hi guys welcome to bland is boring I'm chef Ali Hassan guys in ancient Indian mythology there is a tale about a man named Seamus Oh Chuck Robert II and he would stand at the end of every rainbow and offer bowls of dal to every child in every village is that not right we'll agree to disagree the point is that there's nothing better for comfort food than a bowl of dal whether it's an Indian leprechaun who makes it for you or your own grandmother it is delicious and I'm going to show you how to make a great bowl of dal called dark that doll here's what you need to get started a bowl of dal orange lentils is what we're using today which we call masseur we've got some chili pepper salt and turmeric we've got our gog and another puree of coriander and onions and chilies then we've got some fresh lemon juice and some tamarind extract and for the darka which is that flavored oil I'm going to use some oil and I'm going to flavor it with these four things some onions some curry leaves mustard seeds and cumin seeds let's get started right away we can get this doll in a pot now you'll notice that this doll has been rinsed clean which is very important for you to do so put that in a hot pot I'm gonna add some water as well then we add turmeric beautiful healthy turmeric I'm gonna add some sea salt as well because I care about myself and finally the GOG our garlic onion ginger paste now guys it pains me to say that this is where dal ends for some people for me it only begins because I have some respect for myself and you should respect yourself too let's add some of these flavor boosters like chili flakes and that goes some fresh lemon juice also a puree of chilies and fresh coriander basically a chili chutney that I make and finally some tamarind extract a little bit of Dhulia you'll notice that that'll change the color of the whole dish now you're gonna let it cook for about 25 minutes on a medium low heat cover that and we'll come back to it and we're back and the doll looks great it is done now it's time for our final step which is that flavored oil called the turki so I have some oil that's been heating up I want to brown some onions now and now we're gonna give these a minute or two to fry as soon as you start to see a little bit of brown on those onions that's when you know some flavors really coming in and that's when you can add some of the other ingredients put it in our curry leaves which are just like Bailey's except instead of adding two you add about 20 and you can eat them instead of choke on them those are cumin seeds and then finally some mustard seeds we're gonna let this all fry together for about another minute and really flavor and season that oil and that's gonna be done in just a few seconds you're gonna put that into the dal combine the to let the flavors really Mary and I you've got yourself a pot of gold and you will enjoy this one of the best comfort foods out there lentil curry also known as the guys thanks for watching blind is boring I'm chef Allison