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  • The importance of pundits has been diminishing for years now for several reasons:

    The world is increasingly complex and opaque. If someone claims to know what’s really going on, don’t believe them.

    A pundit’s main talent these days is to be comfortable in front of a camera, and to be able to pontificate at length. This is only loosely connected with any actual expertise or experience they may have.

    A successful pundit needs to be aware of the hosting organization’s biases. If they go on a mainstream cable network with an anti-corporate message they will be swiftly shitcanned.

    News orgs have been slashing budgets for overseas, on the ground reporting so we get pundits who have access to the same information as everyone else.







  • Tarka Dal

    🛒 Ingredients

    • 1 cup of red lentils
    • 1 teaspoon of salt
    • ¼ teaspoon of turmeric
    • ½ onion
    • 8 cloves of garlic
    • ⅓ stick of butter
    • ½ tomato
    • 1 green chili
    • 1 teaspoon of red chili powder
    • 1 teaspoon of coriander powder
    • 1 teaspoon of fenugreek leaves
    • 1 teaspoon of cumin powder

    📖 Recipe

    1. Pre-soak 1 cup of red lentils for 1-2 hours.
    2. Boil 4 cups of water and add the lentils, 1 teaspoon of salt and ¼ teaspoon of turmeric.
    3. Leave the lentils on a medium to low heat for 20-25 minutes to make the Dal.
    4. Take it off the heat and start making the Tarka.
    5. Finely dice ½ an onion, 8 cloves of garlic, slice 1 green chilli and chop ½ a medium tomato…
    6. Add ⅓ stick of butter to a pan and heat it up on a medium to low heat.
    7. Add the diced garlic into a pan and fry it until lightly golden.
    8. Add the onion and green chilli into the pan.
    9. Next, add the ½ tomato into the pan.
    10. Add 1 teaspoon of red chilli powder, 1 teaspoon of coriander powder, 1 teaspoon of fenugreek leaves and 1 teaspoon of cumin powder.
    11. Give it all a good stir in.
    12. Pour in ¼ cup of water.
    13. Add some fresh coriander to the Tarka.
    14. Pour the Tarka into the Dal.
    15. Stir it in and leave to cook on medium to low heat for a few minutes.
    16. Add in another cup of water if it needs thinning.