Step-by-Step Guide to Prepare Perfect Curried Red Lentils

Hello everybody, it is Jim, welcome to my recipe site. Today, we’re going to prepare a distinctive dish, curried red lentils. One of my favorites. For mine, I’m gonna make it a bit unique. This will be really delicious.

Curried Red Lentils is one of the most favored of recent trending meals on earth. It’s easy, it is quick, it tastes delicious. It is appreciated by millions daily. Curried Red Lentils is something that I have loved my whole life. They’re nice and they look wonderful.

To get started with this recipe, we have to prepare a few components. You can cook curried red lentils using 14 ingredients and 11 steps. Here is how you can achieve that.

The ingredients needed to make Curried Red Lentils:

1. Take 2 cups red lentils
2. Prepare 1 large onion, diced
3. Get 1 tablespoon vegetable / coconut oil
4. Make ready 1 can tomato puree (approx. 404 grams)
5. Prepare 1/2 cup frozen petit pois (optional)
6. Take 2 tablespoon curry paste
7. Take 1 tablespoon curry powder
8. Make ready 1 teaspoon ground turmeric
9. Get 1 teaspoon ground cumin
10. Make ready 1 teaspoon chili powder
11. Take 1 teaspoon salt
12. Take 1 teaspoon white sugar
13. Make ready 1 teaspoon minced garlic
14. Get 1 teaspoon minced fresh ginger

Steps to make Curried Red Lentils:

1. Always remember to wash the lentils in cold water until the water runs clear so that it minimises the scum that comes from boiling it.
2. Put lentils in a pot with enough water to cover and bring to a boil. Cover the pot, reduce heat to medium-low, and simmer.
3. Add water during cooking as needed to keep covered, until tender. This takes approximately 15-20mins.
4. Once the lentils are done, set aside. - - *At this point, the original recipe calls for a proper draining of the lentils to get rid of access water. However, I opted to keep the water since there wasn’t a lot left in the pot and I prefer to have more gravy to mop up with my bread.
5. Mix curry paste, curry powder, turmeric, cumin, chili powder, salt, sugar, garlic & ginger in a bowl and set aside.
6. Heat oil in a large skillet over medium heat and cook onions until they are soft and caramalised.
7. Stir spice mixture into the onions. Increase heat to high and cook, stirring constantly until fragrant (approx 2-3 mins).
8. Stir in the tomato puree and heat through.
9. Remove skillet from heat and stir into the lentils.
10. Add in frozen petit pois without thawing and allow the heat from the curried lentils to heat it through.
11. Put the pot of lentil & spice mixture back onto the hob and keep it on the lowest heat, stirring occasionally to warm through (about 2-3 minutes) before serving.

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