Curry garnish

Monday, September 21, 2009

Ingredients
1 teaspoon mustard seeds, 1/2 teaspoon cumin seeds,
1 teaspoon urad dal, 1 teaspoon chana dal
1 tablespoon sesame oil

Preparation
Heat the sesame oil in a special ladle (copper bottom) or in a saucepan.  Add the mustard seeds, cumin seeds, urad dal and chane dal to it. Just shake / stir the contents around in the ladle.  The mustard seeds begin to pop within a couple of minutes.  The garnish is now ready to be added to any stir-fried or steamed vegetable(s).  Add salt to taste.

Typically for making various vegetable curries, I would also recommend adding a couple of pinches of turmeric powder and coriander powder or coriander seeds that have been crushed.