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Carol's Dal Curry
What you need:
vegetable oil, to coat pan
1 large yellow onion, chopped
1 bunch cilantro, washed and well chopped
1 large tomato
2 cups lentils, stones picked out and boiled until soft
1 (14 ounce) can coconut milk
1 (15 ounce) can tomato sauce
1 teaspoon fresh ginger, minced
1 1/2 teaspoons curry powder
1 teaspoon turmeric
1 teaspoon cumin
1/4 teaspoon cayenne
dash ground cloves
salt, to taste
What you do:
1. Cover bottom of saucepan with vegetable oil. Fry onion about 5 minutes.
2. Add cilantro and continue frying over medium heat, until onion is golden.
3. Add tomato and let it get a little soft. Add rest of ingredients, including spices, and let simmer for about 30 minutes.
This is really tasty atop a bed of basmati rice.
Preparation Time:
1 hour
Cooking Time:
Servings:
4-6
Recipe Category:
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easily the best recipe that i've ever found on vegweb THANK YOU
This is great and the only change I make is to add 2 cans of diced tomaoes instead of the other tomato ingreients. Thanks for the great recipe!
This was seriously my very FIRST attempt at cooking in YEARS. Seriously. And, my meat-loving, never-tried-indian-food family LOVED it. This recipe was easy and very versatile...you can really just use what you have. Because I was getting over a stomach bug, I didn't use cayenne, but that's what I really wish I would have added. It needed an extra kick. Also, next time, I'm gonna add some cooked spinach. Yum yum yum!!! ;)b
I've reviewed this already but I wanted to reiterate that it is made of magic. :)>>>
It was sooo good! Thanks for posting. I didn't use the cayenne because I didn't want it to be really spicy and I didn't really measure it out very well, I just went according to taste and it still turned out well. Once again, thank you!
Whould anyone recommend substituting green peas for the lentils .....just as a variation?
Thanks :)
this had WAY more flavor that i thought it would, especially since it was a little thick and the lentils weren't cooking properly, so i kept adding water to it. i added the spices as recommended, and then added a tablespoon of mustard seed in with the onions, some extra cayenne and a dash or two of garam masala. next time i might add some garlic too, although i didn't really miss it.
yum yum yum...
AMAZING! I loved it! I've been trying different Indian dishes for a few weeks now and this is the one I was looking for. I had no idea that the secret was coconut milk!
This is excellent. I LOVE it. I will definitely be making this again!
This recipe is so delicious. It was exactly what I was looking for. Simple and satisfying. It's going to become a staple in my house.
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