Coconut Dal
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- Number of Servings: 6
Ingredients
Yellow Split Peas, 16 oz Turmeric (ground), 1 tsp Coriander (ground), 1 tsp Garam Masala, 1 tsp Sugar, 2 tsp Butter, salted, 1/2 stick Mustard seed, 1 tsp Cumin seed, 1 tsp Cardamon, 5 podsClove, 5 whole Cinnamon , 1 stickChili powder, 1/8 tsp Coconut (shredded, sweetened) 3 tbsp Salt, 3 tsp
Bring yellow split peas, turmeric, and 10-12 cups water to a boil. Partially cover pot with lid and let simmer on low heat for about 45 minutes until the split peas are well cooked.
Mash or puree the split pea mixture and add coriander, garam masala, and sugar.
In a pan, fry mustard seeds and cumin seeds in butter until seeds "pop." Add cardamon, cloves, cinnamon stick, chili powder, and coconut and fry for a minute or two.
Add butter mixture to split pea mixture. Add salt. Slowly simmer, adding water as needed so that mixture doesn't turn thick, for at least 10 minutes. Simmer longer if mixture is too thin.
Remove cardamon, cinnamon, and cloves with spoon or strain the entire mixture.
Number of Servings: 6
Recipe submitted by SparkPeople user KAMALA0321.
Mash or puree the split pea mixture and add coriander, garam masala, and sugar.
In a pan, fry mustard seeds and cumin seeds in butter until seeds "pop." Add cardamon, cloves, cinnamon stick, chili powder, and coconut and fry for a minute or two.
Add butter mixture to split pea mixture. Add salt. Slowly simmer, adding water as needed so that mixture doesn't turn thick, for at least 10 minutes. Simmer longer if mixture is too thin.
Remove cardamon, cinnamon, and cloves with spoon or strain the entire mixture.
Number of Servings: 6
Recipe submitted by SparkPeople user KAMALA0321.
Nutritional Info Amount Per Serving
- Calories: 286.3
- Total Fat: 9.6 g
- Cholesterol: 20.3 mg
- Sodium: 1,264.1 mg
- Total Carbs: 51.7 g
- Dietary Fiber: 21.1 g
- Protein: 17.3 g
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