Name: Parippu
Yield: Serves 4
Cuisine: India
Ingredients: ½ teaspoon ground cumin; ½ teaspoon ground coriander; 225 g (8 oz) masoor dal (red lentils); 2 tablespoons oil; ½ teaspoon black mustard seeds; 1 teaspoon cumin seeds; 1 onion, very finely chopped; 1 onion, roughly chopped; 10 curry leaves; 50 g (1¾ oz) creamed coconut, mixed with 250 ml (1 cup) water, or 250 ml (1 cup) coconut milk; 1 ripe tomato, roughly chopped; 2 green chillies, chopped; ¼ teaspoon ground turmeric

Preparation info

Serves
4

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

The Food of India

By Priya Wickramasinghe

Published 2005

About

A dish that includes lentils of some sort is a must as part of any Indian meal. This recipe is from the South and is flavoured with coconut as well as a tarka of fried onion, cumin seeds, mustard seeds and curry leaves which is mixed in towards the end of cooking.

Ingredients

225 g (8 oz) masoor dal (red lentils)
1 onion, roughly chopped

Method

Put the lentils in a heavy-based saucepan with 500 ml (2 cups) water. Add the roughly chopped onion, tomato, creamed coconut or coconut milk, green chilli, turmeric, ground cumin and coriander, and bring t

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