Dhal / Yellow Lentils Curry
Dhal / Yellow Lentils Curry

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To begin with this particular recipe, we must prepare a few ingredients. You can cook dhal / yellow lentils curry using 27 ingredients and 6 steps. Here is how you cook that.

The ingredients needed to make Dhal / Yellow Lentils Curry:
  1. Take A. Cooked until tender
  2. Get 200 g (1 C) chana dhal or yellow lentils
  3. Prepare 1/2 C finely diced potatoes
  4. Make ready B. Cooked until tender
  5. Make ready 1 carrot - finely diced
  6. Make ready 1 Medium potato - finely diced
  7. Prepare 1 brown onion - finely diced
  8. Take 1 tsp cumin powder
  9. Make ready 1 tsp coriander powder
  10. Get 2 tsp turmeric powder
  11. Take 2 tsp chicken seasoning powder
  12. Take 2-3 C water
  13. Take C. Tempering
  14. Get 2 tbsp cooking oil
  15. Prepare 1 tsp Panch Phoran
  16. Get 1 sprig curry leaves
  17. Take 1 shallot - sliced
  18. Make ready 3 dried chillies (opt)
  19. Get NOTE ON PANCH PHORAN:
  20. 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
  21. Get 2 . Below are the spices used and mixed to make panch phoran (equally measured portions) :
  22. Prepare Cumin
  23. Prepare Mustard seeds
  24. Take Fennel seeds
  25. Make ready Fenugreek seeds
  26. Prepare Nigella seeds
  27. Prepare 👉🏻 use salt instead of chicken seasoning powder for a vegetarian dish
Instructions to make Dhal / Yellow Lentils Curry:
  1. How to prepare #panchporan /#panchphoran : Below is panch phoran or panch phora. It is Usually used to temper Indian dishes.
  2. Prepare all ingredients.
  3. 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.
  4. 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.
  5. 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.
  6. 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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