Author Notes
Dal (lentil soup), millions of people eat each day in India and it is a main dish in almost every meal they make. It accompanies rice, rotis and even bread at times. This recipe is a take at the traditional way to make Dal and is super quick. All you need to do is add ingredients into the boiled lentil and you are ready with a bowl of piping hot lentil soup. —Shubho Dutta
Ingredients
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2 cups
lentil
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3/4
tin tomato
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1&1/2
red onion
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Handful
spinach
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1
courgette
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cinnamon sticks
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1 tablespoon
cumin
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4
cloves of garlic
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1/2 tablespoon
turmeric
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1
dry chili
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paprika (optional)
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sugar to taste
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salt to taste
Directions
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• Put about 2 – 3 TBS of oil in the pot and let it heat.
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• Add the cumin, chilli, garlic and chopped onions.
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• Fry the onions on a good heat for about 3 – 4 minutes.
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• Add the turmeric powder and tinned tomatoes.
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• Stir it and then cover it. Let it cook for 3 – 4 minutes.
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• Cut the courgette anyway you want. It goes for the paprika as well.
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Add the vegetable towards the end so that they don’t melt but remain crunchy.
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• Add the dal (lentil) and mix it well. Add about 3 – 4 cups of boiling water.
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• Add 1 ½ TS of brown sugar and about 1 TS of salt.
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• Optional – you can add 1 or 2 vegetable stalk at this stage.
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• Add the chopped vegetables and the spinach leaves.
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• Stir it and let it cook for 5 – 6 minutes.
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• Put about two tablespoon of ketchup. Mix it nicely.
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• Serve it with a garnishing of coriander leaves.
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