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Nepali Dahl

Method:
1. Soak dried lentils for 10-12
Nepali Lentils minutes or drain the can of
lentils in a colander and rinse
Ingredients: well under running water.
1 cup dried green lentils or 1 can lentils 2. Heat a dash of oil in a medium
2 cloves garlic finely chopped sized pan (or a pressure cooker)
thumb sized piece of ginger peeled and sauté garlic, ginger, cumin
and grated seed, salt and turmeric for a
½ teaspoon cumin seed couple of minutes until a light
1 teaspoon salt brown colour.
½ teaspoon tumeric 3. Add lentils and cook for few
1 litre water minutes, stirring.
oil 4. Add water and bring to the boil.
Cover with a lid and gently
simmer for 30-35 minutes for the
dried lentils. If using a pressure
cooker, cook for 15-20minutes
and if using the can of lentils
gently simmer for 10 minutes.

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