Recipe: Yummy Red Lentil (Dal)

Red Lentil (Dal).

You can have Red Lentil (Dal) using 20 ingredients and 9 steps. Here is how you cook it.

Ingredients of Red Lentil (Dal)

1. It's 1 cup of red lentil.
2. Prepare 1 tsp of cumin pdr.
3. You need 1/2 tsp of coriander pdr.
4. You need 1 1/2 tbsp of fresh ginger.
5. It's 1 1/2 tbsp of fresh garlic.
6. Prepare 1 of cinnamon stick.
7. Prepare 1/2 cup of fresh cilantro.
8. It's 3 tbsp of olive oil.
9. It's 2 medium of tomato.
10. Prepare 1 cup of kale.
11. It's 1 of jalapeno.
12. Prepare 1 tsp of paprika.
13. You need 1 tsp of cayenne.
14. You need 1 tsp of tumeric.
15. You need 2 of clove.
16. It's 1 of bayleaf.
17. Prepare 2 of green cardamon.
18. Prepare 1/2 tsp of salt or to taste.
19. It's 1 tsp of cumin seed (replace with pdr) black mustard seed (optional).
20. It's 1 cup of onion fine chop.

Red Lentil (Dal) instructions

1. remove debris from lentil wash and soak for 30-40 min..
2. boil 2 cups water, add lentils cook till expanded and desired tenderness. keep a little firm as it will continue to cook with rest of ingredients later. remove scum after boil. drain and add to other mixture..
3. chop onions, tomato, cilantro, kale, and jalapeno (if you want it chopped or place in whole)..
4. mince the ginger and garlic.
5. heat oil on medium, add onions, fry till golden brown.
6. add powdered spices, cinnamon, clove, cardamon, and fry 1 min.
7. add tomatoes garlic ginger.
8. add cilantro and kale fry 1-2 min.
9. combine the lentils with mixture and let cook on low heat till flavours come through and desired tenderness is reached..