{"id":5591,"date":"2016-01-06T21:47:19","date_gmt":"2016-01-07T02:47:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/recipes.darcyparks.ca\/?p=5591"},"modified":"2016-01-06T21:47:19","modified_gmt":"2016-01-07T02:47:19","slug":"slow-cooker-dal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/recipes.darcyparks.ca\/?p=5591","title":{"rendered":"Slow Cooker Dal"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Serves: 6 to 8<\/strong><strong><br \/>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Source: Canadian Living, January 2016<\/strong><strong><br \/>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Ingredients:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span class=\"amount\"><span class=\"quantity\">2<\/span> <\/span><span class=\"ingredientPlural active name\">onions<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span class=\"amount\"><span class=\"quantity\">2<\/span> <span class=\"unit\">cups<\/span> <\/span><span class=\"metricUnit\">(500 mL) <\/span><span class=\"ingredientSingular active name\">dried green lentils<\/span>, rinsed<\/li>\n<li><span class=\"amount\"><span class=\"quantity\">2<\/span> <\/span><span class=\"ingredientPlural active name\">tomatoes<\/span>, seeded and chopped<\/li>\n<li><span class=\"amount\"><span class=\"quantity\">1<\/span> <\/span><span class=\"ingredientSingular active name\">jalape\u00f1o pepper<\/span>, sliced<\/li>\n<li><span class=\"amount\"><span class=\"quantity\">4<\/span> <\/span><span class=\"ingredientSingular active name\">cloves garlic<\/span>, minced<\/li>\n<li><span class=\"amount\"><span class=\"quantity\">4<\/span> <span class=\"unit\">tsp<\/span> <\/span><span class=\"metricUnit\">(18 mL) <\/span>minced <span class=\"ingredientSingular active name\">fresh ginger<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span class=\"amount\"><span class=\"quantity\">1<\/span> <span class=\"unit\">tbsp<\/span> <\/span><span class=\"metricUnit\">(15 mL) <\/span>each cumin seeds and ground <span class=\"ingredientSingular active name\">coriander<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span class=\"amount\"><span class=\"quantity\">1\/4<\/span> <span class=\"unit\">cup<\/span> <\/span><span class=\"metricUnit\">(60 mL) <\/span><span class=\"ingredientSingular active name\">butter<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span class=\"amount\"><span class=\"quantity\">1<\/span> <span class=\"unit\">tbsp<\/span> <\/span><span class=\"metricUnit\">(15 mL) <\/span><span class=\"ingredientSingular active name\">lemon juice<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span class=\"amount\"><span class=\"quantity\">1-1\/2<\/span> <span class=\"unit\">tsp<\/span> <\/span><span class=\"metricUnit\">(7 mL) <\/span><span class=\"ingredientSingular active name\">salt<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span class=\"amount\"><span class=\"quantity\">1\/2<\/span> <span class=\"unit\">tsp<\/span> <\/span><span class=\"metricUnit\">(2 mL) <\/span><span class=\"ingredientSingular active name\">pepper<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span class=\"amount\"><span class=\"quantity\">1\/2<\/span> <span class=\"unit\">cup<\/span> <\/span><span class=\"metricUnit\">(125 mL) <\/span><span class=\"ingredientSingular active name\">plain Balkan-style yogurt<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span class=\"amount\"><span class=\"quantity\">1\/4<\/span> <span class=\"unit\">cup<\/span> <\/span><span class=\"metricUnit\">(60 mL) <\/span>chopped <span class=\"ingredientSingular active name\">fresh cilantro<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Instructions:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Slice 1 of the onions; set aside. Finely chop remaining onion.<\/li>\n<li>In slow cooker, combine chopped onion, lentils, half of the tomatoes, the jalape\u00f1o pepper, garlic, ginger, half each of the cumin seeds and coriander and 6 cups water. Cover and cook on low until lentils are tender, 8 to 10 hours.<\/li>\n<li>Using immersion blender, pur\u00e9e mixture to desired consistency and thickness, leaving some lentils whole. <em>(Make-ahead: Refrigerate in airtight container for up to 24 hours or freeze for up to 3 weeks; reheat before continuing with recipe.)<\/em><\/li>\n<li>Meanwhile, in skillet, melt butter over medium heat; cook sliced onion, stirring, until dark golden, about 7 minutes. Add remaining cumin seeds and coriander; cook, stirring, until fragrant, about 1 minute. Stir in lemon juice, salt and pepper.<\/li>\n<li>Stir onion mixture into slow cooker. Serve dal with yogurt, cilantro and remaining tomatoes.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<section class=\"preperation\">\n<div class=\"instructions\">\n<p><em>Tip from The Test Kitchen: If you don&#8217;t have an immersion blender, add one-third of the lentil mixture to a blender, pur\u00e9e until smooth and then stir the pur\u00e9e back into the slow cooker.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Serves: 6 to 8 Source: Canadian Living, January 2016 Ingredients: 2 onions 2 cups (500 mL) dried green lentils, rinsed 2 tomatoes, seeded and chopped 1 jalape\u00f1o pepper, sliced 4 cloves garlic, minced 4 tsp (18 mL) minced fresh ginger 1 tbsp (15 mL) each cumin seeds and ground coriander 1\/4 cup (60 mL) butter [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[29],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5591","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-slow_cooker"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/recipes.darcyparks.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5591","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/recipes.darcyparks.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/recipes.darcyparks.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/recipes.darcyparks.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/recipes.darcyparks.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=5591"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/recipes.darcyparks.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5591\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/recipes.darcyparks.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=5591"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/recipes.darcyparks.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=5591"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/recipes.darcyparks.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=5591"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}