{"id":299,"date":"2012-03-09T19:25:19","date_gmt":"2012-03-10T03:25:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mayabugs.com\/blog\/?p=299"},"modified":"2013-01-09T19:04:40","modified_gmt":"2013-01-10T03:04:40","slug":"yummy-channa-dal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mayabugs.com\/blog\/yummy-channa-dal\/","title":{"rendered":"Yummy Channa Dal"},"content":{"rendered":"
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I had just gotten home from Home Depot when my husband Tejas called saying he was coming home. He’s had a cold for days and decided he was just not ready to go back to work. Poor thing. He was starving and requested I make dal.<\/p>\n

So here is the simplest yummiest channa dal.<\/p>\n

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2 teaspoons oil
\n1 medium onion or red onion sliced
\n2 garlic cloves chopped
\n3 ginger slices
\n1 teaspoon tumeric
\n2 cups channa dal
\n2 small tomatoes chopped
\n1\/2 teaspoon chili powder
\nSalt
\n1 teaspoon oil
\n1 teaspoon jeera (cumin)
\n1\/3 cup cilantro chopped<\/p>\n

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  1. Heat first 2 teaspoons of oil in a pressure cooker.<\/li>\n
  2. Add onions and saute over high heat stirring constantly for a couple of minutes.<\/li>\n
  3. Add garlic and ginger and keep stirring until everything is lightly cooked.<\/li>\n
  4. Add tumeric and stir.<\/li>\n
  5. Add dal and water up to about a third of the pressure cooker.<\/li>\n
  6. Close the pressure cooker and heat on high until the first whistle, then lower the heat to medium and cook for about 14 minutes.<\/li>\n
  7. Add tomatoes (you can also add tomatoes before pressure cookering), chili powder, and salt.<\/li>\n
  8. Heat the other teaspoon of oil in a tadka pan or other small pan and add the jeera until it gets toasty and fragrant.<\/li>\n
  9. Add jeera and cilantro to dal and cook until it the consistency you like and the flavors meld.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    A couple of notes about this recipe:<\/p>\n