Dal

This dish saw me through my student days, as it’s pretty cheap to make. There are so many recipes for dal, all giving or taking some of the things you will see here. Don’t get hung up on not having the more unusual ingredients. I’ve written ‘optional’ next to those that don’t matter as much. I like my dal quite wet, anything stiffer reminding me of annoying ‘right-on’ cafés employing arrogant staff who are not quite as ‘peaceful’ or ‘chilled’ as they profess. If the peas are not easy to fin