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• Recipe Overview
• Ingredients
• Processes - Utensils
• Instructions

• Cuisine

  Asian >> Indian Subcontinent >> Indian

• Dietary Style

• Source

  Genius Kitchen(food.com)

| 1. Heat the oil with the cinnamon stick in a large saucepan over medium-high heat. Cook, stirring, until the cinnamon unfurls, 1 to 2 minutes. | 2. Add the cumin, cloves and cardamom and cook, stirring, until the cumin turns a golden brown color, about 1 more minute. Add the lentils, turmeric, water and salt. Bring to a boil and skim well. Turn down the heat and simmer, covered, until the lentils are soft, 20-30 minutes. Add more water during cooking if necessary. Taste for salt and add more if you need to. | 3. Ladle about 1/2 cup of the lentils into a small bowl and mash them with a spoon (optional). Return the mashed lentils to the pot and give the dal a stir. Continue cooking at a simmer, uncovered, for 5 minutes to thicken. If you like a thicker dal, use a whisk to break up the lentils into a puree. If you like a thinner dal, add water. Remove the cinnamon stick (and cardamom pods, if you like). | 4. For the tempering oil, heat the oil in a small saucepan over medium-high heat. Add the onion and cook until it just begins to brown around the edges, 4-5 minutes. Add the garlic paste, ginger and minced chile and cook just to mellow the raw taste of the garlic, 10-15 *seconds*. | 5. Stir half of the tempering oil into the dal along with half of the cilantro and all of the lemon or lime juice. Simmer very gently for 5 minutes. Transfer the dal to a serving bowl, pour the remaining tempering oil over the top and sprinkle with the remaining cilantro. Serve hot with additional lemon or lime juice to taste. | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------

Estimated Nutritional Profile for Ingredients

Ingredient Name	Quantity	Unit	State	Energy (kcal)	Carbohydrates	Protein (g)	Total Lipid (Fat) (g)
canola oil	1 1/2	1/2		185.64	0.0	0.0	21.0
cinnamon	1	inch		-	-	-	-
cumin seed	1	teaspoon		7.875	0.929	0.374	0.4677
clove	3			17.262	4.1284	0.3761	0.8190000000000001
green cardamom pod	4			-	-	-	-
lentil	1	cup	picked washed drained picked washed drained	81.62	17.0478	6.8992	0.4235
turmeric	1/2	teaspoon		4.68	1.0071	0.1452	0.0488
cold water	4	cups		0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
salt	1	teaspoon		-	-	-	-
canola oil	1	tablespoon	used	185.64	0.0	0.0	21.0
onion	1		chopped	44.0	10.274000000000001	1.21	0.11
garlic clove	3	tablespoon		-	-	-	-
ginger	1	tablespoon	minced	4.8	1.0662	0.1092	0.045
hot green chili pepper	1		minced roasted	-	-	-	-
cilantro	1/4	cup	chopped	0.92	0.1468	0.0852	0.0208
lime juice	1/2			1.8906	0.6368	0.0318	0.0053

- Means that suitable USDA nutrition profile could not be mapped for this ingredient-unit combination.