Channa Dal

Total Time: 1 hr 15 mins Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 1 hr

Ingredients

• 1 cup dried yellow split peas
• 2 cups vegetable stock
• 2 tomatoes
• 1 tablespoon fresh ginger
• 3 garlic cloves
• 1 medium onion
• 3 dried red chilies
• 1 teaspoon ground cumin
• 1 teaspoon ground coriander
• 1 teaspoon ground turmeric
• 1/2 teaspoon ground fenugreek
• 2 tablespoons fresh coriander
• 1 pinch salt
• 1 teaspoon ground black pepper
• 1 tablespoon olive oil
• 1 tablespoon butter

Recipe

• 1 soak dried chilis in a cup of water.
• 2 wash and pick through yellow split peas.
• 3 rinse and drain.
• 4 chop onion and garlic roughly.
• 5 melt butter with olive oil in large heavy base pan.
• 6 when hot, add onion and garlic and tumeric and fry til transparent.
• 7 add yellow split peas and stir fry gently for about 10 minutes.
• 8 add vegetable stock and bring to boil then reduce to simmer.
• 9 chop up chilis.
• 10 chop up peeled ginger.
• 11 chop up tomato roughly, deseeding and discarding pulp and seeds.
• 12 add chilis, ginger and tomatos to pan.
• 13 add salt and pepper.
• 14 add cumin, coriander and fenugreek.
• 15 put lid on pan.
• 16 simmer for 45 mins, adding water if mixture dries up too much.
• 17 when lentils are soft, take off the heat and use a stick mixer to blend ingredients together.
• 18 return to heat if it has cooled down too much.
• 19 add chopped coriander and serve.