I was looking up recipes with lentils and found this one on https://tasteasianfood.com/dhal/
1. Clean, soak and boil the lentils
This is the brief version:
Sieve through the lentils with a colander.
Rinse with water a few times.
Soak the lentils in water for a few hours.
Bring the water to a boil. Add the lentils to the boiling water, then reduce
to a simmer.
Add one teaspoon of turmeric powder.
Cook until it turns soft, which will take about forty-five minutes.
This is the long version:
1. Soak the lentils
Sieve through the lentils with a colander or wire mesh strainer to remove any pebbles or debris. Some lentils that are sold in packets are free from this debris, although it is more expensive.
Rinse with water a few times to remove any dirt.
Soak the lentils in water for a few hours. You can even soak it up to six hours. It will soften the lentils and shorten the cooking time. You need to increase the cooking time if you do not soak it in advance.
Boil the lentils
Boil the lentils is an easy but crucial step. The key is to be patient.
The superbly cooked dhal should be creamy and thick; the lentils still can be seen as individual pieces but incredibly soft. Lentil dhal should be cooked over low heat for a prolonged period to achieve this consistency.
How long it takes to get this consistently depends on the type of lentils, the initial amount of water, the duration for soaking the lentils, and the intensity of the heat.
The yellow lentils I use in this recipe takes about 45 minutes.
I soak the lentils for four hours before I started cooking it in this recipe.
Following these steps:
Bring the water to a boil. Use about three to four times of water by volume to cook the lentils. I use 800ml of water for 200g of lentils in this recipe. Add water whenever it is required.
Add the lentils to the boiling water, then reduce to a simmer.
Add one teaspoon of turmeric powder to
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