Charles Liu

Based in San Francisco.

Working by day, cooking by night. Recent college graduate who likes cooking, baking, and eating. Started collecting cookbooks.

Stop by for some easy weeknight recipes with the occasional fancier weekend recipes.

Current collection: Back to the Table, Flour, Martha Stewart Cookbook, Momofuku, Naked Chef, Tartine

Photos taken with Olympus E-P2 + Panasonic 20mm f/1.8 lens
Green Dal No need to go to House of Curries - make your own! All you need is lentils, water, and spices. Pretty easy right?! I call it green dal because I used green lentils. Throw in however much you wanna eat into a pot and add enough water to bring the water above the lentils about an inch. Add more if needed. Bring the water to a simmer and add whatever spices you’d want it to taste like, but here’s my spice list: garam masala yellow curry powder mustard seed cayenne pepper garlic onion salt pepper Simmer for 15 minutes or longer till the lentils are soft. It’s probably one of the easiest grains you can make!

Green Dal

No need to go to House of Curries - make your own! All you need is lentils, water, and spices. Pretty easy right?!

I call it green dal because I used green lentils. Throw in however much you wanna eat into a pot and add enough water to bring the water above the lentils about an inch. Add more if needed. Bring the water to a simmer and add whatever spices you’d want it to taste like, but here’s my spice list:

garam masala

yellow curry powder

mustard seed

cayenne pepper

garlic

onion

salt

pepper

Simmer for 15 minutes or longer till the lentils are soft. It’s probably one of the easiest grains you can make!

Posted on February 6th, 2010