Dhall & Veggie Curry

I don't make dhall very often cause I can easily get it from the nearby Indian store or from my friend. My Indian friend owned a 'Mamak' store in town. He's selling roti canai, chapatti & dosai/dosa for breakfast. And he also selling mixed veggies rice for lunch. The most popular dish he's serving are curry fish head and curry mutton. Since this coming Saturday is Deepavali, I'm going to try to make some dhall adapted to my local flavour. And Rebecca, this recipe is specially for you lol! Happy Deepavali to you and your family; and also to all my blogger buddies who are celebrating Deepavali!

Ingredients :

1/2 cup yellow dhall

4-1/2 cup water

1 onion, sliced

1 tbsp chopped ginger

1 tbsp chopped garlic

1/2 tspn turmeric powder

1 carot, cubed

2 tomatoes, cubed

2 tomatoes, cut into wedges

salt & pepper to taste

Spices :

1 tspn mustard seeds

1/2 tspn cumin seeds

1 cinnamon stick

3 dried chillies, washed & cut into half

Method :

- boil water and dhall for 1/2 hour over medium heat.

- preheat a another pot with 2 tbsp cooking oil.

- stir in all the spices, garlic and ginger, fry untill fragrant.

- add in all the remain ingredients, then pour in the boiling dhall.

- let it simmer for another 1/2 hour over low heat.

- add in salt and pepper to taste.

- the texture of dhall should be a little creamy(I like it this way).

I prefer my dhall a little soft and creamy but not chunky. If you want your dhall to look more chunky reduce the water when boiling it. And then cut down the boiling time. I'm having it with french bread and Lebanese bread....yummy!

Again, wishing you all HAPPY DEEPAVALI ! Cheers!