binda’s bengali dahl
yellow lentils
soak over night – one pack ftw.
next morning, get some salt, 1 onion, teaspoon of curry powder and boil until soft.
in a separate fry pan get some garlic 2 buds about half an inch of ginger, one tomato, and some pepper (cayenne optional). olive oil. crush / grate ginger and garlic. heat olive oil, couple of spoons. saute ginger and garlic about 5 mins, add tomato, saute till becomes a sauce. poor into lentils
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soup
lentils. olive oil, onions, saute onions and lentils, low heat for 5- 10 mins.
add water 125-150 mls. (depending on consistency wanted)
cook that till done.
then get a big bunch of parsley. chop it up fine. once boiled add parsley. add a big whack of grated ginger (4-9 tbs).
turn heat off and add ginger.
nom nom with bread or rice.
nb: both of these are untested!
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dimaks
i think i tried cooking this sometime ago.. they took me years to get them soft by boiling
but worth a try, yummy!
Aug 16th, 2010
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