Dal Box

This is inspired by the Helm Ston Cafe in Brighton which is bloody brilliant and you should all go buy his food.

Ingredients

• 2 tbsp rape seed oil
• 1 large white onion or 5 shallots - chopped fine
• 1.5 inch of ginger - chopped fine
• 2 cloves of garlic - chopped fine
• 1-2 red chilli’s
• 1 tsp black mustard seeds (optional)
• 1 tsp ground cumin
• 1 tsp ground coriander
• 0.5 tsp of turmeric - don’t go crazy with it!
• 2 tsp medium curry powder
• 2 tsp tomato paste
• 150g red lentils
• 1 400g can coconut milk
• 2 vine tomato - chopped (optional)

Method

1. Fry onion in oil until golden - 8 mins
2. Add ginger, garlic, chilli - 2 mins
3. Add spices, tomato paste, lentils - 1 min
4. Add coconut milk, 400ml water, tomato. Bring to boil and then reduce to simmer - 20-30 mins. Add more water if needed.

To serve

• fresh tomatoes
• beetroot salad
• spinach
• rice
• seeds
• A FRIED EGG!