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

Hey everyone, hope you are having an incredible day today. Today, we’re going to make a special dish, red lentil curry (daal). It is one of my favorites food recipes. For mine, I am going to make it a bit unique. This is gonna smell and look delicious.

Red Lentil Curry (daal) is one of the most favored of current trending foods on earth. It is enjoyed by millions every day. It’s simple, it’s fast, it tastes yummy. Red Lentil Curry (daal) is something which I’ve loved my whole life. They’re fine and they look wonderful.

Red Lentil Dal is the perfect plant-based Indian meal! Rich, fragrant, and packed with protein for a meal you can feel good about. Dal (sometimes spelled 'dhal', 'dahl' or 'daal') is one of my very favorite Indian dishes because of how quickly it is made.

To begin with this particular recipe, we have to prepare a few components. You can have red lentil curry (daal) using 18 ingredients and 11 steps. Here is how you can achieve that.

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

This recipe calls for a simple combination of cumin, garam masala and turmeric. Garam masala is a spice mix found in supermarkets nowadays - it's like a more potent curry powder. Red curry lentils is my all-time favorite lentil recipe. Thick, creamy, saucy, and perfect as leftovers.

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

These red curry lentils are one of my all-time favorite recipes. As is usually my vibe, we're working with very basic pantry ingredients here and simple, straightforward prep. Quick and easy Red Lentil Curry, also known as Masoor Dal, made in the instant pot along with pot-in-pot basmati rice. 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.

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