- This is my least favorite food I have tried,
I definitely can't even take another spoonful.
Sorry.
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Hi my name is Henna, and today I will be trying
and rating other mom's tarka dal.
- The secret to making a good dal,
adding that oil on top,
rather than cooking the oil.
- And this dal took me almost two hours to make.
I didn't just boil it death
and then fry up some onions and garlic
and throw it in and wish for the best.
No, I stirred it.
And when I do serve it to those lucky Indian moms,
I'm going to put fresh coriander on it.
- My dal is gonna be rated pretty high.
The tarka that I've put on it is very flavorsome,
with garlic and red chilies and green chilies.
So I think they're gonna be blown away with it.
- I really think they're gonna be shocked at how
different it is.
I think my food will go down as different
and maybe on the spicy side.
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I almost feel embarrassed that I will be showing them up,
but you know, what can you do when you're a great cook?
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- I think it looks terrible.
Unfortunately.
- Wow.
This is interesting dal.
It's very yellow.
- I'm not really feeling the appearance, it's very dry.
I don't even want to taste it.
- The dal itself seems to be quite tough-looking,
so it might be not cooked fully.
It makes me think, do I really want to eat it?
- Reluctantly.
Okay.
Here it goes.
No, this is really bad.
- As you can see it's quite stiff, right.
So, there should be a runny texture to the dal
and this dal doesn't have it.
- It's really really dry.
No, I'm sorry, I can't even take another spoonful of that.
(scoffs) No no no no.
- (clearing throat) I wouldn't order it again.
Look at it.
I mean, just look at it.
I don't think I could finish this.
I mean, would you?
- I give it a two because she made the effort
to cook it.
But this is not how you cook dal.
- I give this dal a two out of 10.
Sorry.
- Not very good.
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- Wow.
Yeah, it looks like a standard,
you know home made dal to me.
Obviously the taste will tell,
but it's got a nice aroma, actually,
it's got a subtle aroma.
I'm liking this one.
- I like the look of this one.
And I think I probably will enjoy eating this one.
- I would say it's more, as you can see,
it's more like porridge.
This is what we need to see,
a proper dried red chili.
So I'm quite impressed with the ingredients.
- When I look at this dal, I feel like eating it.
I'm looking forward to having a try of this dal.
- Really spicy. (coughing)
- It's not too hot, or anything.
- It could do with a little bit more salt.
- It's not salty or anything.
This dal is nice.
- It's definitely, you know, above average.
- Well done, mom.
This is one thing I would definitely order.
Because it's a nice dal.
- I would give this a six out of 10,
for effort and potential.
- On the whole this is how the dal should be.
I will give this, because it was good,
yeah, definitely seven.
You'd have to invite me to your house to taste it.
Then I'll give you a 10.
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- It looks very good.
And it smells amazing actually,
no, it actually smells amazing
and it looks very very good.
- First impressions,
as you can see it's got a beautiful color.
I can see individual, separate ingredients, which I like.
I can see little heads of dals,
it looks like garlic, little bits of mustard seed,
some things I can't recognize,
but I'm will be delicious.
This smells very good,
I'm looking forward to trying this particular dal.
- It probably looks better than mine,
whether it tastes better than mine,
I'm not sure.
I'm gonna have to see.
Mm.
- There is a problem.
There's a problem with salt, it's very salty.
Hm.
- It's slightly, I think the lemon is too much.
But otherwise it's very very nice.
- If this had just the right amount of salt,
this would have been probably one of the best dals
I've ever eaten.
Shame.
It's lovely though, really nice,
I don't wanna go back in
'cause it's so salty it's unpleasant,
but what a shame it's a beautiful dish,
could have been.
- And overall the flavors are quite well-balanced.
I think if they'd not put so much lemon in it,
it would have been perfect.
- If this has been seasoned properly,
I really think I would have given it a nine.
But because of the salt,
even now I'm getting unpleasant salt.
It's quite unpleasant,
I would give it a seven.
- I think I would rate this as a seven.
(horns blowing)
- To the other moms, all I can say to you ladies,
practice makes perfect.
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