Curried Red Lentils
Curried Red Lentils

Hey everyone, it is Jim, welcome to my recipe page. Today, I’m gonna show you how to make a distinctive dish, curried red lentils. One of my favorites food recipes. This time, I’m gonna make it a bit tasty. 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. Red curry lentils is my all-time favorite lentil recipe. Thick, creamy, saucy, and perfect as leftovers. When you hear lentils, you probably don't think of decadence.

Curried Red Lentils is one of the most favored of recent trending foods on earth. It is easy, it is fast, it tastes yummy. It is appreciated by millions daily. They’re fine and they look fantastic. Curried Red Lentils is something that I’ve loved my entire life.

To begin with this recipe, we must first prepare a few ingredients. You can cook curried red lentils using 14 ingredients and 11 steps. Here is how you cook it.

The ingredients needed to make Curried Red Lentils:
  1. Take 2 cups red lentils
  2. Make ready 1 large onion, diced
  3. Prepare 1 tablespoon vegetable / coconut oil
  4. Get 1 can tomato puree (approx. 404 grams)
  5. Take 1/2 cup frozen petit pois (optional)
  6. Make ready 2 tablespoon curry paste
  7. Get 1 tablespoon curry powder
  8. Make ready 1 teaspoon ground turmeric
  9. Take 1 teaspoon ground cumin
  10. Take 1 teaspoon chili powder
  11. Take 1 teaspoon salt
  12. Get 1 teaspoon white sugar
  13. Get 1 teaspoon minced garlic
  14. Get 1 teaspoon minced fresh ginger

The red lentil curry is somewhat spicy. Red lentils named for their beautiful orange-pink color. Of any of the lentil varieties, the texture of red lentils breaks down the quickest. Curry Red Lentil Stew features tender lentils, tomatoes, onion, ginger and flavorful spices mixed with chickpeas and kale for healthy weeknight meal that's easy to make!

Instructions to make Curried Red Lentils:
  1. Always remember to wash the lentils in cold water until the water runs clear so that it minimises the scum that comes from boiling it.
  2. Put lentils in a pot with enough water to cover and bring to a boil. Cover the pot, reduce heat to medium-low, and simmer.
  3. Add water during cooking as needed to keep covered, until tender. This takes approximately 15-20mins.
  4. Once the lentils are done, set aside. - - *At this point, the original recipe calls for a proper draining of the lentils to get rid of access water. However, I opted to keep the water since there wasn’t a lot left in the pot and I prefer to have more gravy to mop up with my bread.
  5. Mix curry paste, curry powder, turmeric, cumin, chili powder, salt, sugar, garlic & ginger in a bowl and set aside.
  6. Heat oil in a large skillet over medium heat and cook onions until they are soft and caramalised.
  7. Stir spice mixture into the onions. Increase heat to high and cook, stirring constantly until fragrant (approx 2-3 mins).
  8. Stir in the tomato puree and heat through.
  9. Remove skillet from heat and stir into the lentils.
  10. Add in frozen petit pois without thawing and allow the heat from the curried lentils to heat it through.
  11. Put the pot of lentil & spice mixture back onto the hob and keep it on the lowest heat, stirring occasionally to warm through (about 2-3 minutes) before serving.

Of any of the lentil varieties, the texture of red lentils breaks down the quickest. Curry Red Lentil Stew features tender lentils, tomatoes, onion, ginger and flavorful spices mixed with chickpeas and kale for healthy weeknight meal that's easy to make! If you've never cooked with red lentils before, you're probably wondering what the yellow stuff is in the above image. I swear my son was nowhere near the plate. An easy weeknight curry recipe made with red lentils, sweet potatoes, green beans, peas, and spinach.

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