Recipe of Perfect Basic dhal

Hello everybody, it is John, welcome to our recipe page. Today, I’m gonna show you how to prepare a special dish, basic dhal. It is one of my favorites food recipes. For mine, I am going to make it a little bit tasty. This is gonna smell and look delicious.

Basic dhal is one of the most well liked of recent trending meals in the world. It is enjoyed by millions daily. It’s simple, it’s quick, it tastes delicious. Basic dhal is something which I have loved my whole life. They are fine and they look wonderful.

To begin with this recipe, we must prepare a few ingredients. You can have basic dhal using 8 ingredients and 7 steps. Here is how you can achieve it.

The ingredients needed to make Basic dhal:

1. Get 300 g lentils
2. Get 1 red onion
3. Prepare 5 cloves garlic
4. Prepare 1 green chilli
5. Make ready 1 tsp cumin seeds
6. Take 1 tsp turmeric
7. Make ready 1 tsp unidentified spice (if in doubt do garam masala or ground coriander)
8. Take 25 g butter

Steps to make Basic dhal:

1. Wash the lentils first, then add to a saucepan with about 1 litre water
2. Bring to the boil then simmer for about 30 mins. They should break down and absorb the water.
3. In a frying pan, melt the butter over a medium heat then add the onion and cumin seeds.
4. After 5 mins the onions should be browned so add the chilli and garlic
5. Cook for another 5 mins or so then add the spices and turn off the heat.
6. Once the lentils have thickened to your desired consistency (you might have to add more water if it’s too thick), add the onion mixture to the pan and stir. Take a generous pinch of salt and stir it in. Taste to see if it’s to your liking, if not, add more.
7. Serve with rice, popadums or chapatti

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