Dal with Coconut

Name: Dal with Coconut
Yield: makes 8 or more servings
Ingredients: 1 pound dried lentils or small beans, rinsed and picked over; 1 cup unsweetened shredded coconut or 1 can coconut milk, or 1 1/2 cups homemade coconut milk (page 584); 1/2 cup palm or brown sugar, or to taste; Salt and black pepper to taste

December 14, 2011

A very simple but flavorful dal, one as successful with chickpeas or beans as with lentils. Serve this with Basic Long-Grain Rice (page 506) or any pilaf (pages 513–514). If you have the time (and forethought) to soak the lentils, they’ll cook more quickly, but it is far from necessary. Other legumes you can prepare this way: red beans.

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