Ingredients
- 1 cup red lentils
- 1 cup yellow lentils
- 2 tbsp vegetable oil
- 1 tsp cumin seeds
- 1 tsp mustard seeds
- 1/2 tsp fenugreek seeds
- 2 red dry chili peppers
- 1 cup red onion diced
- 4 cloves garlic minced
- 1 tbsp ginger minced
- 1/2 tsp turmeric ground
- 1/2 tsp cardamom ground
- 1/2 tsp garam masala
- 1 tsp salt
- 1 tbsp tomato paste
- 32 oz vegetable stock
- 1/2 lime juice of
- cilantro leaves for garnish
Instructions
- Heat the oil in the medium saucepan over a medium heat.
- Add the cumin, mustard, fenugreek seeds followed by chili papers. Fry it for few seconds.
- Add the onions and saute? until onions are soft, then add the garlic, ginger, turmeric, cardamom, garam masala and tomato paste or fresh tomatoes.
- Saute? for 5 min until all the aromas are released. Add the washed lentils to the pot then combine all together.
- Slowly add the vegetable stock.
- Mix the daal to make sure the mixture is not sticking to the bottom of your saute? pan.
- Bring it to boil then simmer for 20 min until daal is soft. Serve the daal with chopped cilantro, coconut yogurt, naan and lime wedges. Enjoy.