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

Hello everybody, it’s me again, Dan, welcome to our recipe site. Today, I’m gonna show you how to make a distinctive dish, red lentil curry (daal). One of my favorites food recipes. This time, I will make it a bit tasty. This will be really 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. 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.

Red Lentil Curry (daal) is one of the most well liked of recent trending foods in the world. It’s easy, it is fast, it tastes yummy. It’s appreciated by millions daily. They’re nice and they look wonderful. Red Lentil Curry (daal) is something which I have loved my entire life.

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

Red lentils look more orange than red after the cook, especially with the addition of turmeric. I use Bob's Red Mill Red Lentils which are grown in the Pacific Northwest. Quick and easy Red Lentil Curry, also known as Masoor Dal, made in the instant pot along with pot-in-pot basmati rice. Red curry lentils is my all-time favorite lentil recipe.

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

Quick and easy Red Lentil Curry, also known as Masoor Dal, made in the instant pot along with pot-in-pot basmati rice. Red curry lentils is my all-time favorite lentil recipe. Thick, creamy, saucy, and perfect as leftovers. 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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