Healthy Red Lentil Dhall

Name: Healthy Red Lentil Dhall
Prep time: 5 min
Cook time: 20 min
Total time: 25 min
Yield: 4 servings
Cuisine: South Asia — Muslim traditions
Ingredients: 1 cup red lentil; 3 cup hot water; 1 tsp ginger-garlic paste; 1 tsp turmeric; 0.5 tsp yellow mustard seeds; 0.5 tsp cumin seed; 1 onion; 1 tbsp oil; salt

Lentils come together in this South Asian dish, fragrant with ginger and turmeric and simmered on the stove. Serve with basmati rice.

25 min · Serves 4 · Easy

Method

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Time: Prep 5 min · Cook 20 min · 25 min total
Difficulty: easy

1
Heat 1 tbs oil in a saucepan and fry ginger and garlic paste for approx 2 minute, making sure not to brown the paste. Add hot water.
2 min
2
Wash the lentils and put into the water. Add salt and tsp of turmeric. Bring to boil then lower heat and cook for 10 to 15 minutes, stirring once or twice.
15 min
3
Heat oil in another saucepan and fry onion till light brown. Add mustard and cumin seeds and fry till mustard seeds start popping (remove from heat immediately).
4
Add onions and fried seed mixture to lentils, stir through. Serve with Basmati Rice.