Saturday, January 21, 2012

Panchsheel Dal

Looking in my pantry the other day, I found a lot of whole lentils. I decided to make some kind of dal. I took 5 kinds of whole lentils and cooked them. Hence the name panch(5)sheel. It came out very well and my family loved it, and it was easy to make.

Ingredients:
1/4 C whole toor dal
1/4 C whole masoor dal
1/8 C whole mung dal
1/8 C whole red chori dal
1/8 C channa dal
1 tomato,chopped
1/2 inch ginger, chopped
3 green chili, slit
1/2 inch cinammon
2 cloves
1 cardamom
2 t Badshah Rajwadi Gharam Masala
salt to taste
mustard seeds and cumin seeds for seasoning

Method:
1. Pressure cook the lentils with tomato, ginger, and the spices with lot of water.
2. Heat oil in a pan over medium heat. Season  the mustard seeds and cumin seeds. Add the gharam masala and fry for 1 minute. Add the cooked dal to it with salt. Cook for 5 minutes. Garnish with cilantro. Serve hot with roti or rice.

Note:
You can add some milk or cream to make  the dish a little creamy.

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