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• Dinner
• 40 min
• Gluten-Free
• Halal
• Kosher
• Pescatarian
• Vegetarian

Tarka dal with rice

Yellow-style lentil dal finished with a sizzling garlic-cumin tarka.

Calories

505

Protein

20 g

Carbs

88 g

Fat

9 g

Per serving. Makes 4 servings.

Ingredients

• 250 g Red lentils, dry
• 1 tsp Ground turmeric
• 1 Tomato
• 2 tbsp Ghee
• 1 tsp Ground cumin
• 4 Garlic
• 1 Red chilli
• 1 Onion
• 10 g Fresh coriander
• 600 g White rice, cooked

Contains: Milk. Always check the labels of what you buy.

Method

1. Rinse the lentils well. Chop the tomato.
2. Put the lentils, turmeric, tomato and 900 ml water in a pan. Bring to the boil, skim off any foam and simmer for 25 minutes, stirring now and then, until soft and porridge-like.
3. Meanwhile, peel and slice the onion, slice the garlic and chilli.
4. For the tarka, heat the ghee in a small frying pan and fry the onion for 8 minutes until golden. Add the garlic, cumin and chilli and fry for 1 minute until the garlic turns light golden.
5. Pour the sizzling tarka over the dal. Scatter with chopped coriander and serve with the warm rice.

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