Dal Shorba-soup

[maya]

Dal Shorba-soup

1 cup yellow lentils
3 onions, sliced
4 cloves crushed garlic
1/2 teaspoon chili powder (optional)
3 teaspoons curry powder
3 tomatoes, cut into big pieces
6 tablespoons chopped spinach leaves
1 tablespoon olive oil
salt and lime juice-drizzle on top of soup


Heat the oil in a pot and fry the onions for a few seconds.
Add the crushed garlic, chili and curry powders. Fry again for a few seconds.
Add 6 teacups of water, the tomatoes and washed yellow lentils and cook until soft.
When cooked, blend in a blender.
Boil for 15 minutes. Add salt.
Just before serving, add the spinach and boil for a few seconds. Serve hot with a slice of lemon.

[herbwormwood]

Dal Shorba-soup

1 cup yellow lentils
3 onions, sliced
4 cloves crushed garlic
1/2 teaspoon chili powder (optional)
3 teaspoons curry powder
3 tomatoes, cut into big pieces
6 tablespoons chopped spinach leaves
1 tablespoon olive oil
salt and lime juice-drizzle on top of soup


Heat the oil in a pot and fry the onions for a few seconds.
Add the crushed garlic, chili and curry powders. Fry again for a few seconds.
Add 6 teacups of water, the tomatoes and washed yellow lentils and cook until soft.
When cooked, blend in a blender.
Boil for 15 minutes. Add salt.
Just before serving, add the spinach and boil for a few seconds. Serve hot with a slice of lemon.

Here is the curry I made today:
1 large onion, chopped and fried in olive oil;
1 parsnip, peeled and added to the pot;
1/2 teaspoon garam masala, 1 tespoon of salt, 1 teaspoon cumin powder, small half teaspoon extra hot chilli powder, 1 heaped teaspoon turmeric, half teaspoon ginger powder,
add to pot then add 1 litre water, add 1 tablespoon yellow split peas, 1 tablespoon red lentils, 1 tablespoon puy lentils, cook until all ingredients soft, adding water as required. I will be having this with my neighbour's family, she will provide some rice and persian style salad to go with it.

[maya]

I will have to try that, sounds yummy!




Here is the curry I made today:
1 large onion, chopped and fried in olive oil;
1 parsnip, peeled and added to the pot;
1/2 teaspoon garam masala, 1 tespoon of salt, 1 teaspoon cumin powder, small half teaspoon extra hot chilli powder, 1 heaped teaspoon turmeric, half teaspoon ginger powder,
add to pot then add 1 litre water, add 1 tablespoon yellow split peas, 1 tablespoon red lentils, 1 tablespoon puy lentils, cook until all ingredients soft, adding water as required. I will be having this with my neighbour's family, she will provide some rice and persian style salad to go with it.

[herbwormwood]

I will have to try that, sounds yummy!

Please do.
Its easy as all the chopping is the onion, the other veg are frozen.
Frozen veg work well in curries.
If I had remembered I would have put some garlic in too. I have some leftover for today's dinner, amd another portion has gone in the freezer.
Once you know how to do a basic curry you can put whatever you have on hand in. I have not found anything yet which can't be curried.