Hey everyone, it is me, Dave, welcome to our recipe page. Today, I will show you a way to prepare a special dish, red lentil curry (daal). It is one of my favorites food recipes. This time, I am going to make it a little bit unique. This will be really delicious.
This is a rich and hearty lentil curry, great as a main meal rather than as a side dish like the more traditional Indian dhal. Don't let the ingredient list faze you, this really is an easy dish to make. Red Lentil Dal is the perfect plant-based Indian meal!
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To get started with this particular recipe, we must first prepare a few components. You can have red lentil curry (daal) using 18 ingredients and 11 steps. Here is how you can achieve that.
The ingredients needed to make Red Lentil Curry (daal):
- Prepare 1 pot :
- Take 5 cup 5-6 cup of water in a pot
- Prepare 1 1/2 cup Red lentils (washed)
- Take 4 small 4-5 small curry leaves (food flavour and smell)
- Make ready 1 tsp Garlic paste
- Take 1 tsp Ginger paste
- Get Spices
- Take 1/2 tsp Chilli/ cayenne powder (for heat)
- Prepare 1 Whole chicken bouillon cube
- Prepare 1 tsp All spice powder (garam masala)
- Take 1/2 tsp Cumin powder
- Take 1 Salt
- Prepare Separate pan
- Take 1 medium Onion
- Take 3 Curry leaves
- Prepare 1/2 tsp Cumin seeds
- Get 3 tbsp Olive or canola oil
- Get 1 Chopped coriander (cilantro) leaves to garnish
Lentil Curry - the most amazing EASY Lentil Recipe in the world!!! Masoor tadka dal is a delicious Indian lentil curry made with red lentils. It's easy to make, flavorful, and healthy. Dal translates to lentil, but when referred to in the context of food it means a spiced Indian lentil soup.
Steps to make Red Lentil Curry (daal):
- In a pot, boil water and add in the washed red lentils when water starts boiling along with the curry leaves.
- Cover halfway and cook at medium until lentils are tender and they turn yellow Estimated time would be from within 15-20 minutes
- Add the garlic and ginger (mix well)
- Add in the spices and cook on medium heat for 10 minutes
- On a separate pan: add in the olive oil/ or your choice of oil and wait till it warms up
- Add in the cumin seeds and the curry leaves and fry for 25 seconds
- Add in the sliced onions and fry until brown (not burnt)
- In the pot: add in the fried onions and mix well. Turn heat up high and stir occasionally (make sure nothing sticks) for 5 minutes
- After 5 minutes bring the heat back to low (3) and cook for another 5 minutes until the curry thickens
- Serve with basmati/white/brown rice or roti (flat bread)
- Garnish it with cilantro when on the plate
Dal can be made thick or thin, and with any kind of lentil. Quick and easy Red Lentil Curry, also known as Masoor Dal, made in the instant pot along with pot-in-pot basmati rice. Red curry lentils is my all-time favorite lentil recipe. Thick, creamy, saucy, and perfect as leftovers. These red curry lentils are one of my all-time favorite recipes.
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