Dal (Indian Lentil Curry)

Ingredients

• 2 tablespoons ghee
• 1 tablespoon butter
• 2 chillies green cayenne, deseeded and cut into chunks, optional, Note 2
• 1 medium onion finely chopped, brown or yellow
• 6 garlic cloves finely chopped
• 1 tablespoon ginger finely chopped, 1.5cm / 3/5"
• 8 fresh curry leaves or 6 dried, Note 3
• 1 tomato chopped
• 1/2 teaspoon ground cumin
• 1 cup chana dal dried, yellow split peas or other yellow lentils, Note 4 for other lentils
• 4 cups water
• 1/2 teaspoon turmeric powder
• 1/8 teaspoon marsala garam
• 3/4 teaspoon salt
• 1 1/2 tablespoons ghee
• 1/2 butter
• 1 1/2 tablespoons ghee
• 1 small onion eschalot or 1/4, halved lengthways and sliced, Note 5
• 1 teaspoon cumin seeds
• 1/2 teaspoon black mustard seeds optional
• 3 dried chillies broken in half, seeds removed, optional

Nutrition

• Calories : 360 calories
• Carbohydrate : 37 grams
• Cholesterol : 10 milligrams
• Fat : 19 grams
• Fiber : 10 grams
• Protein : 11 grams
• SaturatedFat : 2.5 grams
• Sodium : 500 milligrams
• Sugar : 8 grams