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Title: Mung dal tadka vs Chana masala
Post by: Kashmiri Bob on June 07, 2013, 09:13 AM

Couple of mid-week efforts:

Mung dal tadka


(http://www.curry-recipes.co.uk/imagehost/pics/981bc19fc36a32a09443cd0f3a383bea.jpg)


Ajoy's recipe.  Mighty fine.

http://thoughtsfromajoy.wordpress.com/2013/01/09/perfect-dal-is-all-about-tadka-baghar-vagharne-chonk-phodni-or-just-call-it-tempering/ (http://thoughtsfromajoy.wordpress.com/2013/01/09/perfect-dal-is-all-about-tadka-baghar-vagharne-chonk-phodni-or-just-call-it-tempering/)


Chana masala


(http://www.curry-recipes.co.uk/imagehost/pics/da07912b2a82cef99a0bd38c8f389eee.jpg)


Very good.  Similar to a local restaurant. Yellow gram ((kala chana) with fresh garlic and ginger, turmeric powder, asophotidia, a little mix powder, green chilli and lemon peel.  Served on a bed of basmati rice. A bit more chilli next time.

Rob  :)

Title: Re: Mung dal tadka vs Chana masala
Post by: h4ppy-chris on June 07, 2013, 11:38 AM

Looks good Rob.

Title: Re: Mung dal tadka vs Chana masala
Post by: chonk on June 07, 2013, 03:38 PM

Hi Bob! (:

Looks very delicious!  :)

Personally, Chana masala is a wet dish for me (in this case, the masala refers to the aromatic sauce, like Rajma masala), but many people prefer it dry (what I would call [punjabi, khatte, or pindi] chole, depending on style, spices and origin of the dish). But this is just a matter of taste, mixed with semantics ;P Nice to see the smaller, brown, indian variety (kala) instead of the bigger, yellow ones (kabuli - which means Kabul, referring to the capital of Afghanistan, and ancient silk roads).

No onions and/or garlic in that mung dal, right? Keeps it interesting (:

Title: Re: Mung dal tadka vs Chana masala
Post by: Stephen Lindsay on June 07, 2013, 05:08 PM

A nice change and the presentation is good.

Title: Re: Mung dal tadka vs Chana masala
Post by: Gav Iscon on June 07, 2013, 08:30 PM

Rob, that Chana masala looks terrible. The tomato and the lemon are not parallel and that last bit of cucumber should be under the bit next to it. Sort it out for next time please.

 ;D ;D ;D

Title: Re: Mung dal tadka vs Chana masala
Post by: Kashmiri Bob on June 08, 2013, 11:23 AM

Did make a nice change.  Impressive recipes by Ajoy I thought, with detail on the methods.  Will try the Paytham paruppu with

Title: Re: Mung dal tadka vs Chana masala
Post by: Gav Iscon on June 09, 2013, 07:45 AM

Quote from: Bengali Bob on June 08, 2013, 11:23 AM

May follow that with an Ex hot beef vindaloo served over a layer of potato straws, or perhaps chips (will depend on the number of Cobras left).

Rob  :)

I never thought I would ever see a recipe with chipsticks but one of my Indian cook books has a West Indian dish of Baked Eggs on Chipsticks.