What type of lentils do you make your dhal with?

[meltedmarsbars]

I have tried red and split peas but now I'm on to whole green or brown masoor dhal for my tarka dhal.

What do you use?

bel puri - that's the one I love - with the little round battery balls and the sour water stuff? I think our local 'establishment' calls them gol goppa.

What's pani puri then?

Thanks for recipes.

Pani puri are the balls. Pani puri is the gujarati name for it. Gol goppa is prob the Bengali or hindi name. The contents vary a bit according to region too.

Bel puri is made from a mixture of sel (crunchy deep dried gramflour thingies!), black chickpeas, onions, raw mango, crushed up pani puris whatever, with a spicy tamarind and mint liquid on it.

Mmmmmm could just eat it now.

Right, I have just made (and eaten most of ) Chops' yellow split pea Chana Dhal recipe.

It was quite nice - but I still prefer dhal with whole lentils.

I've had a horrible chest infection and the first and only thing I want to eat is dhal.

Can those in or near Tooting go to Sree Krishna in Colliers Wood for me and have fantastic food on my behalf?

meltedmarsbars I'm making some dahl ATM (with red lentils) and I just remembered that I have had it grainy once, when I added salt as I was pre-boiling the lentils. Just a thought!