Step-by-Step Guide to Prepare Homemade Red Lentil Curry (daal)
by Claudia Malone
Red Lentil Curry (daal)
Hello everybody, hope you’re having an incredible day today. Today, we’re going to make a distinctive dish, red lentil curry (daal). One of my favorites food recipes. For mine, I’m gonna make it a bit tasty. This is gonna smell and look delicious.
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To begin with this particular recipe, we must first prepare a few components. You can have red lentil curry (daal) using 18 ingredients and 11 steps. Here is how you can achieve it.
The ingredients needed to make Red Lentil Curry (daal):
Get pot :
Get 5-6 cup of water in a pot
Make ready Red lentils (washed)
Get 4-5 small curry leaves (food flavour and smell)
Prepare Garlic paste
Make ready Ginger paste
Get Spices
Take Chilli/ cayenne powder (for heat)
Prepare Whole chicken bouillon cube
Get All spice powder (garam masala)
Make ready Cumin powder
Get Salt
Get Separate pan
Make ready Onion
Take Curry leaves
Prepare Cumin seeds
Make ready Olive or canola oil
Take Chopped coriander (cilantro) leaves to garnish
Instructions to make Red Lentil Curry (daal):
In a pot, boil water and add in the washed red lentils when water starts boiling along with the curry leaves.
Cover halfway and cook at medium until lentils are tender and they turn yellow Estimated time would be from within 15-20 minutes
Add the garlic and ginger (mix well)
Add in the spices and cook on medium heat for 10 minutes
On a separate pan: add in the olive oil/ or your choice of oil and wait till it warms up
Add in the cumin seeds and the curry leaves and fry for 25 seconds
Add in the sliced onions and fry until brown (not burnt)
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
After 5 minutes bring the heat back to low (3) and cook for another 5 minutes until the curry thickens
Serve with basmati/white/brown rice or roti (flat bread)
Garnish it with cilantro when on the plate
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