Steps to Prepare Any-night-of-the-week Red Lentil Curry (daal)

Hello everybody, it’s Louise, welcome to my recipe site. Today, I’m gonna show you how to make a special dish, red lentil curry (daal). One of my favorites. This time, I will make it a bit unique. This will be really delicious.

Red Lentil Curry (daal) is one of the most favored of current trending meals in the world. It is enjoyed by millions daily. It is simple, it is quick, it tastes delicious. They are fine and they look wonderful. Red Lentil Curry (daal) is something that I have loved my entire life.

To begin with this 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 cook that.

The ingredients needed to make Red Lentil Curry (daal):

1. Prepare 1 pot :
2. Make ready 5 cup 5-6 cup of water in a pot
3. Prepare 1 1/2 cup Red lentils (washed)
4. Make ready 4 small 4-5 small curry leaves (food flavour and smell)
5. Take 1 tsp Garlic paste
6. Take 1 tsp Ginger paste
7. Make ready Spices
8. Make ready 1/2 tsp Chilli/ cayenne powder (for heat)
9. Get 1 Whole chicken bouillon cube
10. Get 1 tsp All spice powder (garam masala)
11. Prepare 1/2 tsp Cumin powder
12. Get 1 Salt
13. Get Separate pan
14. Take 1 medium Onion
15. Prepare 3 Curry leaves
16. Prepare 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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