Curried Red Lentil Salad

Submitted by FlamingoSushi

"I found this recipe online and noticed there was nothing else like it on Recipezarr. I really enjoyed it. Add cooked chicken, pork, or lamb meat to it to make a nice summer meal."

 

• Ready In: 25mins
• Ingredients: 15
• Serves: 8-10

ingredients

• Dressing

• 3⁄4 cup corn oil or 3/4 cup olive oil
• 1⁄2 cup wine vinegar or 1/2 cup balsamic vinegar
• 2 tablespoons sugar
• 2 teaspoons salt
• 2 teaspoons pepper
• 1 teaspoon ground cumin
• 1 teaspoon dry mustard
• 2 teaspoons chili powder
• 1⁄4 teaspoon cayenne
• 1⁄4 teaspoon ground cloves
• 1⁄4 teaspoon ground nutmeg
• 1⁄4 teaspoon ground cinnamon

• Salad

• 1 lb dried red lentils
• 1 cup currants or 1 cup raisins
• 1 1⁄2 cups finely chopped red onions

directions

1. In large bowl, whisk together all ingredients for dressing. Set aside.
2. Wash lentils. Cook in boiling water 5-6 minutes or until just tender. Rinse and drain well.
3. Add capers, currants and onions to lentils.
4. Combine with dressing and let marinate at least 2 hours in the refrigerator before serving.
5. Enjoy!

Reviews

[mamainurbana]

Great salad. Cut the pepper in half and didn't use all the dressing.

 

[SarasotaCook]

Made for PAC 2010. I'm not sure. I love red lentils, but I didn't the dressing was a bit too sweet and I make dressing like this quite often, but just wasn't sure about the amounts or combination. I didn't have enough time to really play around with it, but something was off for me. The currants and onion went well, but I would of like some other crunch like celery, I didn't enjoy the capers. I don't think they went well. So I'm sorry, I was looking forward to it, but I just didn't like it. I did add some chicken to it as well. I may try again and rework it, but I just didn't enjoy it. I'm sorry