tarka dahl

Yellow dahl is a well loved and simple everyday dish in India
as it’s cheap to make and incredibly satisfying and nutritious. Tarka dahl is a slightly enhanced version, where the basic yellow dahl is embellished with a tarka at the end (tarka being the method of frying spices in oil or butter to release their full
flavour and then adding them to the final dish).

you need: 400g red lentils, 20g butter
small piece of ginger,

kit contents: ground coriander, turmeric, ground cumin.mustard seeds, pinch of asafoetida, long chillies, curry leaves.

preparation time: 5 minutes plus 45 minutes cooking time

heat rating: 1/5

good with: rose petal lamb, prawn madras, lamb balti, methi chicken,

equipment needed:

serves: at least 4!