#13 Believe

I am slighlty sad in writing again here.

So many things are changed, and for long time I've stopped cooking...I've lost my love...

Anyway...

I have been travelling in the last weeks, and one day in a kitchen in North Italy I had a wonderful meal.

It was lentil dal.

It made me cooking when was back. I added basil more, as a mediterranean plate.

Recipe:

½ pound brown lentils (about 1 1/8 cups), washed and picked over
1 small onion, cut in half
2 garlic cloves, cut in half
 4 cups water (more if necessary)
2 tablespoons canola or peanut oil
2 cardamom seeds
½ teaspoon chili powder
½ teaspoon turmeric
1 to 2 teaspoons curry powder, to taste
 Salt
Chopped tomatoes

Combine the lentils and water in a medium soup pot or heavy saucepan. Bring to a boil, reduce the heat, cover and simmer 20 minutes, add salt to taste in the last 5 minutes. Heat the oil in a large, heavy nonstick skillet over medium-high heat. Add onion and garlic, and all the spices and stir as they sizzle for about 30 seconds, until very fragrant. Add the beans with their liquid and cook, stirring and mashing with the back of a wooden spoon, until the mixture thickens. Add salt or black pepper to taste, once the mixture has reduced to the desired consistency, add also some chopped tomatoes. Take off the cardamom seeds and the garlic, and add one fresh basil leaf. That's it!

...what is the lesson?
Don't know, not sure...

Just believe....believe that it is possible re-start everything.

ah...      the dal was delicious.