Tadkal

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

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.

See also

• Methi Tadka Dal
• Tadka dhal