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Masoor Dhal

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  • serves: 6
  • yield: 6 servings
  • ready in: 45 mins (15 mins Prep - 30 mins Cook)
Masoor dhal refers to red lentils. This warming and fragrant soup can be enjoyed as part of a meal, or on its own with rice or naan.

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ingredients

  • 200g (7 oz) red lentils
  • 2 tablespoons olive oil
  • 1 teaspoon mustard seeds
  • 3 onions, chopped
  • 2 tablespoons minced root ginger
  • 3 green chillies, seeded and minced (or to taste)
  • 6 cloves garlic, minced
  • 1 tablespoon ground coriander seed
  • 1 tablespoon ground cumin
  • 4 tomatoes, chopped
  • 225ml (8 fl oz) water
  • salt to taste
  • handful chopped fresh coriander

preparation method

  1.   Cook the lentils by boiling or pressure cooking until lentils are soft. (Using a pressure cooker is faster.)
  2.   In a frying pan, heat the oil and add mustard seeds. When mustard seeds begin to pop, add onions, ginger, chillies and garlic. Sauté until the onions and garlic are golden brown. Add ground coriander, cumin and chopped tomatoes. Cook and stir until tomatoes are tender.
  3.   Add water. Boil 5 minutes. Add cooked lentils, stirring well. Add salt to taste, stirring well. Add finely chopped coriander and remove from heat. Serve hot.
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    I only used 2 jalapenos instead of 3 as called for! In my laziness, I did not cook the lentils separately. I sautéed the veggies and at the point where you are supposed to cook down the tomatoes, I just added my lentils and chicken broth (instead of the water), brought it to a boil, then let it all simmer together for about 40 minutes. And I only used one medium sized onion instead of 3 and 3 large cloves of garlic instead of 6...whoooa!

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    This was not only Healthy and Low Fat but delicious as well. I used 2 tins of chopped tomatoes instead of fresh, just to save time. Thanks so much for the recipe!!

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