Dal Bhat

Name: Dal Bhat
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 30 min
Total time: 45 min
Yield: 4 servings
Cuisine: Nepal
Ingredients: 300g red lentils; 300g basmati rice, cooked; 2 tomatoes, diced; 1 onion, diced; 4 cloves garlic; 1 piece fresh ginger; 1 tsp turmeric; 1 tsp cumin seeds; vegetable curry and pickles to serve

Nepal

The Nepali tradition is dal bhat power, 24 hour. Eaten morning and evening by the majority of Nepalis.

Lentil soup with rice — Nepal's national dish eaten twice daily. A complete meal of dal, rice, vegetable curry and pickles. The fuel of the Himalayas.

Prep

15 mins

Cook

30 mins

Difficulty

Easy

Calories

365 kcal

Serves

Calories are an estimate based on ingredients used

Ingredients

300gred lentils

300gbasmati rice, cooked

2tomatoes, diced

1onion, diced

4 clovesgarlic

1 piecefresh ginger

1 tspturmeric

1 tspcumin seeds

vegetable curry and picklesto serve

Method

Boil lentils with turmeric until soft, about 20 minutes.

Make tarka: fry cumin seeds, onion, garlic and ginger until golden. Add tomatoes. Cook down.

Combine tarka with lentils. Simmer 5 minutes.

Serve with rice, vegetable curry and achar pickle.

Chef's Tip

Dal bhat is never eaten just once — eat as much as you want.

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