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Red Lentil Dal

Dal is the ultimate comfort food — cheap, healthy, and incredibly flavourful. Red lentils cook quickly and break down into a silky, satisfying dish.

Indiandinnerlunchveganvegetariangluten-freedairy-free

Prep

5 min

Cook

25 min

Total

30 min

Servings

4

Difficulty

easy

Ingredients(12 items)

  • 🫘Red Lentils250g
  • 🧅Onion1
  • 🧄Garlic3 cloves
  • 🫚Fresh Ginger1 inch piece
  • 🥫Tinned Tomatoes200g
  • 🥥Coconut Milk200ml
  • 🟡Turmeric1 tsp
  • 🌶️Cumin1 tsp
  • 🌶️Garam Masala1 tsp
  • 🫒Olive Oil1 tbsp
  • 🍚Rice300g
  • 🌿Fresh Coriander(optional)handful

Method

  1. 1

    Rinse lentils. Cook rice.

  2. 2

    Sauté diced onion, garlic and ginger in oil for 4 minutes.

  3. 3

    Add turmeric and cumin, stir for 30 seconds.

  4. 4

    Add lentils, tinned tomatoes and 500ml water.

  5. 5

    Simmer for 15 minutes until lentils are soft.

  6. 6

    Stir in coconut milk and garam masala. Cook 5 more minutes.

  7. 7

    Serve over rice with fresh coriander.