Red lentil dal with lemon
Store cupboard cooking at its best: dried lentils, spices and a tin, turned into something soft and comforting for about eighty pence a portion.
- Prep
- 5 min
- Cook
- 30 min
- Serves
- 4
- Difficulty
- easy
- Dairy free
- Egg free
- Gluten free
- Halal
- High fibre
- Kosher style
- Low salt
- Nut free
- Pescatarian
- Vegan
- Vegetarian
Worked out from the ingredients below. Always check the label on what you buy.
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Ingredients
Makes 4 servings
- Store cupboard staple: 1 tbsp olive oil
- You would need to buy: 1 onion, finely chopped
- You would need to buy: 3 garlic cloves, crushed
- You would need to buy: 15g fresh ginger, grated
- Store cupboard staple: 1 tsp ground turmeric
- Store cupboard staple: 2 tsp ground cumin
- Store cupboard staple: ½ tsp chilli flakes
- You would need to buy: 250g red lentils, rinsed
- You would need to buy: 1 tin of chopped tomatoes
- Store cupboard staple: 800ml water
- You would need to buy: 1 lemon, juiced
- Store cupboard staple: 1 tsp salt
- You would need to buy: 15g fresh coriander, chopped (optional)
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Nutrition, per serving
- Carbohydrate
- 41.6g
- 9.7g fibre · 6.8g sugars
- Energy
- 288.9 kcal
- Protein
- 17.4g
- Fat
- 4.8g
- Saturates
- 0.6g
- Salt
- 1.5g
Estimated from the ingredients listed. A guide for choosing what to cook, not a clinical figure: brands and portion sizes vary more than this number does.
Method
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Soften the onion in the oil over a medium heat for 8 minutes. Add the garlic, ginger and spices and cook for another minute.
About 9 minutes
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Add the lentils, tomatoes and water. Bring to the boil, then turn down and simmer, uncovered, for 25 minutes. Stir now and then so nothing catches on the bottom.
About 25 minutes
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When the lentils have collapsed into something thick and soft, take it off the heat. Add the lemon juice and salt, taste, and adjust both until it tastes bright rather than flat.
About 2 minutes
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Scatter over coriander if you have it.
About 1 minute
Tips and storage
Thickens a lot as it cools. Loosen with a splash of boiling water when you reheat it.
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