Banana dahl with soygurt and rice.

Time : about 30 minutes

Ingredients for two persons

2 cups of rice+ 4 cups of water

4 cups of red split lentils + 8 cups of water

1 well ripe banana

1 onion

1 piece of leek

1 small piece of fresh ginger

4 big garlic cloves

A few tea spoons of curry powder (my mix was : 1/2 tea spoon of turmeric, 1/2 tea spoon of coriander, 1/2 tea spoon of cumin, 1/4 tea spoon of mustard seeds powder, 1/4 tea spoon of ground fenugreek, chilli powder, 1/4 tea spoon of cardamom powder)
1 spoon of soygurt
Salt
Pepper
Paprika or chilli powder
Oil (olive or sesame) - optional

Preparation

While cooking the rice, slice the banana, onions, garlic, leek and add them to the 8 cups of water and lentils in a pot and all the spices and some salt, boil gently for about 30 minutes.

When ready, serve the rice, dahl and one spoon of soygurt on top of it with ground black pepper and paprika (or chilli powder), you can add one spoon of oil on top of it.

Another way to make it is to fry the onions, leek and minced garlic and then add a slice banana with the spices, once the banana has malted, add water, lentils, salt and let it gently boil.