Recipe Suggestion: Dal Tadka (Lentil Curry)
Ingredients: 75g Red Lentils 75g Yellow Split Peas, soaked overnight 450ml Water 1 tbsp Ferns' Mild Curry Paste 1" fresh Ginger, finely sliced 5 Garlic cloves, crushed 2 tbsps Ghee or Oil ½ tsp Turmeric Powder ½ tsp Salt
For tadka 1 tsp Onion Seeds 1 tsp Mustard Seeds 1 medium Onion, thinly sliced
Method: Rinse the lentils and split peas in several changes of water.
Bring water to boil in a saucepan, add Ferns' Mild Curry Paste, turmeric, salt, ginger, garlic and lentils & peas. Cover and simmer for 20 minutes until soft.
Mash the mixture to a thick sauce and simmer for a few more minutes.
Just before serving, heat the ghee/oil in a separate pan and fry the onion and mustard seeds, until the mustard seeds splutter. Immediately add the sliced onions and fry until golden brown.
Pour the Tadka (onion mixture) over the Dal (cooked lentils) and serve hot with rice and rotis.
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