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• Recipe Overview
• Ingredients
• Processes - Utensils
• Instructions

• Cuisine

  Asian >> Indian Subcontinent >> Indian

• Dietary Style

• Source

  Genius Kitchen(food.com)

| 1. Clean and wash the lentils thoroughly. Put them in heavy-bottomed 3-4 quart pot, add 5 cups water, and bring to a boil. Remove the froth and scum that collects at the top. Now add the garlic, ginger, fresh coriander (or keep it and use it as a garnish at the end), turmeric, and cayenne pepper. Cover, leaving the lid very slightly ajar, lower heat, and simmer gently for about 1 1/2 hours. Stir occasionaly. When dal is cooked, add the salt and lemon juice (it should be thicker than pea soup, but thinner than cooked cereal. | 2. In a 4-6-inch skillet or small pot, heat the vegetable oil or ghee over a medium-high flame. When hot, add the asafetida and cumin seeds. As soon as the asafetida sizzles and expands and the cumin seeds turn dark (this will take only a few seconds), pour the oil and spices over the dal (lentils) and serve. (Some people put the dal in a serving dish and then pour the oil and spices over it.). | 3. To serve: Serve with plain rice and a vegetable for a simple meal. Most meat and chicken dishes go well with this dal. Since some people like to squeeze extra lemon or lime juice on their dal, serve some wedges separately. Note: Finely sliced onion rings, fried until brown and crisp, are often spread over the dal as a garnish before it is served. | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------

Estimated Nutritional Profile for Ingredients

Ingredient Name	Quantity	Unit	State	Energy (kcal)	Carbohydrates	Protein (g)	Total Lipid (Fat) (g)
red lentil	1 1/2	1/2		1031.04	181.72799999999998	68.8608	6.2496
garlic clove	2		peeled chopped	-	-	-	-
ginger	2	slices	peeled	3.52	0.7819	0.0801	0.033
coriander	1	teaspoon	chopped	0.0767	0.0122	0.0071	0.0017
turmeric	1/2	teaspoon	ground	4.68	1.0071	0.1452	0.0488
cayenne pepper	1/4 - 1/2	teaspoon		0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
salt	1 1/2	1/2		-	-	-	-
lemon juice	1 1/2	1/2		5.0325	1.5784	0.0801	0.0549
ghee	2	tablespoons		-	-	-	-
asafoetida powder	1	pinch	ground	-	-	-	-
cumin seed	1	teaspoon		7.875	0.929	0.374	0.4677
lemon				-	-	-	-

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