My Mum’s Coconut Dhal from The Settler's Cookbook by Yasmin Alibhai-Brown

Ingredients

• 2 green chillies, slashed open
• 2 tbsp vegetable oil
• 1 tsp turmeric
• Lots of chopped fresh coriander
• Salt and lime juice to taste
• 1 tin chopped tomatoes
• 4 hard-boiled eggs, halved
• ½ cup red masoor dhal
• ½ packet coconut cream – the block variety
• ½ cup hulled moong dhal
• 1 tsp cumin seeds
• 1 tsp crushed garlic
• ½ cup channa dhal