green lentil and dal curry with golden raisins

Slowcooker malawi toor dal and green lentil curry.

lovely tasty curry

Ingrediants

2 cups malawi toor dal oily (500g pack)

1 cup of green lentils

3/4 cup of golden raisins

1 400g can of tomatoes

2 tsp onion powder or 1 onion chopped

1 1/2 tsp ginger or 1 inch of grated fresh

1 tsp of turmeric

2 tsp ground coriander

2 tsp of hing

2 tsp garlic powder or 4 cloves of fresh grated

2 heaped tbsp of balti curry paste

1/3 cup ground almonds

3 tsps of tomato puree

1 1/2 tsp of salt

1/2v tsp coarsely ground black pepper

2 3/4 pints of water 

Loving Dal

Method

1. Put all spice powders into a small bowl and set aside.

2. Add the rest of the ingrediants straight into the slowcooker except the water. Add the spice powders.  Stir thoroughly.

3. Add the water and mix thoroughly again.

4. Pop the lid on and cook on low for at least 5 hours. You must check every hour or so to make sure that there is enough water and it's not too dry. Different slowcookers cook slightly quicker or slower. If you need  to add more water use boiling water, a little at a time.

5. You will know its ready when it has thickened and the lentils are soft. I personally still like the lentils to be present and not too mushy.

6. You can either have this with rice or with chappati. 

yummy spice blend

 

 

 

Everything ready for the water

lid on and onto low

Thick and lovely dal