Sweet Potato Dal - Tinicum CSA in Bucks County

Ingredients

• 1 cup red lentils
• 6 cups water
• 2 tbsp. cooking oil, whatever you have
• 1 onion, chopped
• 2 cloves garlic, minced
• 2 or 3 tomatoes, diced
• 1 sweet potato, diced
• 1 tsp. whole cumin seed
• 1/4 tsp. asafoetida powder
• 2 tsp. tumeric
• 2 tsp. garam masala
• 1 tsp. cayenne pepper (less or more depending on your spice tolerance)
• 1 tsp. salt
• butter
• lemon juice