Hey everyone, hope you are having an incredible day today. Today, I’m gonna show you how to make a special dish, nepali dal bhat. It is one of my favorites food recipes. For mine, I’m gonna make it a little bit unique. This will be really delicious.
Nepalese dal bhat (dal bat or dhal bhat) is composed of white rice (bhat) and lentils (dal) and it is typically accompanied by a vegetable curry (tarkari), a mixture of spicy vegetables (pickles) and greens (sak). It is eaten with papadums in a large metal tray. Nepali Dal Bhat or Dahl Bhat, is a dish made of lentils and rice. It is considered to be the national dish of Nepal.
Nepali dal bhat is one of the most popular of recent trending foods on earth. It’s simple, it’s fast, it tastes delicious. It’s enjoyed by millions every day. They’re fine and they look wonderful. Nepali dal bhat is something which I’ve loved my whole life.
To get started with this recipe, we must first prepare a few ingredients. You can have nepali dal bhat using 11 ingredients and 5 steps. Here is how you cook it.
The ingredients needed to make Nepali dal bhat:
- Get 3/4 cup yellow split lentils (soaked overnight)
- Get 3/4 cup chopped coriander
- Make ready 1 onion (chopped)
- Prepare 1 big tomato or 2 small one (130 g) chopped
- Prepare 3-4 cloves garlic (1.5 tsp) minced
- Make ready 1 tsp minced ginger
- Prepare 1.5 tbsp turmeric
- Make ready 1 tsp coriander seeds (ground)
- Make ready 2 tsp salt
- Prepare 1.5 tbsp oil
- Take 2 cups water
In its simplest form, it is comfort food consisting of lentil soup (dal) and rice (bhat). Dal bhat is the traditional Nepali food of locals and trekkers in the Himalayas. On both of our Himalayan treks, Annapurna Base Camp and Everest Region, we ate dal bhat most days, either for lunch or dinner. Nepali Dal Bhat is the national dish of Nepal.
Instructions to make Nepali dal bhat:
- Soaked your lentil with water overnight (or until the lentil swell). By doing this, your lentils will cook faster. Drained the water before cooking.
- Heat oil on a sauce pan, add in garlic, ginger and onion. Saute until it became aromatic (onion looks soft).
- Add in lentils, water, tomatos, coriander and turmeric stir well. Let it simmer for 20-25 mins (until lentils are soft), season with salt.
- Taste your dal, adjust to your liking. Turned off the heat, your food is now ready to serve.
- Note: Nepali dal is runny, not thick like the typical Indian lentil curry.
On both of our Himalayan treks, Annapurna Base Camp and Everest Region, we ate dal bhat most days, either for lunch or dinner. Nepali Dal Bhat is the national dish of Nepal. It is simple everyday dal served with rice - a comforting and delicious dish to serve any time of the day. There is nothing more than comforting than a bowl of lentils aka dal with rice. That is my go-to meal when I am running low in time or under the weather.
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