Recipe of Red Lentil Curry (daal)

Hello everybody, it is Drew, welcome to our recipe site. Today, I will show you a way to prepare a distinctive dish, red lentil curry (daal). One of my favorites. This time, I will make it a little bit tasty. This is gonna smell and look 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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Recipe of Red Lentil Curry (daal)

To begin with this 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 cook that.

Ingredients

The ingredients needed to make Red Lentil Curry (daal):

1. Take 1 pot :
2. Take 5 cup 5-6 cup of water in a pot
3. Prepare 1 1/2 cup Red lentils (washed)
4. Get 4 small 4-5 small curry leaves (food flavour and smell)
5. Make ready 1 tsp Garlic paste
6. Get 1 tsp Ginger paste
7. Prepare Spices
8. Take 1/2 tsp Chilli/ cayenne powder (for heat)
9. Prepare 1 Whole chicken bouillon cube
10. Take 1 tsp All spice powder (garam masala)
11. Get 1/2 tsp Cumin powder
12. Make ready 1 Salt
13. Prepare Separate pan
14. Get 1 medium Onion
15. Get 3 Curry leaves
16. Prepare 1/2 tsp Cumin seeds
17. Get 3 tbsp Olive or canola oil
18. Prepare 1 Chopped coriander (cilantro) leaves to garnish

Dal can be made thick or thin, and with any kind of lentil. If you've never cooked with red lentils before, you're probably wondering what the yellow stuff is in the above image. Red lentils are in fact red, but when cooked, they turn yellow. They also lose their form pretty If you're in love with this daal and want to add some variety.

Instructions

Steps to make Red Lentil Curry (daal):

1. In a pot, boil water and add in the washed red lentils when water starts boiling along with the curry leaves.
2. Cover halfway and cook at medium until lentils are tender and they turn yellow Estimated time would be from within 15-20 minutes
3. Add the garlic and ginger (mix well)
4. Add in the spices and cook on medium heat for 10 minutes
5. On a separate pan: add in the olive oil/ or your choice of oil and wait till it warms up
6. Add in the cumin seeds and the curry leaves and fry for 25 seconds
7. Add in the sliced onions and fry until brown (not burnt)
8. 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
9. After 5 minutes bring the heat back to low (3) and cook for another 5 minutes until the curry thickens
10. Serve with basmati/white/brown rice or roti (flat bread)
11. Garnish it with cilantro when on the plate

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. As is usually my vibe, we're working with very basic pantry ingredients here and simple, straightforward prep. Quick and easy Red Lentil Curry, also known as Masoor Dal, made in the instant pot along with pot-in-pot basmati rice.

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