Sweet Potato Dal / Lentils and Sweet Potato
In my forever quest to find healthy foods that my little boy will like, I’ve stumbled upon many recipes that have turned out to be my favorites too. This is one of them. I’ve always been a big fan of sweet potatoes. Both, the yellow kind we used to get in India, and the orange ones in the US. My Mother always served them steamed with a simple, crushed green chili chutney. I remembered that the sweetness from the spuds and the heat from the chilies always managed to excite my then young taste buds . Hoping for the remote possibility, that Nish might similarly like the hot and sweet combo (after all I furnished the ‘X’) I decided to make a dal out of it. Roy and I loved it so much that Nish liking it became just an added bonus ;).
Ingredients:
1 cup bengal gram / channa dal soaked in water for an hour or 2
1/2 tsp turmeric powder
2 – 3 tbsp refined oil
1 medium sized onion finely chopped
1tsp dry roasted and crushed cumin, or 1 1/2 tsp whole cumin
1tsp garlic finely chopped
1tsp ginger finely grated
2 –3 green chilies finely chopped
2 tomatoes, finely diced
2 tsp amchoor (powdered dry mango)
1 tsp coriander powder
2 –3 sprigs chopped cilantro
2 cup sweet potatoes, peeled and diced
salt to taste
Optional Final Seasoning
2 tsp ghee (clarified butter)
1 tsp of cumin
Directions
Before garnishing with cilantro, to increase flavor roast 1 tsp of cumin in 2 tsp of hot ghee and pour over Dal to season.
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