Tuesday, December 13, 2011

Bok Choy and Lentils/ Bok Choy Dal



Its the very first time I am trying Bok choy and I was wondering what to do with it. Finally I settled for a familiar recipe with dal. Cooking leaves with dal is a common practice, so I thought I'd give bok choy a try too. 
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Bok Choy Dal
Ingredients-
1 1/2cup lentils/ Toor dal
2bulbs finely chopped bok choy
4-5 cloves of garlic
1 onion sliced
1tsp ground cumin/jeera 
1/2 tsp mustard seeds
1 green chilli slit
1/2 tsp ground tumeric
salt to taste
1tsp oil

Preparation-

  • Soak the lentils for half an hour then pressure cook the lentils with tummeric, slit chilli and water.
  • Wash clean the bok choy and chop.
  • Slice the onion and chop the garlic fine.
  • In a pan heat olive oil and splutter mustard seeds.
  • Then add the onions and garlic and saute.
  • Add the bok choy and cook covered.
  • After it is cooked add the lentil ( make sure you remove the pieces of chilli from the lentil before you add it to the bok choy.
  • Add cumin, and salt to taste.
  • Stir well and cook for 1 minute and your bok choy lentil is ready to serve.
  • You can serve it with phulkas, rice and wholemeal bread.

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5 comments:

  1. Shirley, such a nice, tasty and healthy dish Shirley, love the idea of bok choy in this dal.
    Hope you are having a wonderful week :-)

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  3. Looks great! I love bok choy and I love lentils.

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  4. This sounds delicious with bok choy, a great recipe!

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