Lentil Dahl with Wholemeal Chapattis. Seeing as we had half a packet of lentils left over from our Lentil Roast recipe, we decided to use them up and make a delicious dhal with simple chapatis. Delicious red lentil dish so easy to make. Delicious red lentil dish so easy to make.
It's also easy and inexpensive to make and great with flatbread. Dahl (also spelled dhal, daal, and dal) is essentially a thick South Asian-inspired lentil stew that is often prepared with. This vegan green lentil dahl is simply delicious, mouth-watering and perfect as a meat free dinner which I think meat eaters will find agreeable too! You can cook Lentil Dahl with Wholemeal Chapattis using 13 ingredients and 7 steps. Here is how you achieve it.
Ingredients of Lentil Dahl with Wholemeal Chapattis
- It's 350 g of red lentils.
- It's 2 of tsps turmeric.
- It's 2 tbsp of butter.
- You need 2 of tsps cumin seeds.
- Prepare 1 of small onion, finely chopped.
- Prepare 3 cloves of garlic, finely sliced.
- Prepare 1 of large fresh green chilli, finely sliced.
- Prepare 1 tsp of garam masala.
- You need 1 tsp of ground coriander.
- Prepare of thumb-sized piece of fresh ginger, finely grated.
- Prepare 2 of tomatoes, finely diced.
- You need 1/2 tsp of salt.
- You need 8 of wholemeal chapattis.
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Lentil Dahl with Wholemeal Chapattis step by step
- Place the lentils in a large saucepan. Cover with 1.2L of cold water..
- Bring to the boil then reduce to a simmer. Use a ladle to skim of the foamy scum on the surface of the water. Once you’ve done this, add the turmeric and 1 tbsp of butter to the lentils, stir then continue to simmer..
- While the lentils are simmering, take a small frying pan and toast the cumin seeds (no oil needed) gently for a few minutes. Tip the seeds into a small bowl and leave to one side..
- Using the same small frying pan, fry the garlic, onion, ginger, chilli and tomatoes in the remaining butter until the mixture starts to dry out..
- Once the mix is reasonably dry, add the garam masala, salt and ground coriander. Keep cooking over a medium heat until the onions and garlic start to brown. Remove from heat..
- When the lentils are soft, stir them well. The consistency should be porridge like, so add more water if you need to. Then stir in the garam masala spice mix..
- Serve with wholemeal chappatis or brown basmati rice..
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