TO SERVE
1 lime coconut yoghurt
flatbread basmati rice
BEFORE YOU START
Baking dish
Prepare the ingredients
Fill a large bowl with cold water, add the lentils and use your hands to rinse. Drain the water, and repeat once or twice until the water is clear. Or, rinse the lentils in sieve under cold running water
Peel and roughly chop the onion, ginger and garlic
Deseed and roughly chop the green chilli
For the dhal
Preheat the oven to 200*C fan setting
Place the lentils, onion, ginger, garlic and chilli in a baking dish, followed by the rest of the dahl ingredients. Boil the kettle and pour 1 3/4 c of boiling water into the baking dish. Cover with foil and bake in the hot oven for 25 minutes. Carefully remove from the oven, take off the foil, stir, and return to the oven for another 15 minutes, or until the lentils are tender
Finish and serve
Finish the dhal with the juice from a lime. Taste and season with more salt and pepper if you would like
Serve with coconut yoghurt and flatbreads for dipping