Red lentil dal (vegan if you sub the ghee 😁)
Red lentil dal (vegan if you sub the ghee 😁)

Hello everybody, I hope you are having an amazing day today. Today, we’re going to prepare a special dish, red lentil dal (vegan if you sub the ghee 😁). It is one of my favorites. For mine, I will make it a bit unique. This will be really delicious.

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This masoor dal, or red lentil dal, is aromatic and simple to make at home. It's a flavorful weeknight meal, paired with basmati rice, quinoa, roti or naan. This recipe for dal is quick, simple and flavorful, so it's perfect to make at home on busy weeknights.

To get started with this particular recipe, we must first prepare a few components. You can have red lentil dal (vegan if you sub the ghee 😁) using 11 ingredients and 5 steps. Here is how you can achieve that.

The ingredients needed to make Red lentil dal (vegan if you sub the ghee 😁):
  1. Get 1/2 cup (full not just to the ‘fill’ line) red lentils (about 125g)
  2. Prepare 400 ml / 1 1/2 cups water
  3. Make ready 1/2 tsp ground turmeric
  4. Prepare 1/2 tsp chilli powder or chilli flakes
  5. Get 1/2 tsp ground cumin
  6. Take 2 medium-sized tomatoes, chopped
  7. Get 1 onion, peeled and chopped
  8. Get 2 cloves garlic, peeled and crushed
  9. Prepare 1/2 tbsp ghee or oil
  10. Get Salt and pepper
  11. Make ready To garnish: some chopped spring onion and/ or coriander

Red Lentils or split red lentils (Masoor) are the fastest cooking lentils around. You don't need any special equipment like pressure cookers or instant pots to cook red lentils. In an extra-large saute pan or Dutch oven, heat the ghee over medium heat, add the crushed coriander seeds, mustard seeds, cumin seeds, fennel seeds and stir for one minute. But dal's simplicity is the main part of its charm.

Steps to make Red lentil dal (vegan if you sub the ghee 😁):
  1. Put the red lentils, water, turmeric, cumin and chilli in a saucepan (with a lid for later). Bring to the boil. Then turn down to a simmer, cover and simmer gently for about 20 mins. Stir it regularly so the lentils don’t stick. Add more water if needed.
  2. When the lentils are ready - or about 5 mins before, add the tomatoes to the pan and stir through. Take the lentils off the heat when ready. (You can also add spinach at this point- stirring it through so it wilts.)
  3. Heat the ghee or oil in a pan on a low- medium heat. Cook the onion and garlic, stirring regularly until soft.
  4. When the onion/ garlic are soft, stir them (and any ghee in the pan) into the lentils.
  5. Season. Serve and garnish with spring onions and coriander. Enjoy 😋

If you belong to the camp that believed dal was difficult to make at home, let me tell you it isn't. The other charming thing about making this simple red lentil dal recipe is the beautiful aromas that fill the air. Add the olive oil to a pot along with the chopped onions, crushed garlic and minced ginger and sauté until the onions are softened. Add the turmeric, coriander powder, cinnamon, curry powder and red lentils and sauté the lentils in the spices briefly and then add the canned chopped tomato, vegetable stock and coconut milk. Serve with quinoa or rice, and save the leftovers for meal prep!

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