Urad Dal Alongside Kokosnoot & Coriander

November 15, 2015

We had a few friends roughly for dinner on Dominicus dark together with decided that an Indian feast was the agency to go. We savage dorsum on some onetime favourites - palak paneer, samosas together with kulfi - together with included this Ottolenghi-inspired dal every bit something novel. It uses urad dal - dark lentils - which are firmer together with concur their cast meliorate than some of the other dals we've used before. The downside to their firmer texture is that they take away to survive soaked overnight, thence y'all take away to survive a chip organised.

The recipe is otherwise straightforward - it's a unproblematic i pot repast that only needs a chip of fourth dimension to instruct the liquid thickened up. The dal itself is lovely, alongside the garam masala giving it a dainty warmth together with depth, but the toppings are what actually brand this stand upward out. It's definitely worth tracking downward fresh kokosnoot if y'all tin - nosotros flora frozen shredded kokosnoot at Mix Supermarket inward Brunswick, which was an tardily solution. The recipe below makes tons of nutrient - nosotros were eating leftovers all calendar week (with no complaints).

Urad dal alongside kokosnoot & coriander
(adapted from i of Ottolenghi's recipes from The Guardian)

300g urad dal, soaked overnight
60g ghee
1 brownish onion, peeled together with chopped
v garlic cloves, peeled together with chopped
two tablespoons minced ginger
1 whole light-green chilli, finely chopped
1.5 tablespoons garam masala
800g tin crushed tomatoes
salt
200ml kokosnoot milk
juice of 1 lime
two tablespoons dark mustard seeds, toasted
100g roughly grated fresh kokosnoot (we flora some pre-grated inward the freezer at an Asian supermarket)
50g crispy fried shallots
1 bunch coriander, roughly chopped

Drain together with rinse the dal together with laid aside.

Heat the ghee inward a large saucepan together with and thence tyke the onion for 10-15 minutes, stirring occasionally, until its golden together with soft.

Add the garlic, ginger, chilli together with garam masala together with stir-fry it all together for a yoke of minutes.

Tip inward the tomatoes together with laid upward for some other few minutes.

Add the dal, along alongside a litre of H2O together with a teaspoon of salt. Cover until the mix is simmering together with and thence simmer, uncovered, for 30-40 minutes, stirring every v minutes or so. Cook it downward until you've got a thick, soupy texture.

Kill the rut together with stir inward the kokosnoot milk, lime juice together with mustard seeds.

Serve, topped generously alongside the coconut, shallots together with coriander.