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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Yorksman" data-source="post: 461363" data-attributes="member: 55568">You may know it as Mixed Dal. I use a south indian recipe from Prashad's Southern Indian Vegetarian Cooking but <a href="http://pachakam.com/Recipes/Tasty-Mixed-Dal-Curry-2974" target="_blank">here is a northern recipe on the web</a>. In fact there are loads with many variations. <a href="http://www.manjulaskitchen.com/category/dal-lentils/" target="_blank">Manjula's Kitchen has many lentil recipes</a>. The different Dals are mostly different coloured lentils and you can get a lot of them at Lidl thesedays.Many asian shops sell pre mixed Garam Masala, I like the <a href="http://www.tesco.com/groceries/Product/Details/?id=259685759" target="_blank">East End brand</a> which you can get in some supermarkets. The asian shops however sell <a href="http://www.spicesofindia.co.uk/acatalog/Chaat-Chat-Masala-Mix.html" target="_blank">many masala powder</a> mixes. They vary in taste and strength of the chili added.Basically, as with chick pea curries, you simmer the lentils or chickpeas in boiling water until cooked, 20 - 30 mins and leave to stand. You saute some onion and garlic, maybe some ginger and then add your masala mix, either from a packet of a mix that you made yourself from raw spices, to make a paste. You might add a tin of chopped tomatoes to the lentils or gram, bring to the boil and then add the paste, stirring it in and letting it simmer. I sometimes add cinnamon bark. Basically you let it simmer until some of the water has evaporated to give it a nice thick texture. I often do a trio, mixed lentils, gram beans with tomato, called <a href="http://www.prashad.co.uk/blog/chole-classic-veggie-curry-recipe-national-curry-week" target="_blank">Chole</a>, and a spicy mix of mushrooms and garlic. Although a tin of chckpeas may cost arund 60p in a supermarket, they are nearly always on offer in asian shops. I get a pack of 12 for £2.99. The various dals, white, yellow, red etc etc are very cheap and you don't use that much. I got 5 packs which lasted me ages and I got many many meals from them. You don't have to follow the recipes exactly, basically you just make sure the gram or dals are cooked through and flavoured with a spice mix which suits you.For meat dishes, chicken with spinach or minced beef/lamb with garden peas and onion are easy to make and to which you can add a pre mixed masala. Those are good dishes for people who like to go very low carb but, as I stated above, lentils are often OK for people who want to go low GI.</blockquote>

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