Hey everyone, hope you’re having an amazing day today. Today, I’m gonna show you how to prepare a distinctive dish, lentils curry. One of my favorites. This time, I am going to make it a little bit unique. This is gonna smell and look delicious.
Lentils curry is one of the most favored of recent trending foods in the world. It’s easy, it is quick, it tastes yummy. It’s appreciated by millions every day. Lentils curry is something which I have loved my entire life. They are fine and they look wonderful.
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. This dish is great served with basmati rice.
To get started with this recipe, we must first prepare a few components. You can have lentils curry using 11 ingredients and 4 steps. Here is how you cook it.
The ingredients needed to make Lentils curry:
- Get 2 cups red split lentils
- Prepare 1 litre water (change according to your own preference)
- Take 1 tsp curry powder
- Get 1 tsp turmeric powder
- Make ready 2 tbsp salt
- Take Chopped coriander
- Take 8 cloves garlic chopped
- Take 1/2 onion chopped finely
- Make ready 1/3 cup oil
- Prepare 2 bay leaves (optional)
- Get 3 fried chillies (optional)
Add rinsed and drained lentils, broth and tomatoes. Add cilantro and season with salt and pepper to taste. Serve over rice / toast / etc. Using canned lentils makes it a great time saver.
Instructions to make Lentils curry:
- Wash lentils thoroughly then add 1l of water. Leave on high gas with chopped onions, turmeric powder, curry powder, bay leaves, and salt
- Stir the lentils occasionally until all the excess water goes and you are happy with the consistency of the lentils. Cooked lentils should turn yellow but if the lentils doesn’t break then you can use a whisk to break it
- In a separate, small pan, fry your garlic in 1/3 cup of oil until it is brown then add it to your lentils curry
- Cover your lentils curry and cook for another 10 minutes on low gas then garnish with coriander and fried chillies
It is amazing over rice, quinoa or pasta, and even pickiest kids will eat this. Other lentils can be used as well - see notes for directions and notes on other lentil types. Dal Spices- Dal is made with far less spices than most Indian curries! This recipe calls for a simple combination of cumin, garam masala and turmeric. Garam masala is a spice mix found in supermarkets nowadays - it's like a more potent curry.
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