Broccoli Dal

David has been a bit irrational lately. I think he might have entered that "terrible two" phase. I'm at a loss trying to predict what might tempt his gourmand palate. After striking out on my last two attempts, I was getting mildly frantic about what to do. The doctors want him to be a fat kid and I can't make something he wants to eat! So I was a tad panicked while I was cooking yet another dish for my little man. He may have just been starving from my preceding failures but tonight I finally won the David dinning lottery. Success!


Broccoli Dal (adapted from here)
1.5 cups Red lentils
1 onion, finely chopped
1 tsp cumin, ground
2 tsp mustard seeds
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5 cups Broccoli, finely chopped (original recipe for pictures)
4 cups Broth
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1 can Coconut Milk
1-2 Tbs Lemon juice
0.5-1 Tbs Crushed Red Pepper
1.25 tsp Garam Masala 
0.5 tsp Ginger, ground (if using fresh grate it and add with the first group of ingredients)
1 tsp Tumeric


Saute the first group of ingredients(red lentils to mustard seeds) over medium heat in oil until the mustard seeds start to pop (~10 minutes). Stir in the second group (broccoli and broth) cover and simmer for 20 minutes. Stir in the third group (coconut milk to tumeric) and simmer uncovered for 10 minutes. Makes 7 cups.


Failure one was this without the milk or yeast. Normally David is a HUGE fan of spinach but I think it was a little too garlicy for him.
Failure two was a red bean hummus based on this but I forgot to add the tahini. I think the lack of nut butter offended him.
As a blog note, I've decided to post how I mutilate other people's recipes as well as posting the recipes I make up myself.