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[john.sw]

I was following Jyotirmoy's recipe for Masoor Dal

http://www.gourmetindia.com/travel/index.p...DE=03&id=84

and I wondered what the different Dals are.

We can't find Masoor Dal here, so I used a greasy yellow dal (I can't remember what it is called as I finished the packet and threw it away!

Sitting in the larder right now are:

• Dhaniya Dall Yellow
  
• Mung Dall Chilka
  
• Urid Dal
  
• Char Magaz

Any suggestions what I should make with them?

[dzibead]

I have some urid dal, too, which I bought just because I liked the way it looked. I'd love to have a recipe for what to do with it.

[Luckywoman]

I hate dal
In Holland we eat peas as whole, for vegetables, and I like that.
Also we make a delicious soup from peas, called "erwtensoep" or "snert" (I like that too)
Guess I'm a picky eater, we say: "a farmer doesn't eat what he doesn't know"
Dal could never charm me, maybe it's because I can never identify the ingredients, or it looks to me as if it's been eaten before
Here is a recipe for snert. Try it and maybe you'll like it as much as I do

[dzibead]

Luckywoman, I think you and malkers must have been "separated at birth" because he's no dal fan either. "Snert" looks good, but that name! To an Enghlish-speaker, it sounds funny!

[john.sw]

Jyotirmoy's recipe is a great success!

OK, I didn't have any green chilli, so I used red instead, and I added more tomato than the recipe said because I would have had a few left over, but it is really delicious.

I froze what was left over and when it was defrosted and heated in a microwave oven it was just as good as when it was fresh!

Have you seen how may people have looked at those recipes? It's really taking off, but as always, needs more recipes and more photos to illustrate them!

[WonderWomanUSA]

I ate so much erwtensoep when I lived in Holland that I can't stand to look at it again. Maybe in another ten years I'll use your snert recipe, Luckywoman!

[Hippie at Heart]

John, have a look here, maybe this will help you identify which one have used.

http://www.mayabazaar.net/cgi-bin/store/co...183151220.14638
http://www.toordal.c...y_feast.htm#mun
http://indianfood.about.com/od/thebasics/i...aals/masoor.htm

just a trivia about red kidney beans, beans from Kinnaur in Himachal Pradesh have phenomenal length and girth when cooked and pack more taste then their more popular cousins of J & K

[dzibead]

Where is SHIMLA when we need him? This is right up his alley.

[WonderWomanUSA]

dzibead, on Jun 29 2007, 02:32 PM, said:

Where is SHIMLA when we need him? This is right up his alley.

Sad to say that Shimla is still unavailable, but I will relay the message to him and hope he will be able to be with us soon.

[jyotirmoy]

I am happy to know that you liked the dal John.
Urid should be Urad. This dal takes long time to cook. So soak it in water overnight before cooking.

Here is how we make Urad dal:
To make Urad dal you need
1.Dried whole red chilly, 2
2.Ginger paste, 1 tsp.
3.Ground Fennel seeds, ½ tsp.
4.Pinch of Asafoetida (Hing)
5.Turmeric ½ tsp.
6.Pinch of sugar
7.Salt to taste.
8.Mustard oil 3 tbsps.

Soak the dal (150 Gms) overnight. Pressure cook the dal with water and turmeric. Heat oil in a pan. When hot add the red chillies, then the ginger paste. Saute lightly and add the Asafoetida & ground Fennel seeds. Pour in the boiled dal. Add salt & sugar. Simmer on low heat stirring frequently. Keep on simmering for about 15 minutes.
Serve with rice.
We normally eat this dal bhat with potato poppy seed subzi.

[iwanttogoback]

what have i been saying about jyoti's masoor dal recipe? (smacks palm on forehead...)

i make it with red lentils (not sure what kind of dal that is) and it is always wonderful. i have lived off it for days on end...


luckywoman, the snert looks like the pea and ham soup my mother used to make, but with the additon of bratwurst. i love pea and ham soup, real comfort food.

although, i can just imagine serving it to a table of children "darlings, how about a big bowl of snert for dinner?" (sorry, but it really is a funny sounding word to english speakers.)

[jyotirmoy]

Iwttgb your red lentil is Masoor Dal indeed !!!!

[dzibead]

iwanttogoback, on Jun 29 2007, 09:15 PM, said:

although, i can just imagine serving it to a table of children "darlings, how about a big bowl of snert for dinner?" (sorry, but it really is a funny sounding word to english speakers.)

The dish would be very popular with seven-year-old boys.

[jyotirmoy]

Hope some die hard Indian dal addict & puritans wont shout at me... the chilka moogh(unhusked moogh daal) can be cooked with saussages in white wine and if you add fatty duck legs to that....simmer for an hour.... I have soiled the key board...

[Ray kelleher]

Luckywoman... I suppose you also find Hutspot comfort food too, I used to love it.......

[noflylist]

Different ways to spell, Dal, Daal, and my favorite on net Dahl or Dhal!

...but, it is the best soup in the world.

Edited by noflylist, 01 July 2007 - 03:52 AM.

[jyotirmoy]

noflylist, on Jun 30 2007, 06:06 PM, said:

Different ways to spell, Dal, Daal, and my favorite on net Dahl or Dhal!

...but, it is the best soup in the world.

Hot aromatic Rasam and a crisp pappad on a winter evening.... did you say soup?

[dzibead]

jyotirmoy, on Jun 30 2007, 10:21 AM, said:

Hope some die hard Indian dal addict & puritans wont shout at me... the chilka moogh(unhusked moogh daal) can be cooked with saussages in white wine and if you add fatty duck legs to that....simmer for an hour.... I have soiled the key board...

Indian cassoulet!

[jyotirmoy]

dzibead, on Jul 1 2007, 04:01 AM, said:

Indian cassoulet!

Actually the idea is purloined from French country cuisine around the Bordeaux region. They use a similar lentil, couldn’t gather much from the cook because of language barrier.
I tried out with Chilka Moogh and it worked well. Another significant deviation is that the cook in the original stuff used 2 bottles of fine white wine from the region…. Sigh..

[cyberhippie]

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Luckywoman... I suppose you also find Hutspot comfort food too, I used to love it.......

Now available in Orchha, it was there on the collective menu at the suggestion of some Dutchie no doubt. I taught them how they should actually cook it!