I hope you are doing well, staying safe! I give more details in the podcast- the link is below.

I had mentioned that I would share a bit of what we were doing and I decided to go the food route.

I had gone to the grocery store to get black-eyed peas and there were none in the dry food aisle- only red lentils- I picked them up.

Hurray! for Google- I found this link and this recipe from Sonja and Alex! It looked so easy that I told myself I had to make something with my lentils. I did; with a few items that I had at home, I made it mine, I would say it turned out delicious.

Thanks Sonja and Alex for the recipe and for giving me faith to try something different!

Ingredients

2 Tablespoon Ghee

1 Cup Red lentils (softened)

Chopped Onions

1/4th tsp Mustard seeds

dash of Tumeric

1/2 tsp of Chopped/ crushed Garlic and Ginger ea

1/2 of curry powder

1/2 cup of chopped tomatoes

1 Bay Leaf

1 Knorr Bouillon Cube

Pickled tomato (optional)

Salt to taste

About 3 cups of water

FYI!

I listened to the podcast and I had mentioned that I had put two tablespoons of dahl in the pot- oops. I had put two tablespoons of Ghee in the pot.

Steps

I softened the lentils by letting it soak in water for 30 mins and setting aside.

I put the ghee in the pot and let it get hot then added the onions, garlic, ginger and let simmer. When the onions were golden

Add red lentils (drained) to the mix, add mustard seeds, curry powder, and the bay leaf. Let this simmer for about 5 mins. Add 2 cups of water and let cook.

Add chopped onions and turmeric powder to the mix. Add chopped tomatoes too.

Season with salt and the bouillon cube.

Let simmer.

The meal is done when the red lentils are tender and or mushy- you can cook yours to a runny liquidy consistency or cook the lentils until it is nice and thick.

Eat with Rice/ paratha or Naan.

Enjoy.

And let me know if you try it.

I had gone to the store to get black-eyed peas but found red lentils and I am happy to say that this meal will be a staple in my home. With Corona Virus, we are now in a situation most of us do not want to be in or planned for. My word for you is to take what we have and make the best of it.

Maya Angelou said: “ If you do not like something, change it. If you can’t change it; change your attitude.

We cannot change whats going on in the world now but let us not let it define us, but make something good out of it.

Have a great week!

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