Tarka dal lentils | epicuriantime.com

Ingredients

• For the ginger-garlic paste
• 2 tbsp ginger, skin scraped off and flesh chopped
• 4 cloves garlic, peeled and chopped
• For the tarka dal
• 8 oz mung lentils or red lentils
• 2 tbsp sunflower oil
• 1 tsp cumin seeds
• 1 tsp ginger-garlic paste
• 2 fresh green chillies, slit in half lengthways and stalks left on
• 2 tomatoes diced (seeds and all)
• 1 tsp turmeric
• 1 tsp garam masala
• 1 pinch salt
• 1 handful of fresh coriander (cilantro) leaves, chopped
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