Sunday, March 12, 2017

cauliflower dal

I have been searching for recipes to incorporate more vegetables into my little man's diet. He loves dal and rice so I have been making different dal (lentil) recipes with vegetables in them and the following recipe is one of the best ones' yet

Cauliflower Dal (Lentils with Cauliflower)
Cauliflower Dal
Ingredients:

  1. 1/2 cup lentils
  2. 1 to 1.5 cups cauliflower cut into small florets
  3. 1 tomato chopped fine
  4. 1/3 cup finely chopped onion
  5. 1/2 teaspoon each of cumin, fennel seeds, mustard seeds, kalongi (nigella seeds), ginger garlic paste, turmeric
  6. 1/4 teaspoon fenugreek seeds
  7. 1 tablespoon oil
  8. 3/4 teaspoon salt
  9. 2 green chilli chopped

Cook the dal with 3 cups Simmer until the dal is tender, about 20 to 35 minutes. Set aside.
Heat oil in a pan and add all the seeds and fry for a minute. Add the onion and fry for a couple of minutes. Add ginger garlic paste and fry for a minute. Add the tomatoes, cauliflower, add half of the salt cover and cook for 10 minutes.
Add cauliflower to the dal and simmer for 10 minutes. Also add the green chillies. Garnish with cilantro and serve hot.

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