Sunday, October 02, 2005
ok. looking at my previous post, i'm amazed by myself. i was having a schizo episode of sorts when i was tipsy last night, and i recorded the whole self conversation down. wtf.
but anyway, after consulting with Ram and an another yindian guy, i finally made some decent daal. turns out 1) you must fry the spices first 2) you have to put less lentils 3) that orange yellowish spice i bought at the asian supermarket is not saffron, its tumeric and hence can be added liberally. and now i'm eating my first real indian daal as opposed to my earlier attempts with the slow cooker that didn't make daal, but just lentil paste, which turns out in retrospect to be a better medium for growing fungi than for replenishing the stomach.
anyway, yum yum. no pictures though. i ate the damned thing up already
but anyway, after consulting with Ram and an another yindian guy, i finally made some decent daal. turns out 1) you must fry the spices first 2) you have to put less lentils 3) that orange yellowish spice i bought at the asian supermarket is not saffron, its tumeric and hence can be added liberally. and now i'm eating my first real indian daal as opposed to my earlier attempts with the slow cooker that didn't make daal, but just lentil paste, which turns out in retrospect to be a better medium for growing fungi than for replenishing the stomach.
anyway, yum yum. no pictures though. i ate the damned thing up already
