishes where the simplest, humblest ingredients combine to form some kind of heavenly miracle. And the black gram lentils are so very nutritious. Make sure you buy whole lentils and not the split kind. It matters. This is best made with a pressure cooker, but you can cook it in a regular saucepan – it will just take longer.