Hello everybody, hope you are having an incredible day today. Today, I’m gonna show you how to prepare a special dish, red lentil curry (daal). It is one of my favorites food recipes. For mine, I’m gonna make it a bit unique. 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. Masoor tadka dal is a delicious Indian lentil curry made with red lentils.
Red Lentil Curry (daal) is one of the most popular of recent trending foods in the world. It is simple, it is quick, it tastes delicious. It’s enjoyed by millions daily. Red Lentil Curry (daal) is something which I’ve loved my entire life. They’re fine and they look wonderful.
To begin with this recipe, we must first prepare a few ingredients. You can have red lentil curry (daal) using 18 ingredients and 11 steps. Here is how you cook it.
The ingredients needed to make Red Lentil Curry (daal):
- Get 1 pot :
- Take 5 cup 5-6 cup of water in a pot
- Take 1 1/2 cup Red lentils (washed)
- Prepare 4 small 4-5 small curry leaves (food flavour and smell)
- Get 1 tsp Garlic paste
- Make ready 1 tsp Ginger paste
- Prepare Spices
- Get 1/2 tsp Chilli/ cayenne powder (for heat)
- Take 1 Whole chicken bouillon cube
- Take 1 tsp All spice powder (garam masala)
- Get 1/2 tsp Cumin powder
- Prepare 1 Salt
- Take Separate pan
- Make ready 1 medium Onion
- Prepare 3 Curry leaves
- Make ready 1/2 tsp Cumin seeds
- Prepare 3 tbsp Olive or canola oil
- Take 1 Chopped coriander (cilantro) leaves to garnish
Rich, fragrant, and packed with protein for a meal you can feel good about. Dal (sometimes spelled 'dhal', 'dahl' or 'daal') is one of my very favorite Indian dishes because of how quickly it is made. 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.
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
Garam masala is a spice mix found in supermarkets nowadays - it's like a more potent curry powder. Mix all the daals - Toor Daal, Chana Daal, Saabut Moong Daal, Split Urad Daal and Saabut Masoor Daal - together in a bowl and wash. 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.
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