Auntie Jaipur's Dahl

This is a recipe we got when we were traveling in india. I have modified it a little bit, but this is a favorite of the wife.

Ingredients

2 cups french green lentils

1 medium onion, diced

2-4T of ghee (clarified butter), can substitute olive oil

2 finely diced peppers - I usually use hungarian wax peppers, but you could use a red pepper and a jalapeno.

1-2T of corriander seeds

5 cardamon seeds

1/2 T of ground cinnamon

Chili powder to taste (ground up chilis not powder to make chili)

Vegetable broth and water

Salt / Pepper to taste

Directions

1. Saute onion in half the ghee. Saute until clear. Add in peppers and cook for 1-2 mins

2. Add water and vegetable broth. The amount varies dependening on use of pressure cooker. If you use a pressure cooker, about 4 cups should do it, if you don't its going to be a lot more. I split broth/water 50-50.

3. I usually use a pressure cooker, if you don't have a pressure cooker this takes a while longer. And bring to a boil, add lentils, cardamon, corriander and cinnamon, chili powder, salt pepper. Add rest of ghee

- if you are cooking in your pressure cooker, follow directions for lentils. Its about 12 mins or so to to cook but that varies by altitude and pressure cooker

- if you are cook without, it will take an hour or so. Just cook until its done stirring, and adding water as needed.

4. I fish out the cardamon seeds before serving.

5. Serve with rice.