Stew

So finally my experiments started with making one new thing everyday for dinner. Guess what i came up with the lentil stew.
A stew is somewhere between soup and a thick gravy. It can be made with all different varieties of ingredients it can be vegetarain or meat version too. But mine was vegetarian version.
So the ingredients were:
1 cup lentil ( now you can choose from a variety ..toor dal, chana dal)
I cup chopped onion,
1 cup chopped tomatoes and 1/2 cup chopped potatoes
1/2 cup choppes carrots
1 tablespoon grated ginger
1 teaspoon mustard seeds
1 green slit chilli
1 teaspoon tumeric powder
and salt to taste

You will need to start by soaking the lentils for about half hour followed by boiling them to that point where they are half way done , later you add the chopped onions, tomatoes, carrots and potatoes in it and partly cover and let it cook. ( you could also use pressure cooker - if using so cook lentils in the open cooker until half way done and after vegetable added to it u can pressure cook it)
Next come tadka. Tadka is like a hot oil with indian spicies to wake up the flavour ofthe vegetables and lentil. So we take about a tablespoon of good olive oil and then when it gets warm to hot add mustard seeds,tumeric and greesn chilli and ginger and add it to the daal mixture.
Voila , your stew is ready. Add salt according to your taste.

Oh, just before i forget you can also do the entire above recipe production in your slow cooker just mix everything at once except the tadka part and forget abt it for four hours on high setting and then check and later you can add tadka and salt.

Enjoy
Will be back with more tomorrow.