Cookbook:Tadkal

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[edit] Ingredients

• 4 medium onions (400g), chopped as fine as possible
• 1 small chilli
• 2 large cloves of garlic, chopped finely or crushed
• ginger (about the same as the garlic in size), finely chopped
• 250g split red lentils
• 3 tins, chopped tomatoes
• 1 stock cube
• water as necessary
• 12 whole cardamom pods
• 1 teaspoon Garam Masala
• 1 teaspoon paprika
• 12 grinds of the black pepper pot
• ¼ teaspoon mustard seed
• fresh chilli to taste

[edit] Procedure

Cook in the order listed, give the onions some time before adding the rest then put the lid on and cook till the lentils are how you like them.

[edit] See also

• Methi Tadka Dal
• Tadka dhal