Red Lentil Curry (daal)
Red Lentil Curry (daal)

Hello everybody, it’s Jim, welcome to our recipe page. Today, I’m gonna show you how to make a distinctive dish, red lentil curry (daal). It is one of my favorites food recipes. For mine, I’m gonna make it a little bit unique. This is gonna smell and look delicious.

Video recipe from authentic Sri Lankan kitchen. How to make a dhal - parippu curry, traditional Sri Lanka dish, eaten for breakfast, lunch and dinner. Red Lentil Dal is the perfect plant-based Indian meal! Rich, fragrant, and packed with protein for a meal you can feel good about.

Red Lentil Curry (daal) is one of the most well liked of recent trending foods in the world. It is appreciated by millions daily. It is easy, it is fast, it tastes delicious. Red Lentil Curry (daal) is something which I’ve loved my whole life. They are fine and they look fantastic.

To begin with this recipe, we have to first prepare a few components. You can have red lentil curry (daal) using 18 ingredients and 11 steps. Here is how you cook that.

The ingredients needed to make Red Lentil Curry (daal):
  1. Make ready 1 pot :
  2. Prepare 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. Get 1 tsp Garlic paste
  6. Take 1 tsp Ginger paste
  7. Take Spices
  8. Get 1/2 tsp Chilli/ cayenne powder (for heat)
  9. Prepare 1 Whole chicken bouillon cube
  10. Prepare 1 tsp All spice powder (garam masala)
  11. Take 1/2 tsp Cumin powder
  12. Get 1 Salt
  13. Prepare Separate pan
  14. Make ready 1 medium Onion
  15. Prepare 3 Curry leaves
  16. Prepare 1/2 tsp Cumin seeds
  17. Take 3 tbsp Olive or canola oil
  18. Prepare 1 Chopped coriander (cilantro) leaves to garnish

As is usually my vibe, we're working with very basic pantry ingredients here and simple, straightforward prep. 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.

Instructions 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

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. 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.

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