Nov 5, 2024 | Recipes

I love it when a recipe makes itself through produce and situations that just eventuate when I get in the kitchen. This one was born when I lived in East London doing my Intensive Care training, short on cash, and surrounded by good, cheap Indian grocery stores with surprisingly hot chillies this particular day!

A delicious serendipitous curry creation!

Perfect for the last of the winter carrots (or anytime really) when a hearty, filling daal with a decent heat, yet creamy taste hits all the best belly filling taste buds

 

Ingredients

  • 2 cups mung daal (washed until the water runs clear)
  • Equiv 2 cups chopped carrot
  • 1 large onion, chopped
  • 2 tsp crushed garlic
  • 2 tsp grated ginger
  • 2 red chillies (best with decent heat that then gets tamed with coconut cream)
  • 2 tbsp madras masala paste (I make my own, but bought paste or hot curry powder are good too)
  • 1 tbsp ground coriander
  • 2 tsp salt
  • 3-4 tbsp equivalent coconut cream block or powdered coconut cream
  • Fresh coriander to serve

Method

  • Place daal and chopped carrot into a pan to strong simmer with approx 5 cups water whilst you make the spice mix
  • Saute chopped onion slowly to soften and enrich the flavour (use half;half water & lemon juice, or a neutral oil / ghee)
  • Add garlic, ginger and sliced chillies (seeds in is best, but moderate to your palate)
  • Once fragrant add dry spices until all spices release fragrance
  • Tip onion spice mix into the daal & carrot
  • Add salt
  • Simmer together until carrots and daal are tender / soft
  • Place the first tbsp coconut cream block into the daal and stir until melted through
  • Taste to evaluate the heat
  • Repeat as required to get the heat to creamy sweet balance to your liking

Serve

With fresh coriander if available, roti +/- basmati rice (brown basmati is best for flavour and nutrients), and a tangy onion, apple chutney to counter the creamy daal and get your 6 tastes into this meal.

 

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