Red Lentil Dhal
- Ready In:
- 1hr 5mins
- Ingredients:
- 18
- Serves:
-
6
ingredients
- 3 tablespoons peanut oil
- 1 medium yellow onion
- 1 tablespoon fresh ginger, grated
- 4 cloves garlic, minced
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 1 cup dried red lentils
- 2 tablespoons tomato paste
- 4 -5 4 -5 cups water or 4 -5 cups vegetable broth
- 5 plum tomatoes, chopped
- 1 lime, juice of
- 1 cup lightly packed chopped fresh cilantro
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Spice blend
- 2 teaspoons mustard seeds
- 1 teaspoon fenugreek seeds
- 1 teaspoon coriander seed
- 1 teaspoon cumin seed
- 6 whole cloves
- 2 dried red chilies (seeds removed)
- 1⁄4 teaspoon ground cinnamon
directions
- In a saute pan over medium heat, toast the seeds (but not the dried red chili) for about 5 minutes, stirring frequently.
- Remove from pan and let cool.
- Transfer to coffee grinder, along with the dried red chili and cinnamon, and grind to a fine powder.
- Over medium-high heat oil a soup pot, add onions and saute for 5 minutes.
- Add garlic and ginger and saute 5 more minutes.
- Add spices and salt, saute 5 minutes more.
- Add 4 cups of liquid (stock, water or broth) and stir to deglaze the pot.
- Add tomato paste and lentils.
- Bring to a boil then lower the heat a bit and simmer for 20 minutes.
- Add the tomatoes, lime juice and cilantro and more water if it looks to thick.
- Simmer 10 more minutes, or until lentils are completely tender.
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Reviews
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This was a really different and delicious dhal. My sister cooked it for me and I have added it to my own cookbook now for future reference. It is a bit lighter and tastier than other dhals I have made and the tomatoes really make a meal of it in itself, rather than as a side dish. Excellent, thanks.
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This is a delicious and very flavourful dark reddish brown colour lentil heaven in a pot! I made this for lunch this afternoon for myself and a few friends. It is just delish! I did not have on hand was the peanut oil, so I used just 1 tbsp. of Sunflower cooking oil as a substitute. I also substituted the yellow onion with a regular purple one. It is hard to get plum tomatoes here, so I used the regular ones{3 medium sized ones}. The spice blend is EXCELLENT and really perked up the flavours in this recipe. The next time I make this, I will use just 1/2 lemon, juice of instead of 1 whole because that became a little over-powering for my taste. This went very well with white rice{spiced with cardamoms and cloves - a recipe I learnt from a chef and posted y'day}. This one is a keeper and a really nice flavourful dal. I also served this with a beautiful salad{recipe # 112252} and it was a tongue-blowing delight! Thank you for posting!
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This is a fantastic dhal recipe, and certainly grinding the spices was worth the effort. I didn't have any fenugreek, nor did I have any dried chillies (I used chilli flakes instead), but it worked just fine. I made half the amount, and added some steamed vegies for a delicious and filling meal for two, with some left over for my lunch the next day – it was still delicious!
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