Dahl with cheese and crackers

Did I mention before that I cycle to work? Well I do. It's less than a ten minute ride but cycling is quicker than walking and I enjoy it. I carry a back pack so that I can transport the necessary items to and from work and carry home any shopping I do during the day. As I have taken to buying all our fruit and veg from the local market stall this means that I quite often have a heavy rucksack full of veg to carry home or handlebars with plastic bags of veg balanced on them. The other week I had a meeting across town and carried the rather substantial files with me on my bike in a bag for life on the handlebars. The journey was so wobbly that I decided to buy myself a pannier rack. Luckily Mr VST had a spare pannier bag that I could use. As we have been away he has only this evening managed to find the time to fit it to my bike for me and I have been avoiding stocking up on heavy items until it had been fitted. The only meal I could think of that required the minimum of veg was dahl so that's what I made. Carrying home the onion that I needed for the recipe made no difference to the wobbliness of my journey!

Dahl with wholemeal pitta bread

I was really hungry after my run this evening and this dahl did the trick in filling me up.

Dahl and Christmas Pudding

Made a lovely dahl for supper this evening followed by Christmas pudding which just keeps getting better served with clotted cream and double cream!

Dahl

Here it is again! Lovely dahl for dinner tonight. I thought it was about time I put the recipe up. There are lots of ingredients but it is really easy to make.

25g butter
2 cloves garlic
1 onion, finely chopped
1/2 tsp tumeric
1 tsp garam masala
1/2 tsp chilli powder
1 tsp ground cumin
1 x 400g can chopped tomatoes
175g red split lentils
2 tsp lemon juice
600ml vegetable stock
1 can coconut milk

1. Melt the butter in a large saucepan and saute the garlic and onion for 5 minutes.
2. Add the spices and cook for a further minute.
3. Stir in the tomatoes, lentils, lemon juice, vegetable stock and coconut milk and bring to the boil.
4. Reduce the heat and simmer for 25-30 minutes until the lentils are tender.
5. Season to taste and serve with naan bread.

Dahl with Naan Breads

Tonight's delight was good old dahl with naan breads. Simple but delicious and plenty left for lunch tomorrow.

Dahl and Jammy Fairy Cakes

This evening saw the first appearance of a winter favourite in the vegetarian sweet tooth household - Dahl. I will try and put the recipe up over the weekend because it is really easy and tasty too.







It is Mr VST's 10,000 day birthday tomorrow and as a civil servant this, and most other occasions invented or otherwise, require cakes. So Jammy fairy cakes with icing and 100s and 1000s or chocolate strands have been made.






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