Making Indian Daal with Prema

Learn to cook Indian Daal (dal) with Prema. Many of you have asked for a written recipe. Here you go. See below: INGREDIENTS: Red Lentils - 1 cup Turmeric - 1 tsp. Water - 2 ½ cups Olive oil - to drizzle Ghee or butter – 2 tbls. Cumin seeds - 1 ½ tsp. Onions - 1 small or ½ of 1 large chopped Fresh Ginger- about 1 inch , peeled and sliced or grated. Green chilli pepper - to taste Fresh Cilantro - a few leaves - washed and water squeezed out. DIRECTIONS 1.Wash and drain lentils twice - Add 2 ½ cups of water per 1 cup of lentils 2. Add turmeric 3. Drizzle oil on top – do not stir . 4. Cook over low to medium low heat uncovered. Stir occasionally. 5. Add 2 tbls of ghee or butter to a fry pan and add cumin seeds seeds when pan it hot. Stir until sizzled and aromatic. 6. Add fresh ginger, green chilli pepper and stir quickly in frying pan, then add onions and stir until slightly browned. Optional: you may add tomato or red pepper at this stage. 7.Lentils should appear homogenous at this stage. Add 1 ½ tsp. of salt and cilantro , reserving some for garnish. 8. Pour over white rice and garnish with remaining cilantro and enjoy! #daal #dal #indianfood