Spicy Lentil Dal
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- Total Time
- 1hr 0mins
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- Serves
- 6
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- Calories
- 94
This lentil dal is full of color and flavor. Don't worry about the heat, you can make it as mild or hot as you like. We served ours with quinoa, but it's great with rice or naan bread too. Don't forget to rinse the quinoa thoroughly before cooking with it.
recipe updated 14 Apr 2020
Ingredients
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- Lentils
- 200 g
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- Ginger
- 1 teaspoon
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- Ground turmeric
- 1 ½ teaspoons
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- Onion
- ½
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- Salt & pepper
- as needed
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- Water
- 1 L
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- Lime juice
- 1 ½ tablespoons
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- Grapeseed oil
- 2 tablespoons
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- Cumin seeds
- 1 teaspoon
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- Garlic clove
- 1
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- Red bell pepper
- 75 g
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- Cayenne pepper
- as needed
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- Coriander
- 3 tablespoons
Tools
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Wooden spoon
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Stove
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Frying pan
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Large saucepan
Step preview
- Add lentils, ginger, ground turmeric, onion, salt & pepper and water to a clean large saucepan
- Heat gently until just boiling
- Reduce until simmering - medium heat
- Cook until tender - 35 min
- Add lime juice to the large saucepan
- Simmer while stirring occasionally - approx 1 min
- Mash briefly with potato masher
- Set aside and turn off heat
- Add grapeseed oil to a clean frying pan
- Heat - medium heat
- Add cumin seeds to the frying pan
- Heat - high heat
- Stir - approx 10 sec
- Add garlic clove to the frying pan
- Cook until light golden
- Add red bell pepper to the frying pan
- Cook until softened and turn off heat - approx 1 min
- Transfer content of frying pan to large saucepan
- Add cayenne pepper and coriander to the large saucepan
- Serve