Sunday, October 28, 2007

Prodigal shame


It's hard to get back on the horse...so I'll just say that everything is good, still smoke-free, still watching Murder She Wrote on a Sunday night. I've been cooking a lot more, so here's a good recipe for the cooling weather.

Dhal

  • 1½ cup moong beans (red lentils, masoor dhal)
  • 2 garlic cloves
  • 2 slice ginger
  • 1 tablespoon chopped cilantro
  • 1 tablespoon turmeric
  • ½ teaspoon cayenne
  • 1½ teaspoon salt
  • 1½ teaspoon lemon juice
  • 3 tablespoon ghee
  • 1 pinch asafoetida (optional)
  • 1 teaspoon whole cumin seeds
Put beans in large pot, add 5 cups water. Bring to a boil. Remove froth & add garlic, ginger, cilantro, turmeric, cayenne. Simmer for 1 1/2 hours, stirring occasionally. When beans are soft, add salt & lemon juice. In a skillet, heat ghee (olive oil if you don't want to use clarified butter!). When hot, add asafoetida & cumin. Pour oil over the dhal & serve

2 comments:

Adairdevil said...

You're baaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaack!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Hooray!!

Can this be celebratory dhal?

Flushy McBucketpants said...

about fucking time.

what the hell is asafoetida?

and that looks delicious. i'll have to give it a shot.