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Fidel Castro - alternative version of Hester's Dal

This is a scrummy indian-style dish with hardly any ingredients. Proof that meat free food can be rather good sometimes.

Serve with whatever other curries / rice / bread you are cooking.

Ingredients	What to do with them
1 mug channa dal yellow split lentils 2.5 mugs of water 1 heaped tsp turmeric 1 heaped tsp salt 1 tsp chilli powder (I use "extra hot" chilli powder) 1/2" slice from a block of butter (Anchor butter is good because it has extra salt)	Put them all in a pressure cooker, bring up to pressure and cook on low heat for 18 minutes release pressure and taste the lentils - if hard, pressure cook them for a few minutes longer when cooked, if there is too much liquid, simmer gently to reduce - stir every so often so they dont stick on the bottom. Lentils should be soft but not completely dissolved it is important not to forget the butter! if you don't have a pressure cooker you could increase the water to 4 mugs and simmer until soft (I haven't tried this!) .
1/2 onion another 1/2" slice off a block of butter (more to taste)	While the lentils are cooking, slice the onion very finely and saute gently in the butter (don't brown them yet)
4 cloves garlic	slice finely and add to the onions
3 fresh green chiillies, chopped 2 tomatoes, quarterered	When the lentils are ready, add - the chillies - the tomatoes and cook a few minutes until the tomatoes are soft. immediately before serving, turn up the heat under the onions and cook until they are medium brown but not black/burnt; the onions will likely be a variety of colours stir the mixture into the lentils and serve immediately
1 tblsp fresh coriander 3 chopped birdseye chillies	Sprinkle on the fresh coriander and chillies and serve.

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