we had our first
BOOK CLUB meeting last night! we met to discuss
THE KITE RUNNER & eat lots of yummy afghan food. here's what I made: DAL. this is actually an indian dish - a lentil puree - but it had similar ingredients to most of the afghan dishes I found online. I doubled this recipe.
rinse & place in large saucepan:
- 1 C red lentils (or yellow split peas)
add:
- 2 C water
- 1 small sliced onion
- 3/4 tsp minced fresh ginger
- 3/4 tsp minced garlic
- 1/2 tsp turmeric
simmer, covered, until lentils are tender, 20-25min. puree in food processor & return to saucepan. stir in:
simmer, partly covered, until the dal is thickened to the consistency of split pea soup, about 20 mins. stir in:
- 2 fresh jalepeƱo peppers (sedded, cut into 1/3rds)
- 1.5 plum tomatoes, diced
- 3 Tb chopped fresh cilantro
serve over:
from the joy of cooking
4 comments:
Great party! I think I love afgani food. Is the rice recipe worth posting, what do you think? I thought it was good, but plain rice is also good. Can't wait to make my own dal.
Post it! I also want Christy's chicken dish!
I found this blog while blog surfing and love it! I'm adding it to my blog as a link - we are also dental school wives and love to share recipes (heidisrecipes.blogspot.com)
My family won't eat this for some reason . . I think maybe that it is the baby food consistency.
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