Gujerati Cabbage and Carrots with Red Lentil Dal over rice

Dear daughter and I have been hankering for some Indian food for a while, so tonight I made a simple meal. First I made the cabbage and carrots from a recipe by Madhur Jaffrey and let it sit at room temperature while DD made the Lebanese style rice and I made the dal.About the rice - I don't have a real recipe for this - I just do what my mother-in-law did. She was a really fantastic Lebanese