Name: Kali Dal
Yield: Serves 6
Cuisine: India
Ingredients: ¼ teaspoon chilli powder; 1 onion, roughly chopped; 2 garlic cloves, roughly chopped; 3 tablespoons garam masala; 2 teaspoons salt; 1 tablespoon ground coriander; 125 ml (½ cup) oil; 2 tablespoons ground cumin; 250 g (9 oz) whole black gram (sabat urad); 5 cm (2 inch) piece of ginger, roughly chopped; 125 ml (½ cup) cream; 1 green chilli, roughly chopped

Preparation info

Serves
6

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

The Food of India

By Priya Wickramasinghe

Published 2005

About

Dal, which is both the name of the lentils, and in this case the dish, is part of the staple diet in India. This is a sumptuous version of a simple dish served with rotis in sikh gurudwaras (temples). Kali means black and the gram in this dish have a black skin.

Ingredients

250 g (9 oz) whole black gram (sabat urad)
1 onion, roughly chopped

Method

Put the whole black gram in a large, heavy-based saucepan, add 2 litres (8 cups) water and bring to the boil. Reduce the heat and simmer for 1 hour, or until the dal feels soft when pressed between the thu

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