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_refugee_  ·  2772 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Yellow Lentil Soup. Good Shit.

Do you make it with the cilantro chutney? Any advice if you're in a household with a person who hates cilantro?





oyster  ·  2772 days ago  ·  link  ·  

    Any advice if you're in a household with a person who hates cilantro?

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Dala  ·  2771 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Some of us can't help it that cilantro tastes like soap. To me it also smells like stinkbugs. My phone is not letting me paste a link but there was a good article on nytimes.com about why.

I want to like Vietnamese food so bad. :(

_refugee_  ·  2771 days ago  ·  link  ·  

It's not meeeeee

oyster  ·  2771 days ago  ·  link  ·  

That's why you've got to get out bruh

xygarde  ·  2768 days ago  ·  link  ·  

You can.

- Boil moong dal with turmeric and chilli, removing any foam. ~45 minutes in the open/ ~20 minutes in a pressure cooker. (1:7 dal:water) Optionally use cardamom, bay leaves.

- After it is done boiling, mash it with a potato masher.

- Add salt to taste

- Prepare the tadka by heating a small amount of oil for a minute or two at max and then turning the heat off. Add cumin, ground coriander seeds, garlic, chilli, asafoetida, ginger (vary according to taste) and quickly transfer to the dal, before it burns.

You can stir in chopped coriander/chutney separately if you'd like to.

_refugee_  ·  2768 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Thanks!

user-inactivated  ·  2772 days ago  ·  link  ·  

We serve it with the chutney to the side, and then it gets spooned on top of each bowl as desired.

I've had it without the chutney once or twice, and I didn't think it was too horrible. Maybe make some extra of the "Seasoning" (the oil and the cumin seeds mixture), and drizzle some more of that on instead in place of chutney?

_refugee_  ·  2771 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Thanks!