Hey everyone, it’s Brad, welcome to my recipe page. Today, I will show you a way to make a distinctive dish, lentil and tomato curry, indian style. One of my favorites food recipes. This time, I will make it a little bit unique. This is gonna smell and look delicious.
Lentil and tomato curry, Indian style is one of the most favored of recent trending meals in the world. It’s easy, it is quick, it tastes delicious. It’s appreciated by millions every day. They’re nice and they look fantastic. Lentil and tomato curry, Indian style is something that I have loved my entire life.
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To begin with this particular recipe, we have to prepare a few ingredients. You can cook lentil and tomato curry, indian style using 14 ingredients and 7 steps. Here is how you can achieve it.
The ingredients needed to make Lentil and tomato curry, Indian style:
- Take 1/2 can lentils
- Prepare 1/2 can diced tomatoes
- Prepare 1 small onion, sliced
- Make ready 1 tbs finely minced ginger
- Prepare 1 tbs finely minced garlic
- Get 1 tsp coriander seeds
- Get 1/2 tsp cumin seeds
- Make ready 1/2 tsp yellow mustard seeds
- Get 1 bay leaf (optional)
- Prepare 2 tbs garam masala powder
- Get 2 tbs cooking cream
- Take 1 tsp sugar (I used coconut sugar)
- Prepare 1 tbs oil (I used coconut)
- Prepare to taste Salt and pepper,
In a large frying pan, heat oil over medium heat. In a saucepan add in the olive oil, diced onion, garlic, coriander and cumin and saute until fragrant and onions are soft. In Indian recipes, you will often find the use of curry and other warm spices. For this recipe however, I went very gentle on the spices, because sometimes you just need to enjoy plain flavors.
Steps to make Lentil and tomato curry, Indian style:
- In a large frying pan, heat oil over medium heat. Add in the coriander, cumin, and mustard seeds. Fry until fragrant, about 30 seconds or so.
- Reduce heat to low-medium and add in the garlic, ginger, and onions, being careful not to burn the garlic and ginger.
- Cook onions until soft and translucent, stirring frequently to avoid burning the spices and aromatics.
- Add in lentils and tomatoes, stir everything together, then turn heat back to medium. Add in garam masala powder, bay leaf, sugar, and mix well. Season with salt and pepper to taste.
- Stirring occasionally, simmer until reduced to preferred consistency (I like it more like a stew and not so liquid).
- Add in cream, then reduce once again to preferred consistency.
- Remove from heat and serve.
To make your red lentil stew creamier, you can add a can of coconut milk. You can also spice it up with curry, chili and freshly grated ginger. This Indian cauliflower, lentil and tomato curry is healthy, delicious, easy and so flavourful. Cauliflower or gobi is widely used in Indian cooking. Cauliflower by itself is quite bland but acts like a sponge.
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