Comments on: Chana Dal

By: Kerri

Kerri — Mon, 06 Dec 2010 13:52:34 +0000

Thanks, Azelia. I too like mine with some texture but I don’t always manage to achieve it. I find that dal often takes on a life of it’s own when cooking and I don’t always manage to control how it turns out.

By: azélias kitchen

azélias kitchen — Mon, 06 Dec 2010 12:45:50 +0000

You have a nice consistency in this dal, sometimes it’s ground down to baby porridge and often the restaurants’ versions are no more than thick liquid and having searched around for a bit now doing my research on tarka/tardka I see that dal’s consistency seems to be a personal choice to the cook.

I like mine like yours here with a bit of texture if I’m eating as a main part of my meal.

By: Raan | Dinner Diary

Raan | Dinner Diary — Tue, 12 Oct 2010 09:04:04 +0000

[...] Once we’d finished all our weekend chores, we sat down to the raan which we served with chapatis, dal and spiced [...]

By: Chana dal « The captious vegetarian

Chana dal « The captious vegetarian — Sun, 01 Aug 2010 13:45:31 +0000

[...] for chana dal with cucumbers. But then I looked online and I was won over by the picture of the chana dal on the dinnerdiary.org blog (her photo is shown at right). The dal just looked so creamy and delicious, plus the author says [...]

By: Kerri

Kerri — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 11:55:39 +0000

We had to do something, GC, it was getting out of hand

Asofoetida is a very strange smelling spice, CC. According to Camelia Panjabi, it’s mostly used as an aid to digestion since the dal can be quite hard going.

By: Cauliflower and Potato Curry | Dinner Diary

Cauliflower and Potato Curry | Dinner Diary — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 21:05:44 +0000

[...] recipe is slightly more complicated than the chana dal I cooked on Monday but still wasn’t that taxing, even when I had to dash out midway through [...]

By: The Curious Cat

The Curious Cat — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 10:42:57 +0000

This looks very comforting – but what is asofoetida? I have never heard of this…
.-= The Curious Cat´s last blog ..Wicked reading… =-.

By: gourmet chick

gourmet chick — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 04:27:55 +0000

One in one out policy sounds admirable but there is no way I could cope. Dahl looks great as well .-= gourmet chick´s last blog ..Ants climbing trees =-.