Vegan Red Lentil Dahl

Name: Vegan Red Lentil Dahl
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 30 min
Total time: 40 min
Yield: 4 servings
Cuisine: Vegan
Ingredients: 300g red lentils; 1 onion, diced; 3 cloves garlic, minced; 2cm fresh ginger, minced; 2 ripe tomatoes, diced; 1 tsp turmeric; 1 tsp ground cumin; 3 tbsp coconut oil; 1 tsp cumin seeds; 1 tsp mustard seeds; 2 dried red chillis; 1 pinch asafoetida; 1 handful fresh coriander

A simple everyday red lentil dahl with a sizzling tempered spice oil poured over — ready in 30 minutes.

Total time

40 min

Prep

10 min

Cook

30 min

Difficulty

easy

Cuisine

Vegan

vegetarianvegangluten-free

Ingredients

300gred lentils

1onion, diced

3 clovesgarlic, minced

2cmfresh ginger, minced

2ripe tomatoes, diced

1 tspturmeric

1 tspground cumin

3 tbspcoconut oil

1 tspcumin seeds

1 tspmustard seeds

2dried red chillis

1 pinchasafoetida

1 handfulfresh coriander

Instructions

Simmer lentils in 900ml water with turmeric until completely soft.

Fry onion in 1 tbsp coconut oil until golden.

Add garlic, ginger and tomatoes, cook 8 minutes.

Add ground cumin, pour into lentils.

Simmer together 10 minutes.

For tadka: heat remaining coconut oil until smoking.

Add cumin seeds, mustard seeds, dried chillis and asafoetida — they will sizzle.

Pour tadka over dahl, scatter with coriander and serve.

Nutrition (estimated)

Per serving, based on a standard 4-serving portion and standard nutrition references — not a lab or USDA-verified measurement.

Calories

214

Protein

8.4g

Fat

11.1g

Carbs

22.8g

Fiber

7.7g

Sodium

11mg

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