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Bengal coconut dal Recipe
Prep Time | 30 minutes |
Cook Time | 120 minutes |
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Ingredients
- 1.2 pints litres/2water
- 250 gram g/9oz chana dhal thoroughly cleaned, also called Bengallentils
- tsp ½ground turmeric
- 1 tsp heapedground coriander
- 1 tsp garam masala
- Salt to taste
- 2-3 tsp sugar
- 2 tbsp mustard oil unsalted butter or ghee
- 5 green cardamom pods lightly crushed
- 1 tsp Cumin seeds
- 5 Cloves
- 1 cm/½in cinnamon stick
- tsp ½brown mustard seeds
- 1-2 dried red chillies
- 2 dried bay leaves
- 3 tbsp heapedflaked or desiccated coconut or ¼ small fresh coconut flesh chopped into small cubes
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Instructions
- Heat the water, lentils and turmeric in a pan and bring to the boil. Simmer for about an hour, or until soft. If necessary, add a bit of extra water.
- Stir in the coriander, garam masala, salt and sugar, to taste. Cook until the lentils are completely soft and beginning to break up.
- Heat the oil or butter in a small pan. Fry the cardamom pods, cumin, cloves, cinnamon, mustard seeds, chillies and bay leaves for 30 seconds. (Be careful as the seeds may pop a bit.) Add the coconut and stir until it turns golden-brown.
- To serve, stir the spice mix into the lentils and divide among four serving plates.