Name: Simple Dal
Yield: Serves 4
Cuisine: Indian
Ingredients: handful chopped fresh coriander (cilantro), to garnish; salt, to taste; juice of ½ lemon; 3–4 tsp curry paste; 1 tsp black or brown mustard seeds; 2 garlic cloves, thinly sliced; 800 ml (27 fl oz/scant 3½ cups) water; 200 g (7 oz/generous 1 cup) split red lentils

Preparation info

Serves
4

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

Rose Elliot's Complete Vegan

By Rose Elliot

Published 2019

About

This is such an easy recipe – it’s great as a starter, but also filling enough to be a meal in its own right, perhaps with some poppadums or nan bread and some sliced tomato with chopped fresh coriander (cilantro).

Ingredients

200 g (7 oz/generous 1 cup) split red lentils
800

Method

Combine the lentils, water, garlic and mustard seeds in a deep saucepan and bring to the boil. Simmer for 15–20 minutes, until the lentils are tender and golden.

Stir in the curry paste and lemon juice and add salt to taste.

Serve, scattered with chopped fresh coriander (cilantro).