Make Your Own AT Home: Dal for Dinner - ONLINE CLASS
Taught by Laura Scheck
Laura Scheck is the founder of Teaching Table, a culinary education platform that aims to inspire others to cook foods that are better for their bodies, their families, and their communities. Laura previously worked as a teacher and adult educator and was trained at the Natural Gourmet Institute, making her uniquely suited to share her passion for food in an educational way. Teaching Table provides public cooking demos and workshops, lessons targeted towards individual needs and special diets, private cooking classes & events for cooks of all ages and experience levels, as well as tips, techniques, and recipes via a blog and social media.
*This class will meet live online - login info will be sent in advance!*
Do you love Indian food but are intimidated by the idea of making it yourself? Do you need more vegetarian options to spice up the dinner routine? Perhaps you have a dal recipe in your rotation but want to learn variations, enhance your flavors, or work with the ingredients you currently have on hand. This class will teach you the fundamentals of working with legumes, sourcing and utilizing vibrant Indian spices, developing layers of flavor and perfecting a "tadka". And what is dal without rice? You will also learn how to make perfectly fluffy fragrant basmati rice. Menu items will include:
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a big pot of vegetarian dal
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spiced basmati rice pilaf
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spiced Indian chai tea or cucumber raita (depending on interest)
No special tools, equipment or ingredients needed (see below).
What You Need:
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long grain rice, such as basmati, texmati, or jasmine
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legumes such as yellow split peas, yellow dal, red dal, brown lentils, mung beans, or chickpeas
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ghee, olive oil, canola oil or coconut oil
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salt
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aromatics such as onion, ginger, and garlic
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vegetables, like carrots, tomatoes, celery, peas, optional
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nuts or raisins, optional
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spices, whole and/or ground such as cumin, coriander, red chili peppers, mustard, turmeric, nigella/onion seeds, fenugreek, black pepper, cloves, cardamom, cinnamon, or curry blends
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cutting board
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knife
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sauté pan
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large pot
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small pot with fitted lid
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strainer