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Dhal for Dummies

(Lentils for Lent)

Dhal is a delicious Indian curried lentils (or Pulse) dish, that is both nutritious and easy. If I can make it, anyone can!

Put in Crock pot for about 4 hours (else it becomes total mush).

2 cups Lentils [green or red]

24 peppercorns

5 cups waters

(If you are substitute red beans and/or garbanzo beans for lentils, start them in the Crock pot overnight [or in the morning, if "Risk" is your middle name]).

Just before serving, make the "Masala", Masala is what we in the West incorrectly call "curry":

heat up the Wok [or pot or skillet or cauldron], (smoking hot)
add

- 5 tbs.. vegetable oil - NOT olive oil.

Add Masala ingredients {never thought you'd be making "curry from scratch, eh?"}

- 5 cloves garlic (finely chopped): stir fry for 2 seconds

- ginger root [equivalent amount to the garlic] (finely chopped):
- stir for 3 seconds
(fresh, not powdered
{grow your own if you can't find it in the store})

- 1/2 onion (diced)

- 1 tbs. turmeric powder

Stir fry until onions are cooked. Et voila! You've just made "curry"!

- Pour the Masala from the Wok into the Crock pot

- salt (to taste)

Serve on steamed rice.

To fancy it up, you can add stuff like:

- 1 tsp. cumin

- other Pulses, e.g. red beans, chick peas, etc.

- potatoes, green peas, cauliflower, etc.

- lime juice or vinegar

- coriander

And especially Chilli Peppers! (both a pleasure AND a Penance!)

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