Epic Fail

[ghostandfriends]

I tried to make dal makhani today, following this recipe more or less. I don't have a pressure cooker, but I saw on one of the comments that you could use a slow cooker instead for 4 hours. Well, after 4 hours the lentils were still hard as rocks. I went to work, then came back home and attempted to eat the stuff. Well, I think I'd gotten the

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[tamd]

did you soak the lentils?

[ghostandfriends]

Yay, master chef Fyerio to the rescue! Yeah, I soaked the lentils for about 10 hours. I don't know what went wrong. D:

[tamd]

Lentil + plenty of water, bring to boil, simmer 15 minutes or so.

[scaterz]

I'm sorry, but your profanity-laced entry had me smiling :)

[ghostandfriends]

What a cute icon! :D

[cabbitattack]

Odd. I've never had a problem cooking lentils, but then, I've never tried slow-cooking them. And I've never had to soak them, either. ;p

[deckardmagnus]

I slow cook lentils all the time, as long as you set your slow cooker to "high" at some point for about 1-2 hours to actually cook the lentils, and then simmer them on "low" or whatnot afterwards for however long you want, you should be fine.

[bowlymania]

I'd suggest adding some form of base to the cooking liquid (baking soda, preferrably) if you have that problem again.. Only like a teaspoon, but the base will help break down the lentils faster; just don't go crazy cooking them or you'll get a pot of mush.

I'm not sure why those took so long though slow cooking... A pressure cooker isn't that markedly faster than cooking for 12 hours.