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

Dal (sometimes spelled 'dhal', 'dahl' or 'daal') is one of my very favorite Indian dishes because of how quickly it is made. A creamy Red Lentil Dahl which is comforting, hearty, flavorful, and delicious. The recipe is vegan, gluten-free, healthy, and easy to make.

Red Lentil Curry (daal) is one of the most popular of current trending foods in the world. It is appreciated by millions every day. It’s simple, it is quick, it tastes delicious. They’re fine and they look wonderful. Red Lentil Curry (daal) is something that I have loved my whole life.

To begin with this recipe, we have to first 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. Take 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. Prepare 1 tsp Garlic paste
6. Get 1 tsp Ginger paste
7. Get Spices
8. Get 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. Take 1 Salt
13. Take Separate pan
14. Take 1 medium Onion
15. Take 3 Curry leaves
16. Get 1/2 tsp Cumin seeds
17. Prepare 3 tbsp Olive or canola oil
18. Make ready 1 Chopped coriander (cilantro) leaves to garnish

So easy to spice it up! Quick and easy Red Lentil Curry, also known as Masoor Dal, made in the instant pot and stovetop. If you want a quick and satisfying vegan dinner for weeknights, you have come to the right place. This lentil dhal recipe happened accidentally while I was trying to make the squash lentil curry, so it was like two for the price of one!

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

I've always been a sucker for time savers and extra food. I bought red lentils, thinking they would look better in my squash lentil curry. This is a rich and hearty lentil curry, great as a main meal rather than as a side dish like the more traditional Indian dhal. Don't let the ingredient list faze you, this really is an easy dish to make. This dish is great served with basmati rice.

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