Easy red lentil dahl

Ingredients

• 1 Tbsp neutral oil (sunflower)
• 1 onion
• 1 tsp cumin
• 1 garlic clove
• 1 tsp ground ginger (or 1cm fresh ginger)
• 1 clove
• 1 pinch of ground chili
• 1 tsp ground coriander
• 1 tsp ground cardamom
• 1 Tbsp tomato paste
• 5 oz coconut cream
• 1 tsp salt
• 1 tsp pepper
• 9 oz red lentils
• 2.5 cups water

Preparation

• Pour the oil into a pot and sauté the chopped onion with the cumin for a few minutes.
• Add garlic, ginger, clove, chili powder, cilantro powder, and cardamom powder, and sauté.
  
• Then add the tomato paste and coconut cream. Mix and let simmer for 5 minutes. Meanwhile, rinse the lentils.
• Add the red lentils, salt, pepper, and water. Stir everything together and cover. Cook for about 15-20 minutes after boiling.
  
• After this time, remove the clove.
• It's ready! Serve the dahl with rice and fresh coriander.
  

Observations

If you want a spicier dahl:
Cook the lentils separately. Put the rinsed lentils in cold water. Wait for it to boil and cook for 20 minutes. Prepare the spicy sauce in the same way, simmering for about 5 minutes. Add the drained lentils to the spicy preparation and mix.

You can replace ground ginger with fresh ginger and coconut cream with coconut milk.

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