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Dal Soup

Recipe Courtesy Bal Arneson
Show: Spice Goddess Episode: Comfort Food
TOTAL TIME: 1 hr
Prep: 5 min
Inactive Prep: 20 min
Cook: 35 min
YIELD: 4 servings
LEVEL: Easy

ingredients

  • 2 tablespoons grapeseed oil
  • 1 tablespoon chopped fresh garlic
  • 2 tablespoons garam masala, recipe follows
  • 1 tablespoon cumin seeds
  • 1 teaspoon turmeric
  • 1 cup chopped tomatoes
  • 1 cup brown lentils
  • 5 cups water
  • Pinch salt and freshly ground black pepper
  • Few fresh cilantro sprigs, for garnish
  • Garam Masala
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Directions

Heat the oil in a skillet over medium-high heat until it begins to get hot. Add the garlic, garam masala, cumin seeds, and turmeric and cook for 20 seconds. Add the tomatoes and cook for 2 minutes. Add the lentils and water and bring to a boil. Turn the heat to low and cook until the lentils are tender, about 30 minutes. Serve in a bowl and garnish with fresh cilantro sprigs.

To make garam masala:
Preheat the oven to 325 degrees F.

Combine the coriander seeds, cumin seeds, curry leaves, black peppercorns, mustard seeds, cloves, cardamom pods, cinnamon sticks, bay leaves, and chiles on a baking sheet and toast in the oven for 15 minutes.

Transfer the mixture to an electric spice grinder, or use a mortar and pestle and grind by hand. Grind to a fine powder. Store the garam masala in an airtight container for up to 3 months.

Yield: 1 1/2 cups

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  • on March 05, 2013

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    great recipe!

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  • on January 03, 2013

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    The best! Since this show, I have been adding these wonderful spices to my cooking. I absolutely love this recipe.

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  • on October 04, 2011

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    Great recipe. Me, I caramelized some onion first then with the spices; three more cloves and 3 green cardamoms, a tablespoon of ginger and about 10 curry leaves. Beautiful! Thanks Bal!

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