Chana Chickpea Dal with Sticky Rice

I have always thought that Dal is a lentil dish, but this Chana Chickpea Dal has given me a complete new perspective:).

Chana Dal with Chickpeas

Hello loves!
Do you like Dhal or have you already come closer to the Indian cuisine? In my case, the Indian cuisine got a little attention lack.  Also, I need to say, I haven’t been the biggest Dhal fan so far. Some time ago I got a wonderful surprise package. It was from Rapunzel* and amongst others it contained Chana Dhal. Who knows it? For me, it was a novelty since I just knew the typical lentil dhal.  So I went to my kitchen and started to experiment. In my rice cooker I cooked 1 cup of Chana Dhal, put 2 large onions, and 4 cloves of garlic on top in the steaming insert Afterwards I cooked 1 cup of rice and created the Chana Chickpea Dhal dish. Since then I am a big fan:).

Chana Chickpea Dal with Sticky Rice

 

Author: Annelina Waller

Recipe type: savory

Cuisine: Indian

Prep time:  5 mins

Cook time:  30 mins

Total time:  35 mins

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I like to serve my Dal with sticky rice. But it's also super delicious with Curcuma rice, basmati rice, wild rice or any other.

Ingredients

• sticky rice for 2 persons, precooked ( about 125 g uncooked)
• 
  1 cup (125 g) Chana Dal* (peeled chickpeas)
• 1 large eggplant
• 2 large onions
• 4 cloves of garlic
• 1 tbsp Ras el Hanout
• 1 tbsp curcuma
• 130 ml coconut milk
• 100 ml vegetables broth
• Chopped cilantro, for garnish

Instructions

1. Cut onions into onions rings or quarters, chop garlic and eggplants and fry in a pan with coconut milk, turmeric and Ras el Hanout.
2. Meanwhile, cook Chana Dal until tender.
3. If you have a rice cooker with a steam basket, cook Dal while steaming the veggies in the basket at the same time.
4. Once done, add Chana Dal plus veggie broth to your veggies and simmer for 10 more minutes.
5. For the rice cooker variant, put all ingredients into a pan at the same time and simmer for 10 minutes.
6. Serve with rice and cilantro.

Notes

125 g of Chana Dhal lasts for 125 g rice (uncooked) - or for 2 hungry persons.

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Happy Cooking!
xX, Annelina