Friday, November 22, 2013

Slow cooker Garlic-Peanut Yellow Lentils / Lahsun-Moongphali Dal

Simple ingredients married together to form an explosion of flavors....yes, this is one such recipe!! 



Ingredients:
  •  Toor dal - Yellow lentils - 2 cups
  • Onion - one medium - Thinly sliced
  • Garlic - 5-6 pods - Minced finely
  • Whole Peanuts - 1/2 cup
  • Cilantro - 2 table spoons - finely chopped
  • Green chilies - 5-6 - roughly chopped (adjust per taste)
  • Olive oil - 1 table spoon
  • Mustard seeds - 1 tea spoon
  • Cumin seeds - 1 tea spoon
  • Salt - 1 table spoon (adjust pre taste)
  • Turmeric - 1 tea spoon
  • Curry leaves - 5-6 leaves
Method:

In the slow cooker, add Lentils, Onion, Garlic, Whole peanuts, Green Chilies, Salt, Turmeric and about 6 cups of water.  Turn it on low for 6-8 hours. 
Just before you are ready to eat, heat a small sauce pan on medium heat.  Add Olive oil to it.  Once the oil is heated, add the mustard seeds and cumin seeds to it and let them splutter.  Now add the curry leaves and take the pan off the heat.  Add this to the dal and enjoy it with hot white rice or roti!!

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