Hey everyone, it is Brad, welcome to my recipe site. Today, we’re going to make a special dish, red lentils. One of my favorites. For mine, I’m gonna make it a little bit unique. This is gonna smell and look delicious.
Red lentils is one of the most favored of recent trending foods on earth. It’s enjoyed by millions daily. It’s simple, it’s quick, it tastes delicious. Red lentils is something which I’ve loved my whole life. They are nice and they look fantastic.
The lentil (Lens culinaris or Lens esculenta) is an edible legume. It is an annual plant known for its lens-shaped seeds. As a food crop, the majority of world production comes from Canada and India.
To begin with this particular recipe, we have to first prepare a few ingredients. You can cook red lentils using 10 ingredients and 5 steps. Here is how you cook that.
The ingredients needed to make Red lentils:
- Take 1 overful cup of split red lentils(soak about half hour)
- Get 1 medium -large white onion
- Prepare Half can of tomato pureed briefly (about 3 tomatoes)
- Take 400 ml water
- Make ready Spices:l level tsp garlic paste
- Make ready Spices:1 teaspoon salt(another tsp for before cooking them)
- Take spices:half teaspoon tumeric powder,1 tspn cumin seed
- Take Spices:1 tspn Red chilli flakes(optional,but gives nice flavor)
- Take Quater cup or so, cooking oil(see pictt of oil used in pan)
- Take Garnish:corriander and green pepper /paprika
Dried red lentils are actually orange in color, and are sometimes also labeled as Egyptian lentils. Who knew a tiny lens-shaped legume could be so versatile? From soups to appetizers, veggie burgers and hearty shepherd's pie, lentils bring a powerful protein punch to your. Red lentils look more orange than red after the cook, especially with the addition of turmeric.
Steps to make Red lentils:
- Soak red lentil in 1 cup warm water,about half hour until water absorbed most of water.discard remaining water over sink
- After discard water add about tspn of salt nd stir.. set aside while you fry onions and spices..fry onions until golden brown not burnt then add spices to cook then in oil briefly.then add lentils and
- Add spices,lentils and tomatoes and water,stir and cover them cook on medium low heat until sift then on low heat til ready(here they wher slightly mushy as how they are preferred when eating esp with flat breads etc,but can also make not mushy by cookin bit less..can try these different texture and use as prefer inshaallah
- Add chopped corriander and chopped green peppers.
- Bismillah and enjoy!
I use Bob's Red Mill Red Lentils which are grown in the Pacific Northwest. This delicious red lentil dal is high in protein, perfectly spiced and highly flavorful. Wikipedia Article About Red Lentil on Wikipedia. Red lentils are one of the most common types of lentil, and the best known among the red lentils is the Red Chief. Red lentils named for their beautiful orange-pink color.
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