Recipe of Perfect Creamy Black Lentil Curry

Hey everyone, hope you’re having an incredible day today. Today, we’re going to make a distinctive dish, creamy black lentil curry. One of my favorites. For mine, I’m gonna make it a bit tasty. This is gonna smell and look delicious.

Creamy Black Lentil Curry is one of the most favored of recent trending meals in the world. It is appreciated by millions every day. It is easy, it’s quick, it tastes delicious. Creamy Black Lentil Curry is something which I’ve loved my whole life. They are nice and they look fantastic.

To get started with this recipe, we must prepare a few ingredients. You can have creamy black lentil curry using 16 ingredients and 8 steps. Here is how you cook that.

The ingredients needed to make Creamy Black Lentil Curry:

1. Take 1 1/2 cup black lentils
2. Take 2 1/4 tbsp vegetable oil
3. Make ready 1 1/2 tsp ground cumin
4. Prepare 1 large chopped onion
5. Take 1 each green chili
6. Get 1 tbsp fresh ginger diced
7. Take 1/2 cup milk or cream
8. Make ready 2 tsp turmeric powder
9. Take 1 tsp chili powder
10. Take 1 tbsp kosher salt or to taste
11. Make ready 3 tbsp butter
12. Take 1 tbsp lemon juice
13. Prepare 1 tbsp garlic chopped
14. Prepare 1 each cilantro handful (garnish)
15. Get 1 can beans (optional)
16. Get 1/2 tsp cayenne pepper (optional)

Instructions to make Creamy Black Lentil Curry:

1. Rinse black lentils, add lentils, 4 cups water and 1 tablespoon oil to pressure cooker. Pressure cook 20 minutes, allow to cool down naturally. Or in a large pot bring lentils and water to boil, add 1 extra cup water, cook medium low for 45 minutes until done.
2. Heat 2 tablespoons of oil in a large pot. When it is hot, add cumin, stir, after about 30 seconds, add onion and green chili. Cook until onion is translucent.
3. Add ginger and garlic, stir, cook for about 1 minute.
4. Add the cooked lentils, beans, 2 cups water, milk (soy or almond milk can be used), turmeric, salt and chili powder, cayenne. Stir to combine.
5. Let cook on medium heat, STIRRING FREQUENTLY. 15-20 minutes until it thickens.
6. Turn off heat, add lemon juice and butter. Sprinkle with garnish.
7. Serve with rice or warm bread.

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