Chilli cumin dal from Spice by Christine Manfield

Ingredients

• 1 tablespoon minced ginger
• 1 small brown onion, minced
• coriander leaves
• 3 tomatoes, peeled, seeded and finely sliced
• 60 g ghee
• 50 ml strained lime juice
• 50 ml fish sauce
• 2 teaspoons Kashmiri Korma
• 6 red bird’s-eye chillies, minced
• 6 cloves garlic, minced
• 600 ml water
• 400 g masoor dal, washed
• 2 teaspoons cumin seeds
• seeds from 2 green cardamom pods, ground
• 1 teaspoon sea salt
• 1 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper
• 2 teaspoons nigella seeds