Pumpkin Dahl

Name: Pumpkin Dahl
Prep time: 1 h 30 min
Cook time: 1 h 30 min
Total time: 1 h 30 min
Yield: 6
Cuisine: Global
Ingredients: 79 milliliters curry leaf; 1 bunch silver beet, trimmed and roughly chopped; 1 teaspoons brown mustard seeds; 2 brown onions, chopped finely; 1 larges butternut pumpkin, cut into 2cm cubes (about 1kg trimmed weight); 1 teaspoon cumin seed; 237 milliliters coriander leaves; 2 teaspoons garam masala; 1 Tbsp crushed garlic; 79 milliliters ghee; 1 Tbsp grated ginger; 2 green chilies, sliced thickly at a long angle; 2 teaspoons ground coriander; 1 Tbsp ground cumin; 6 servings fresh ground black pepper; 500 grams red lentils, rinsed and drained; 6 servings sea salt; 1 teaspoon turmeric; 2 Tbsps vegetable oil; 2 vine-ripened tomatoes, diced; 1 liters water; 1 teaspoons yellow mustard seeds

Pumpkin Dahl might be just the main course you are searching for. This recipe serves 6. One portion of this dish contains about 33g of protein, 18g of fat, and a total of 619 calories. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes roughly 1 hour and 30 minutes. Head to the store and pick up sea salt, ginger, brown onions, and a few other things to make it today. To use up the water you could follow this main course with the Watermelon-Peach Slushies as a dessert. It is a good option if you're following a gluten free and vegetarian diet.

Instructions

Heat a large non-stick frying pan over a medium heat.

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Add half of the ghee and cook pumpkin in batches, tossing the pan often until pumpkin is well coloured and starting to soften; set aside.

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Pumpkin

Ghee

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Add another tablespoon of the ghee, and working in batches, cook silverbeet until wilted and tender.

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Ghee

Remove from pan and add to reserved pumpkin.In the same pan, heat remaining ghee; add onions, garlic and ginger; cook until starting to soften and fragrant.

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Pumpkin

Garlic

Ginger

Onion

Ghee

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Add spices, stirring until fragrant.

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Add chillies, lentils and water. Bring to the boil; reduce heat to a simmer; cook, covered, stirring occasionally until dahl is thick and soupy, about 40 minutes.Just before dahl is ready, heat vegetable oil in a large frying pan.

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Chili Pepper

Lentils

Water

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Add cumin, mustard seeds and curry leaves; cook until the mustard seeds 'pop'.Return pumpkin and spinach, with tomatoes and tempered spice mixture to pan with dahl; stir to combine and heat through. Season to taste and stir in half of the coriander, reserving the remainder for garnish.

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