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

Hey everyone, it’s Drew, welcome to my recipe site. Today, I’m gonna show you how to make a special dish, red lentil curry (daal). It is one of my favorites food recipes. This time, I am going to make it a bit tasty. This will be really delicious.

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

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

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