My favorite dal recipe

 Priya’s Dal

Servings: 16 

Ingredients:

4 cups lentils dried

4 Bayleaf

4 teaspoons ground turmeric

4 teaspoons salt

4 tablespoons lime juice

For the seasoning:

8 tablespoons olive oil

8 teaspoons cumin seeds

4 dried red chilies.adjusted for children

pinch of red chili pepper

Directions:

In a large pot over high heat, combine the lentils, bay leaf, turmeric, salt, and 8 cups of water, and bring the water to a boil. Reduce the heat to medium high, get the lentils a stir, and insert a large long handled spoon into the pot to break the surface tension to prevent boiling over.

Cook with a spoon, still inserted into the lentils are soft, but still retain their shape and then make sure resembles a thick soup, 20 to 30 minutes

Remove from heat and let sit for 15 minutes

Add lime juice and set aside

Make the seasoning:

In a small pan over medium, high heat, warm the oil. Once the oil begins to shimmer, add the cumin and cook until they sputter and brown immediately remove the pan from heat and star in the dried chilies red chili powder.

Add the seasoning to the cooked dal and mix thoroughly