Easy Dal
- Ready In:
- 35mins
- Ingredients:
- 8
- Serves:
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3
ingredients
- 1 cup lentils
- 3 cups water
- 1 medium onion
- curry powder
- 1 garlic clove, minced
- 3 tablespoons olive oil
- 1 avocado
- 1 carrot
directions
- Put lentils, the 3 cups of water, and 1/2 the onion in a sauce pan on medium heat.
- In a small frying pan, combine the other half of the onion, and the rest of the ingredients except the avocado and carrot. Cook until onion is soft.
- Add the contents of the frying pan to the sauce pan containing the lentils and water.
- Cook until the lentils are soft (about 20 minutes longer).
- Grate the carrot and slice the avocado to use as a topping.
- Serve with naan or pita for a complete meal.
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Reviews
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To quote Randy Jackson, this was just okay for me, Dog. To be fair, I've never had Dal before - easy or otherwise - and I've not eaten lentils before, so this was a real first. Tasted a little bland to me, so added some more curry and some red pepper flakes. Like others, I thought the addition of avocado and carrot clever. I will try again. Thanks for posting.
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Just as it says, quick and easy, just what I needed. It is so delicious. I must admit that I was in a real hurry when I made this and I just threw everything into the same pan and didn't cook the onions and spices together before adding them to the lentils, still it was so tasty and all my tribe aged 5, 12, 14 and 17 really did enjoy it. I love the addition of the avocado and carrot and I served it with brown basmati, pappadoms and cucumber with tomatoes in yogurt. Fantastic. Now I am hungry so I think I'll go make it again!!!!
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This is very nice. I would have liked to have known how much curry powder to put in, as someone pretty new to this kind of cooking. I used garam masala and reduced the oil to just under 1 tbsp. I loved the addition of the carrots and avocado! For my personal taste I will probably only put about 1/4 of the onion in with the lentils and fry up the rest. And I might find an extra large onion, I loved that part! Thanks so much!
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Publication editor by day, master chef by night. I love to make easy food look complicated. I am always looking for new vegetarian recipes to try.