| | | | Kumar's Dahl Sauce: a curry which is often eaten in India as a side dish and usually made with lentils. This delicious curry contains coriander, mustard seed, turmeric and asafoetida, curry leaves, tamarind and coconut milk. | Heat: | Medium/Hot - India | Serves: | 3-4 | Preparation Time: | 5 mins | Cooking Time: | 20-60 mins | Ingredients: | 500g lentils of your choice
| | | Kumar's Dahl Sauce
| | | 200g pepper
| | | 700g green cabbage or French Beans or bag of ready-to-cook Oriental stir-fry vegetables
| | | Sunflower Oil or Olive Oil - 4 tbsp
| | | Garlic Clove - 1 (crushed)
| | | Salt and Pepper
| | | Rice - 200g
| | | Fish or meat curry of your choice, enough for 4 persons (to be cooked and served separately)
| | Method: | • Cook the lentils according to the instructions on the packet. Depending on the type of lentils you have chosen, this will take between 20 minutes and one hour.
• While the lentils are cooking, trim and halve the French beans, or slice the cabbage into strips 1cm wide.
• Add the pot of Dahl Sauce to the lentils and leave the mixture to simmer for about 15 minutes.
• Start preparing the meat or fish dish you have chosen to accompany the dahl.
• Cook the Rice according to the instructions on the packet.
• Heat 2 tablespoons of Oil in a wok or frying pan and stir-fry the Vegetables together with the crushed Garlic Clove, seasoning with Salt and Pepper to taste.
• While the Meat is cooking, heat the remaining 2 tablespoons of Oil in a wok or frying pan and stir-fry the Vegetables together with the crushed Garlic Clove, seasoning with Salt and Pepper to taste.
• Serve the Vegetables, Rice, Meat / Fish dish and Dahl separately. |
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