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Vegan Red Lentil Dahl

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Vegan Red Lentil Dahl

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

1

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

2

Fry onion in 1 tbsp coconut oil until golden.

3

Add garlic, ginger and tomatoes, cook 8 minutes.

4

Add ground cumin, pour into lentils.

5

Simmer together 10 minutes.

6

For tadka: heat remaining coconut oil until smoking.

7

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

8

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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