Mung Dal Shorba (Mung Dal Soup)

• 1 cup split dehusked mung dal rinsed and drained
• 1 cup coconut milk
• 3 cups water
• 2 cloves crushed garlic
• 1 tablespoons minced ginger root
• 1 teaspoon cumin seeds
• 1/2 teaspoon coriander seeds
• juice of 1/2 lime
• 1 green chili slit vertically
• Salt to taste
• 2 tablespoons olive oil
• A sprigs worth of curry leaves, whole

1. Combine all the ingredients except for the salt and lime juice in a dutch oven pot . Allow to cook down until the dal is cooked and can be mashed completely, adding water in 1/2 cup increments if it dries out.
2. Allow the mix to cool down, fish out & discard the green chili and blend using an immersion blender. Strain and season with the salt and lime juice as per taste.
3. Fry the curry leaves in the oil until crisp and transfer onto paper towels to absorb extra oil.
4. Ladle the soup into bowls and garnish with the curry leaves prior to serving

coconut milk, water, garlic, ginger root, cumin seeds, coriander seeds, lime, green chili slit vertically, salt, olive oil, curry

Taken from food52.com/recipes/30309-mung-dal-shorba-mung-dal-soup (may not work)