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• Recipe Overview
• Ingredients
• Processes - Utensils
• Instructions

• Cuisine

  Asian >> Indian Subcontinent >> Indian

• Dietary Style

• Source

  Genius Kitchen(food.com)

| 1. Rinse 1 cup masoor dal (the orange lentils), or split yellow moong dal or toor dal and place ithe lentils in a crockpot whose insides you have lightly oiled. | 2. Add 3 cups water, put the crockpot on high and cook for two hours. | 3. Stir, and check to see if more water is needed. Keep checking for water and stirring every 30 minutes until the lentils are cooked smooth. | 4. When it is almost time to eat, in a large nonstick frying pan put the oil and mustard seeds. Heat over high heat until the mustard seeds have popped for about 10 seconds. | 5. Quickly stir in the hing and curry leaves. | 6. Add the tomatoes (optional) and serrano chilies. Stir-fry for about 4 minutes. | 7. Add the spinach (this is optional). Stir-fry until the spinach is very tender, adding a little water if needed. | 8. Stir in the turmeric, ground cumin and ground coriander. | 9. Combine the spices and lentils either in the frying pan or the crockpot and mix until well blended. Check for water. | 10. Add salt to taste and stir in the lemon juice. If desired, garnish with a little cilantro. | 11. Variation: Instead of the spinach you can add 1 minced carrot that you have cooked in a bowl of water in the microwave for about 10 minutes, along with 1 large diced potato. When adding the cooked carrot and potato pieces to the fryiing pan, add 1/2 cup frozen green beans and 1/4 cup frozen peas. If you want to use fresh green beans, cook them in the microwave like you did the carrots and potato. | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------

Estimated Nutritional Profile for Ingredients

Ingredient Name	Quantity	Unit	State	Energy (kcal)	Carbohydrates	Protein (g)	Total Lipid (Fat) (g)
masoor dal	1	cup		-	-	-	-
water	3	cups		0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
oil	4	tablespoons		448.51199999999994	0.0	0.1434	50.9338
black mustard seed	1	teaspoon		-	-	-	-
hing	1/4	teaspoon		-	-	-	-
curry leaf	12			-	-	-	-
tomato	1 -2		chopped	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
serrano chilies	2		minced	-	-	-	-
spinach	5 -6	ounces	chopped	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
turmeric	1/2	teaspoon		4.68	1.0071	0.1452	0.0488
cumin	1	teaspoon	ground	7.875	0.929	0.374	0.4677
coriander	1	teaspoon	ground	5.364	0.9898	0.2227	0.3199
salt				-	-	-	-
lemon juice	2	teaspoons		2.2367	0.7015	0.0356	0.0244
cilantro			chopped	-	-	-	-

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