Dal Bhat Tarkari

Lentils, rice and vegetable curry — the everyday Nepali plate.

Ingredients

• 1½ cups Yellow lentils
• 2 cups Rice
• 3 Potatoes
• 1 Cauliflower
• 1 Onion
• 2 Tomatoes
• 4 cloves Garlic
• 1 tbsp Ginger
• 1 tsp Turmeric
• 1 tsp Cumin seeds
• ½ tsp Fenugreek seeds
• 3 tbsp Ghee
• 2 tsp Salt
• 5 cups Water

Method

1. Cook the dal — Simmer the lentils with turmeric, garlic and salt for 30 minutes until collapsing.
2. Temper — Fry cumin and fenugreek seeds in ghee until they darken, then pour the sizzling ghee into the dal.
3. Make the tarkari — Fry the onion, ginger and garlic, add potato and cauliflower with turmeric and cook covered 20 minutes.
4. Steam the rice — Cook the rice separately until fluffy.
5. Dal Bhat is ready — Serve rice in the centre with dal poured over and the vegetable curry beside it.

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