Recipe: Tasty Simple red lentil curry

Simple red lentil curry. This is a rich and hearty lentil curry, great as a main meal rather than as a side dish like the more traditional Indian dhal. Don't let the ingredient list faze you, this really is an easy dish to make. This dish is great served with basmati rice.

This red lentil curry recipe uses ingredients that you can easily find in your pantry! Serve the red lentil curry with jasmine rice, basmati rice, or brown rice. Thank you to Safeway for sponsoring this post! You can cook Simple red lentil curry using 17 ingredients and 3 steps. Here is how you cook it.

Ingredients of Simple red lentil curry

1. It's of red lentils.
2. Prepare of coconut cream.
3. Prepare of white onion, finely chopped.
4. It's of gloves of garlic.
5. You need of fresh ginger.
6. It's of teaspoon turmeric powder.
7. You need of teaspoon cumin powder.
8. You need of corriandar powder.
9. You need of green finger sized chillies.
10. You need of cloves.
11. You need of cardamoms.
12. It's of teaspoon black peppers.
13. Prepare of Salt.
14. Prepare of tomato paste.
15. It's of Lemon wedges to serve.
16. You need of Fresh mint leaves for garnish.
17. You need of Butter or ghee.

Often times, we think that we need fancy ingredients to cook something delicious. This red lentil curry recipe is the ultimate weeknight dinner. This masoor dal recipe (red lentil curry) is a curry lover's dream, with nutty red lentils, hearty potatoes and lots of curry seasoning. So easy to spice it up!

Simple red lentil curry instructions

1. Melt butter/ghee in the pot. Fry onions until they change colour. Put ginger and garlics and chillies in food processor or chopper. Add ginger and garlic and chillies to pot. Saute few seconds until you feel the aroma..
2. Add cloves,cardamoms turmeric, cumin and corriandar and saute few seconds. Wash and drain red lentils two times and add them to the pot..
3. Add tomato paste, salt and enought water. Bring it to boil. Cover the pot until lentils half cooked(about 10 minutes). Add coconut cream. Continue simmering for another 30 minutes. Add black pepper.Discard cardamoms and cloves. Garnish with fresh mint leaves and serve with naan or plain steamed rice and lemon wedges.I did not have fresh mint at home. That is why I used dried mint as you see in the photo..

We're making red lentil curry tonight in the Chili Pepper Madness kitchen, my friends. Would you care for a bowl? We're in love with curries in general. Cook the lentils according to directions. Melt the butter in a large saucepan over medium high heat.