How to Cook Tasty Red Lentil

How to Cook Tasty Red Lentil Delicious, fresh and tasty.

Red Lentil. The Red Lentil is an award-winning vegan & vegetarian restaurant in Watertown, Massachusetts. This was my first time cooking red lentils and this was the perfect recipe! Easy to prepare, minimal amount of ingredients, big on flavor.

Set these next to your salad, or have them as the main course!

Get the recipe here: Red Lentil Flatbread.

Middle Eastern spices and fresh herbs make this one a winner!

You can have Red Lentil using 17 ingredients and 10 steps. Here is how you achieve it.

Ingredients of Red Lentil

1. It’s 4 piece of Kokum (optional).

2. Prepare 1 tsp of Ginger Garlic paste.

3. Prepare 1 tsp of Tamarind paste.

4. Prepare 3 clove of garlic.

5. Prepare 5 of Curry leaves.

6. Prepare 2 tbsp of cooking oil.

7. You need 1 tbsp of clarified butter.

8. It’s of salt.

9. It’s 2 medium of Tomatoes.

10. You need of Vegetarian cuisine.

11. You need 125 grams of Red Lentil.

12. You need 50 grams of Black eye gram.

13. It’s 2 medium of onion, chopped.

14. Prepare 1 tsp of Red chilly powder.

15. Prepare 1 tsp of coriander seeds powder.

16. Prepare 1 tsp of cumin seeds powder.

17. Prepare 4 pinch of turmeric powder.

Lentils may be the oldest cultivated legume in history.

Our Red Lentils are sourced from the Palouse Valley of Washington and Idaho, where the very best lentils in t Red lentils, combined with onions, garlic, and sweet carrots in a tomato-based broth.

Infused with cumin, oregano, and rosemary.

Finished with a bright splash of lemon juice and fresh parsley.

Red Lentil instructions

1. Heat the oil in a pressure cooker..

2. Put the finely chopped onions in the hot oil n let it fry till golden brown..

3. Once the onions are golden brown add the ginger garlic paste and stir for a couple of minutes..

4. Add the finely diced tomatoes, add little water if its sticking to the base. Keep stirring..

5. Add the turmeric, red chilli, coriander and cumin seeds powder, and keep stirring..

6. After stirring for some 5 minutes add the lentils and the gram to the cooker, add water enough to go 2 inches above the Lentil..

7. Let the pressure cooker whistle 3 times on high flame then reduce to low flame n keep it for 10 minutes on the fire..

8. After the cooker has cooled down a bit and you are able to open the cooker easily, check if the consistency is very thick add water to it. Add the kokum and let it cook on low flame. Add the tamarind paste..

9. In a small pan add the clarified butter once its hot, add the curry leaves and crushed cloves of garlic. As the garlic becomes golden quickly add this to the cooker n close the lid of the cooker. After 2 minutes open n stir..

10. Serve it hot in a bowl. Garnish it with either coriander leaves or mint leaves..

Keep it vegan, or add a sprinkle of salty feta, if you like.

Watch the video for how to make red lentil soup and read through for important tips below!

You can serve lentils hot with rice or cold in a salad.

If you prefer not to cook, you can find.

Lentils can be eaten soaked, germinated, fried, baked or boiled - the most common preparation method.