Plantastic Dal - Lisa Rice Lifestyle

Ingredients

• 2 cups red lentils (or yellow split peas)
• 6-8 cups water
• 1 tsp sea salt (can omit if SOS-free)
• 1 small onion, thinly sliced
• 5 garlic cloves, minced
• 1 Large chunk of peeled and minced fresh ginger
• 2 tsp cumin seeds
• 1 1/2 tsp tumeric
• 1/2 tsp black mustard seeds
• optional: 1 tsp sativa/nigella/kalonji seeds (recommended!)
• optional: 1 seeded and thinly sliced jalapeño or Serrano pepper
• 3 Roma tomatoes, roughly chopped (you can used diced from the can as well)
• 1 bag pre-washed baby spinach or 3 cups de-stemmed chopped kale