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• Recipe Overview
• Ingredients
• Processes - Utensils
• Instructions

• Cuisine

  Asian >> Indian Subcontinent >> Indian

• Dietary Style

• Source

  Genius Kitchen(food.com)

| 1. Soak the cashews and almonds in 4 oz water overnight or for at least four hours. Blend the nuts and liquid in an electric blender until smooth, remove to a bowl and set aside. | 2. Rinse the blender container with water before blending the garlic and ginger with two tablespoons water until smooth. Set aside. | 3. Using an electric spice or coffee grinder, grind the coriander, cumin and fennel seeds as finely as possible, then set aside. | 4. Combine the two dals in a bowl and wash in several changes of water. Drain and place in a large lidded pan with 7 cups water and bring to the boil. With a slotted spoon skim off any scum that rises to the surface, then add the turmeric and stir. Partially cover the pan with its lid, then reduce heat to low. Simmer gently until the dal is tender, then remove from heat and set aside. This should take around 30 to 40 minutes, although if using Australian yellow split peas it may take up to 1 1/4 hours. | 5. Heat the oil or ghee in a large, preferably non-stick, lidded pan. When hot add the cinnamon, cardamom pods and cloves. Stir once then add the sliced onion, and saute and stir for 4 - 5 minutes until the onion softens and begins to brown. | 6. Add the chopped mint and stir once before adding the aubergine and potato. Stir for 2 minutes. | 7. Next add the garlic-ginger paste and cook, stirring, for a minute. | 8. Add the cooked dal, coconut milk, 2 cups water, the ground spices and salt, and simmer very gently, partially covered with the lid, for 30 minutes. | 9. Finally, stir in the nut paste, tomato, tamarind paste and chillies and simmer gently, uncovered, for 10 minutes. The consistency should be quite thick - add a little water if you feel it is too thick. | 10. For a special treat, you can melt extra ghee and pour over the top of the curry before serving. | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------

Estimated Nutritional Profile for Ingredients

Ingredient Name	Quantity	Unit	State	Energy (kcal)	Carbohydrates	Protein (g)	Total Lipid (Fat) (g)
cashew	2	tablespoons	chopped raw	-	-	-	-
almond	2	tablespoons	chopped blanched	240.44799999999998	0.0	0.0	27.2
garlic clove	4 -5		peeled chopped	311.5	0.0	69.3	1.75
ginger	3	inches	peeled chopped	-	-	-	-
coriander seed	1	tablespoon		14.9	2.7495	0.6185	0.8885
cumin seed	1	teaspoon		7.875	0.929	0.374	0.4677
fennel seed	1/4	teaspoon		1.725	0.2614	0.079	0.0744
white peppercorn	1	tablespoon		311.5	0.0	69.3	1.75
toor dal	350	g		311.5	0.0	69.3	1.75
channa dal	150			311.5	0.0	69.3	1.75
turmeric	1/2	teaspoon	ground	4.68	1.0071	0.1452	0.0488
ghee	3 -4	tablespoons		-	-	-	-
cinnamon	1			-	-	-	-
green cardamom pod	6		crushed	311.5	0.0	69.3	1.75
clove	6			34.524	8.2568	0.7522	1.6380000000000001
red onion	5	ounces	peeled sliced	114.8154	11.4248	1.1482	6.8606
mint	1	ounce	chopped	12.4738	2.3842	0.9327	0.207
aubergine	1		peeled cut	311.5	0.0	69.3	1.75
potato	10	ounces	peeled cut	218.2911	49.5833	5.8116	0.2551
coconut milk	8	ounces		521.6307	12.5645	5.1936	54.0682
salt	1 -2	teaspoon		-	-	-	-
tomato	1		chopped	22.14	4.7847	1.0824	0.24600000000000002
tamarind paste	2 -3	tablespoons		311.5	0.0	69.3	1.75
hot green chili pepper	1 -3	slices	cut seeded	-	-	-	-
ghee	1 -2	tablespoon		-	-	-	-

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