Recipe of Perfect Red Lentil Curry (daal)

Hey everyone, hope you are having an amazing day today. Today, we’re going to make a distinctive dish, red lentil curry (daal). It is one of my favorites food recipes. For mine, I am going to make it a little bit tasty. This will be really delicious.

Red Lentil Curry (daal) is one of the most favored of current trending foods on earth. It is simple, it’s fast, it tastes delicious. It is enjoyed by millions every day. They are nice and they look fantastic. Red Lentil Curry (daal) is something which I’ve loved my whole life.

To get started with this recipe, we must first prepare a few components. You can cook 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. Take 5 cup 5-6 cup of water in a pot
3. Make ready 1 1/2 cup Red lentils (washed)
4. Make ready 4 small 4-5 small curry leaves (food flavour and smell)
5. Get 1 tsp Garlic paste
6. Make ready 1 tsp Ginger paste
7. Prepare Spices
8. Get 1/2 tsp Chilli/ cayenne powder (for heat)
9. Prepare 1 Whole chicken bouillon cube
10. Take 1 tsp All spice powder (garam masala)
11. Get 1/2 tsp Cumin powder
12. Make ready 1 Salt
13. Get Separate pan
14. Get 1 medium Onion
15. Take 3 Curry leaves
16. Prepare 1/2 tsp Cumin seeds
17. Take 3 tbsp Olive or canola oil
18. Prepare 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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