Delicious Pakistani Dhal
3 cups water or vegetable stock
1 cup dry red lentils
4 to 5 tablespoons vegetable oil
1 medium onion, diced
1/2 medium-sized ginger root, peeled and chopped
2 to 3 cloves garlic, diced or crushed
2 teaspoons curry powder
1 teaspoon ground coriander
1 teaspoon ground cumin
1/4 teaspoon red chili powder
salt and pepper, to taste
1/2 (14 ounce) can chopped tomatoes
1. Heat water or stock in pot until boiling. Add lentils and boil for one minute. Reduce heat to a simmer. Simmer lentils until they resemble a thick paste.
2. While lentils are simmering, heat oil in frying pan. Add onion, ginger, and garlic; fry until soft. Add curry, coriander, cumin, chili powder, salt, and pepper; saute for 2 to 3 minutes.
3. Add tomatoes; saute for another 3 to 5 minutes. Add fried spice mixture into lentil paste, stir and cook an additional 15 to 20 minutes.
Serve as is or over basmati rice.
SO HOW'D IT GO?
Followed the directions perfectly except that I didn't have any ginger. This is an excellent recipe. I made a double batch and froze half of it. Leftovers will be great :)
This was FANTASTIC! I made it for a friend a week ago and it was a big hit! We added a bit more curry powder and some cardamom because we like spicy food and I got stuck making it with green lentils in place of red, but it was delicious.
I will definitely be making this one again and again!
Very good! I added a veg bouillon cube to the water and threw in a cubed potato too. I love this dish, thanks for the recipe! :)
I made this last night and it was really good and easy. I cooked the onions forever because I like my onion well-done. I used pre-crushed garlic and ginger; so I estimated one semi-heaped teaspoon to one clove of garlic. And I don't much like ginger so I only put one teaspoon of ginger in. I thought I was going to have trouble getting the lentils to a thick paste consistency and I did, but it didn't matter. The spices seemed like a lot when I was adding them to the garlic, but they were perfect.
A very delicious recipe, that my boyfriend couldn't eat fast enough. We loved it.
Wow, this is an amazing dish! I'm a big lentil fan, and this is my new favorite lentil dish!
This was very good. I added zucchini to make sure I got a vegetable in there. I served it over rice and my non-veggie husband loved it, too!
Oh my goodness, this dahl is delicious.
The spices smell heavenly, but I think I'll add a little more of them next time, since I could just taste hints of them. Still absolutely delicious, though.
I think this would work well as a taco filling, for an interesting twist.
It's the perfect consistency for a dip as well. I'm eating it with crackers right now. :)
This is awesome! It is flavorful without being aggressive. I prepared it per the recipe and put some lentils on a salad with bell peppers, tomatoes, and Follow Your Heart thousand island dressing. It tasted almost like a taco salad. I'm going to buy some corn chips and make it again tomorrow. I can imagine lots of variations for this recipe.
I made a double batch. If you undercook your beans a little bit, you can freeze them. They tend to soften after having been frozen, so they're better a bit undercooked going into the freezer. Beans are a good food for bacterial growth, so if you do freeze them, thaw them in the refrigerator instead of on the counter.
this was good. i ended up using a whole 14.5 ounce can of stewed tomatoes because that's all we had on hand.
i've never had any kind of Indian food so i don't know what it's supposed to taste like, and i admit i (only slightly) changed the amount of those spices i put in, but to me this recipe tasted like the taco filling my mom used to make--which is good because i love her tacos but it's made with meat instead of beans/lentils.
and my boyfriend liked it, so thats always a plus :)
OH MY GOODNESSSS!!! Super Awesome recipe!!!!!
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