Delish daal

I was stumped as to what to cook for dinner and followed the doctor's suggestion of rice and daal. I didn't really need to add a salad of red peppers, avocado and feta, because the daal (cooked with cumin, coriander, turmeric and mustard seeds) was one of the yummiest things I've cooked in ages, so much so that Edo and I overate to the point where we needed to lie down. High praise indeed for food. The trick, and a source of much fun, is appara all in the popping of the mustard seeds in a heated pan as you begin.