Lentil Dal (Lentil Soup)
Lentil Dal (Lentil Soup)

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Dal is an Indian dish and the term dal refers to both this soup-like dish and the word for split lentils. The red lentils used here are common in dals because they don't require any pre-soaking and. Bring to a boil with the stock, turmeric, Cayenne, cumin, cardamom and curry/bay leaves. If using bay leaves, remove them now.

Lentil Dal (Lentil Soup) is one of the most popular of current trending foods in the world. It is appreciated by millions every day. It’s easy, it is quick, it tastes delicious. They are fine and they look wonderful. Lentil Dal (Lentil Soup) is something that I’ve loved my whole life.

To begin with this particular recipe, we have to prepare a few components. You can cook lentil dal (lentil soup) using 10 ingredients and 8 steps. Here is how you can achieve it.

The ingredients needed to make Lentil Dal (Lentil Soup):
  1. Make ready 2 cups lentils (preferably red)
  2. Get 4 cups water
  3. Get 1 potato (medium size)
  4. Take 1 onion (medium size)
  5. Get 1 dried lemon
  6. Get 3 cloves garlic
  7. Make ready 1 teaspoon chili peppers (chopped)
  8. Take 2 tablespoons tomato paste
  9. Get Oil as you like
  10. Make ready Salt, red pepper, black pepper, turmeric and cinnamon

Lentil dal is essentially just a lentil soup. However, to say dal is simple also cuts its significance of flavor, of history, and importance at the South Asian table. (Image credit: Lauren Volo) Why This Method Is the Best for Most Home Cooks The most important components of a dal recipe are the variety of lentil, the kind of spices and tempering used, the vegetables added or skipped and the texture of the finished dal. The most simple form of a dal recipe is prepared by boiling the lentils and tempering it with various spices, in addition to onion, ginger, garlic and tomatoes. Leftovers of this soup keep very well.

Steps to make Lentil Dal (Lentil Soup):
  1. First we soak the lentils in the water and then wash them with cold water several times.
  2. Add the lentils to a pot filled with 4 cups of water, then add a potato chopped in 4 pieces and little bit of salt. Boil this mix on a strong fire for a while.
  3. Make some small holes by a fork on the dried lemon and add it to the pot. Then lower the fire and let the mix cook very well for around half an hour.
  4. In the meantime, chop the onion into small pieces and fry it with little bit of oil. Then add the garlic cloves and the chopped chili pepper and fry them together. Then add your spices as you like.
  5. When our potato and lentils are very well cooked, remove the potato pieces and smash them little bit and add them to our onion mix to be fried little bit and mixed with all the spices. Add your tomato paste here.
  6. Then add this mixture to the lentil and mix them together to unify the color and the taste. Let them boil together for another 20 minutes and then it’s ready to be served.
  7. You can serve this food either with bread or beside rice. Bon Apetit
  8. This recipe has been published on Cookpad Farsi by Rozina Kianpour. To see the recipe in original language please click on: https://bit.ly/2EzTmOQ

The most simple form of a dal recipe is prepared by boiling the lentils and tempering it with various spices, in addition to onion, ginger, garlic and tomatoes. Leftovers of this soup keep very well. It may thicken up during storage — you can thin it with some water during reheating if needed. Thick, flavorful lentil soup is budget-friendly and full of nutrients. Stir up a batch with one of Food Network's most-popular lentil soup recipes, and make it a favorite in your repertoire.

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