Sri Lankan Dhal Curry

Ingredients

• 1.5 cups red lentils
• 1 onion
• 3 garlic cloves
• 1 thumb ginger
• 1 can coconut milk
• 1 tsp turmeric
• 1 tsp chilli powder
• 2 tomatoes
• For tarka: 3 tbsp oil, 1 tsp mustard seeds, 10 curry leaves, 1 dried chilli
• Salt

Instructions

1. Cook lentils in 2 cups water with turmeric until soft, 15 minutes.
2. Add coconut milk, chilli powder, onion, garlic, ginger and tomatoes; simmer 10 minutes.
3. Heat tarka oil and pop mustard seeds, curry leaves and dried chilli.
4. Pour sizzling tarka over the dhal.
5. Season.

Serving suggestions

• Eat with rice, sambol and curry.

Storage & reheating

Keeps 3 days.

Nutrition

Nutrition information is not yet available for this recipe. Values vary with portion size and exact ingredients — we will add verified figures here soon.

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