Munchie Monday: The King of Dal. More or Less

 Last week I saw a newsletter from LifeIsNoYoke's Lenny Gale.  He gave a recipe (he had gotten from someone else) named The King of Dal.  Well, at least I like lentils so I thought I would give it a try.   One thing about that recipe was that you used your VitaMix to grind up spices to make your own garam masala.  Since we did not have those whole spices but we did have a bottle of garam masala that we had used one time, I went that route.  This is what I did:

The King of Dal PACC recipe

In a bowl place 1 cup orange/red lentils and 3/4 cup dry pinto beans.  Cover with a lot of water and let them soak overnight.

In the morning chop one red onion and cook it for five minutes or so on the sauté feature of your Instant Pot.  Add three cloves chopped garlic and 1 1/2 Tablespoons ground fresh ginger.  Cook another minute or so then shut off the sauté function.

Drain and rinse the beans and lentils and put them into the Instant Pot on top of the onions, garlic, and ginger.

Add 3 Tablespoons garam masala, one 28-ounce can diced tomatoes and 1 1/2 cans water.

Stir well then cook on HIGH for 40 minutes.

Let reduce heat naturally then serve over rice (for Dear One).  Or you can serve over mashed potatoes (my preferred method) and have a nice meal.

This made a great deal of dal!  Probably a gallon!  We are foisting it off on as many people as we can since Dear One only likes meals about three times, tops!

PS The original recipe also called for oil to cook the garam masala in but we did not go that route...