Tarka Dahl
Ingredients
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| Dahl | ¼ tspn cayenne pepper |
| ¾ large tin pinto beans or chickpeas | ½ tspn salt |
| ½ small tin red kidney beans | ¼ tspn garam masala |
| ½ tspn fresh ginger | Tarka |
| ½ tspn garlic | 100 gm onion |
| 2 tbspn chopped tomatoes |
Preparation
- Finely chop the ginger and garlic.
- Thinly slice the onion into rings and then cut the rings in half.
- Lightly crush ½ of the pinto beans and put them into a non-stick saucepan.
- Add the rest of the pinto beans and the kidney beans.
- Add the ginger, garlic, tomatoes, cayenne pepper, salt and garam masala.
- Add some simple boiled base sauce to loosen the mixture and mix well.
Cooking
- Tarka
- Heat 1 tbspn of oil in a frying pan and gently fry the onions until they are golden brown for about 15 min.
- Dahl
- Bring the bean mixture to a boil and then simmer gently, stirring occasionally, for 15 min adding simple boiled base sauce as necessary if it becomes too dry
Serving
- Serve with naan bread.
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