Charishma's More of a Veggie Yellow Lentil Curry
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Ready In: 1 hr
Serves: 4
Ingredients
- 2 cups channa dal, cleaned,washed,soaked in water and drained before using
- 3 teaspoons turmeric powder
- 1⁄2 teaspoon red chili powder
- 1 medium fresh green chili, washed,ends trimmed and chopped (Indian green chilli and not Thai)
- 2 1⁄2-3 teaspoons salt, to taste
- 4 cups water
- 2 cloves garlic, peeled,washed and chopped
- 1 clove garlic, peeled,washed and chopped
- 1 inch fresh ginger, washed,peeled,and chopped
- 1 tablespoon pure wesson canola oil
- 1 medium onion, peeled,washed and chopped
- 1 large onion, peeled,washed and chopped
- 1 large tomatoes, washed,peeled and chopped
- 2 roma tomatoes, washed,peeled and chopped
- 2 teaspoons cumin seeds
- 1⁄2 cup dry methi leaves, crumbled between your palms (dried methi leaves available at Asian Indian stores)
Directions
- Heat oil in a pressure cooker or pot on medium flame.
- Once the oil is hot, lower flame and add cumin seeds to it.
- Allow to crackle.
- Once it stops crackling, add ginger, garlic, onion and green chillies.
- Mix well and stir-fry until the raw smell of ginger and garlic is gone, and the onions are softened.
- Then, add the turmeric powder, kasoori methi and red chilli powder.
- Mix well and then fold in the chopped tomatoes.
- Stir and cook for 5-7 minutes.
- Drain the chana dal (lentils) and add it to the ginger-garlic-tomato mixture.
- Mix well and fold in salt and stir in the water.
- Close the pressure cooker with its lid.
- Allow to pressure cook upto 3 whistles.
- Turn off the source of heat{gas stove/electric skillet}.
- Let the pressure cooker sit on the same skillet or stove on which it was cooking the lentil curry for 25 minutes.
- Remove from the skillet and wait for the pressure to be gone.
- Open and serve over my"Dad's Half-way Sindhi and half-way yellow rice recipe"{posted separately} alongwith plain yogurt on the side.
- Enjoy!
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