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Green Dhal with Natural Yogurt and Pickled Onions

  • Autumn
  • Quick & Easy
Green Dhal with Natural Yogurt and Pickled Onions
  • 30 mins

  • Serves 4

  • Beginner

  • V

Comforting, satisfying and packed with goodness, this vibrant green dhal is served with a cooling yogurt raita and tangy pickled onions. Perfect for easy midweek meals.

Ingredients

1 tbsp Yeo Valley Organic unsalted butter

1 onion, finely diced

2 cloves of garlic, finely chopped

1 tsp turmeric

1 tsp ground cumin

½ tsp dried chilli flakes

200g dry green lentils, rinsed and soaked

700ml water

100g spinach, finely chopped

250g Yeo Valley Organic Natural yogurt

For the Raita:

200g Yeo Valley Organic Natural yogurt

¼ cucumber. Grated

1 garlic clove, grated

½ tsp garam masala

15g coriander, finely diced

To serve: pink pickled onions and nigella seeds

Method

  1. Add butter to a frying pan on medium heat. Add the onion and fry on a low heat until soft and translucent.

  2. Add the garlic to the pan and fry for a few minutes until fragrant.

  3. Add spices to the pan and allow to fry until fragrant.

  4. Add the lentils and 500ml water. Allow to simmer for 20 minutes stirring occasionally. Adding remaining water once lentils have thickened throughout the cooking process.

  5. Whilst the lentils are simmering, in a food processor, blitz spinach until fine. Add the spinach to the lentils and allow to simmer for 2 minutes.

  6. Stir in the remaining natural yogurt and season.

  7. For the raita, mix all ingredients together in a bowl and season.

  8. Serve a swirl of raita on top of your green dhal, alongside pink pickled onions and nigella seeds.

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In this recipe...

Unsalted Butter

15

Unsalted Butter in 200g size

Natural Yogurt

10

Natural Yogurt in 450g size

Unsalted Butter

15

Unsalted Butter in 200g size

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