Recipe: Tasty Red Lentil Curry (daal)

Red Lentil Curry (daal). 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. Red Lentil Dal is the perfect plant-based Indian meal!

Masoor tadka dal is a delicious Indian lentil curry made with red lentils. Dal (also spelled dhal or daal) is one of the most versatile, healthy, filling, and delicious meals. Dal translates to lentil, but when referred to in the context of food it means a spiced Indian lentil soup. You can have Red Lentil Curry (daal) using 18 ingredients and 11 steps. Here is how you achieve that.

Ingredients of Red Lentil Curry (daal)

1. Prepare 1 of pot :.
2. Prepare 5 cup of 5-6 cup of water in a pot.
3. It's 1 1/2 cup of Red lentils (washed).
4. You need 4 small of 4-5 small curry leaves (food flavour and smell).
5. You need 1 tsp of Garlic paste.
6. Prepare 1 tsp of Ginger paste.
7. It's of Spices.
8. Prepare 1/2 tsp of Chilli/ cayenne powder (for heat).
9. You need 1 of Whole chicken bouillon cube.
10. Prepare 1 tsp of All spice powder (garam masala).
11. Prepare 1/2 tsp of Cumin powder.
12. You need 1 of Salt.
13. It's of Separate pan.
14. It's 1 medium of Onion.
15. It's 3 of Curry leaves.
16. It's 1/2 tsp of Cumin seeds.
17. Prepare 3 tbsp of Olive or canola oil.
18. It's 1 of Chopped coriander (cilantro) leaves to garnish.

Hi Friends, Red Lentil /Masoor dal curry is a healthy and yummy recipe, It is quick and easy to prepare, It can be served with white rice, ghee rice. Creamy, spicy, delicious red curry lentils, made in the Instant Pot. It's almost embarrassingly easy: lentils, cooked with a can of tomato sauce, some warm spices, and the essential onion-garlic-ginger trifecta, and made creamy with a little bit of coconut milk and/or butter and/or ghee. Quick and easy Red Lentil Curry, also known as Masoor Dal, made in the instant pot along with pot-in-pot basmati rice.

Red Lentil Curry (daal) step by step

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.

If you've never cooked with red lentils before, you're probably wondering what the yellow stuff is in the above image. If you're in love with this daal and want to add some variety, you can mix it up by adding some veggies. Masoor dal translates as "red lentils" in Hindi. So a dal doesn't refer to a specific dish, but to actual legumes! There are many types of dal, sometimes spelled daal or dahl.