How to Prepare Award-winning Dhal / Yellow Lentils Curry
by Fanny Mendoza
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Best lentils for Dal- This recipe calls for Channa Dal which is a type of yellow lentils which provides an ideal texture for this Dal Spices- Dal is made with far less spices than most Indian curries! This recipe calls for a simple combination of cumin, garam masala. This is my favorite way of making Channa Dhal. It's a harder lentil and not creamy when cooked.
To get started with this recipe, we have to prepare a few ingredients. You can have dhal / yellow lentils curry using 27 ingredients and 6 steps. Here is how you can achieve that.
The ingredients needed to make Dhal / Yellow Lentils Curry:
Prepare A. Cooked until tender
Get 200 g (1 C) chana dhal or yellow lentils
Take 1/2 C finely diced potatoes
Prepare B. Cooked until tender
Make ready 1 carrot - finely diced
Get 1 Medium potato - finely diced
Get 1 brown onion - finely diced
Get 1 tsp cumin powder
Get 1 tsp coriander powder
Prepare 2 tsp turmeric powder
Make ready 2 tsp chicken seasoning powder
Take 2-3 C water
Prepare C. Tempering
Take 2 tbsp cooking oil
Prepare 1 tsp Panch Phoran
Prepare 1 sprig curry leaves
Take 1 shallot - sliced
Get 3 dried chillies (opt)
Make ready NOTE ON PANCH PHORAN:
Prepare 1 . use store bought ready-mixed Panch Phoran or mix a tbsp each of the 5 spices in a bowl. Use a tsp for this recipe
Prepare 2 . Below are the spices used and mixed; all in equal portions
Take Cumin
Take Mustard seeds
Get Fennel seeds
Make ready Fenugreek seeds
Take Nigella seeds
Make ready 👉🏻 use salt instead of chicken seasoning powder for a vegetarian dish
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Instructions to make Dhal / Yellow Lentils Curry:
How to prepare #panchporan /#panchphoran : Below is panch phoran or panch phora. It is Usually used to temper Indian dishes.
Prepare all ingredients.
Soak chana dhal or yellow lentils for few hours. Soaking will help shorten the cooking time. Another way to shorten the cooking time is using pressure cooker but not everyone owns one. Some prepare this with slow cooker. Putting everything, A & B in a slow cooker and once cooked, adding C last to temper.
Cooking the dhal curry - In a pot, boil A with enough water and cook until tender. Turn off the heat. Using a blender or emersion blender, roughly blend the mixture. Return to pot. Add everything in B. Again, Cook until everything is tender over medium heat. Taste and adjust seasoning. Simmer until creamy.
Note on Cooking the dhal curry - blending A is optional but blending will create a creamy mixture and when B is added, you will have both creamy and soft bites texture in your dhal curry. Skip blending if your cooked dhal and potatoes in A are cooked very softly and start to break.
Tempering - In the mean time, Heat cooking oil in a pan. Add panch phoran and the rest of the ingredients in C into hot oil. Mix and stir for 20 seconds or until aromatic. Turn the heat off. Pour the whole thing into the dhal pot in step 3. Stir and mix. Turn the heat off and serve with roti, paratha, dosa or rice.
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