Creamed Urad Daal

Name: Creamed Urad Daal
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 1 h 30 min
Total time: 1 h 45 min
Yield: 6 serving(s)
Ingredients: 1 cup Urad Dal (black legume, available in Indian Grocery stores); 1 chopped onion; 2 chopped garlic cloves; 2 inches chopped fresh ginger; 1 green chili, chopped; 1/2 cup oil; 2 tablespoons ground cumin; 1 tablespoon ground coriander; 1 1/2 teaspoons salt; 1/4 teaspoon chili powder; 1 tablespoon garam masala; 2/3 cup whole cream

Submitted by reya doucette

"Taken from "A Little Taste of India" by Bay Books. Which has a gem collection of selected recipies in various catagories"

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Ready In:: 1hr 45mins
Ingredients:: 12
Serves:: 6

ingredients

1 cup Urad Dal (black legume, available in Indian Grocery stores)
1 chopped onion
2 chopped garlic cloves
2 inches chopped fresh ginger
1 green chili, chopped
¹⁄₂ cup oil
2 tablespoons ground cumin
1 tablespoon ground coriander
1 ¹⁄₂ teaspoons salt
¹⁄₄ teaspoon chili powder
1 tablespoon garam masala
²⁄₃ cup whole cream

directions

Bring daal to boil in 6 cups water, lower heat and simmer for 1 hour or until daal feels soft. Drain daal and reserve liquid.
Blend onion, garlic, ginger and chilli together in blender to form a paste, or finely chop them together with a knife.
Heat oil in frying pan and fry onion mixture over high heat, stirring constantly, until golden brown. Add cumin and corriander and fry for 2 minutes.
Add the daal, salt, chilli powder and garam masala. Pour 300 mel or 1 1/4 cups of reserved liquid into pan, bring to a boil. Reduce heat and simmer for 10 minutes.
Just before serving stir in the cream and simmer 2 minutes to heat through.

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Reviews

I've never had this before so i have no basis for comparison, but I declare this dish absolutely delicious.

pugsinbuffalo
Excellent. I used a bit less oil and a combo of half and half/plain yogurt instead of cream and it turned out fine.

jblocher
This was great! Took me back to my grandma's kitchen growing up. I messed it up a bit with 2 things. One, I went a bit crazy with the fat-free half and half I decided to use. Turned the dal the most awful shade of puce or something. But, that didn't affect the taste. The other thing I did is I froze it for a ready-made meal. I don't think it froze well. I will surely make this again (this weekend in fact) and will eat it fresh. I may consider upping the spices a little, but it is very good as is.

MrsMM
At first, I thought it wasn't an exciting-enough dish...until I noticed I had snarfed it down and went back for seconds. I used a good-quality lowfat yogurt instead of cream. Eaten with nan, I thought it was quite nice. Thanks, Jan

stgmngrjan
This turned out really well, but I was so busy following the recipe that I forgot to add extra spices like I usually do (personal taste). Also, I decided to cook the dal in my pressure cooker (which I'm still trying to get the hang of) and underestimated the time a little bit. I will try it again, and I'm sure it will be even better. Thanks for the recipe! I've been wanting to try making Urad Dal.

Chuli94

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Excellent. I used a bit less oil and a combo of half and half/plain yogurt instead of cream and it turned out fine.

jblocher
At first, I thought it wasn't an exciting-enough dish...until I noticed I had snarfed it down and went back for seconds. I used a good-quality lowfat yogurt instead of cream. Eaten with nan, I thought it was quite nice. Thanks, Jan

stgmngrjan

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reya doucette

I am from India. My husband is Scott/Acadian French from Quinan/Tusket. My Father-law-law, Abel, taught me how to cook the simple but delicious country recipies of Nova Scotia. I enjoy sharing my recipies and love to hear from the wonderful diversity of the recipie world.

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