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Coconut Dahl
Sri Lankan coconut milk dahl built on red lentils with curry leaves and mustard seeds. Frying the mustard seeds and curry leaves in hot oil until they pop and crackle before anything else goes in is what tempers their flavour into the oil, carrying it through the whole dahl.
Ingredients
Instructions
Heat oil. Fry cumin seeds, curry leaves and chilli.
Add onion until golden. Add garlic and ginger.
Add curry powder and turmeric. Cook 2 minutes.
Add lentils, coconut milk and water. Simmer 25 minutes.
Season well.
Serve with rice and roti.
Nutrition (estimated)
Per serving, based on a standard 4-serving portion and standard nutrition references — not a lab or USDA-verified measurement.
