Lentil Curry - Seriously Yummy!

Sorry it's been awhile between posts! No excuses but life lol

A couple of months ago I went to a curry cooking class hosted by the lovely Falguni Parmar Solanki. She has completely changed my mind set that cooking a good curry takes a lot of time and a long list of ingredients. In the two very short hours I attended the class Falguni showed us how to cook Four that's right FOUR different curries from scratch and then just for fun through in a great way to jazz up French fries the Indian way (watch this space!) The four curries she shared with us were 1. Chicken Curry 2. Salmon Curry (I was sceptical at first but Oh My was it good) 3. Chic Pea Curry and last but not least and my favourite 4. Lentil Curry.

(please excuse the quality of the pictures a photographer I am not)

 

 

 

 



And now for the recipe!

 

Brown Lentils Curry -

 

Ingredients

 

2 tins ( small) of brown lentils, take water off from one of the tin.

Oil 1/4 cup

2 medium size onions ( I prefer brown onions ) chopped into medium pieces.

1 medium size tomatoes chopped into medium pieces.

Garlic paste 1/2 tsp. 

Ginger paste 1/4 tsp.  

Salt 1/2 tsp.

Chilli powder 1/2 tsp. (Optional. I don't use this when I cook it as my family don't respond well to chilli's)

Turmeric powder 1/4 tsp.

Cumin n Coriander powder 1 tsp.

Garam Masala 1/4 tsp.( optional)

Cumin seeds 1/2 tsp.

Mustard seeds 1/2 tsp.

 

Method

 

- Take 1/4 cup of oil in a sauce pan and let it get warm. Then add cumin n mustard seeds and simmer for 30 seconds (be careful not to burn)

- Add chopped onions , tomatoes , ginger paste , garlic paste and all the spices ( salt, chilli, cumin n     coriander , turmeric and Garam masala powder).

- Cook it for 2 minutes ,stir in between.

- Add brown lentils from the tin ( one tin with water and one tin without water) and stir for one more minute.

- Close the lid and cook it for 8 to 10 minutes on medium heat.

 

Serve with jasmine rice and a dollop of good Greek Natural Yogurt.

 

Notes:- - In this you can add 1no. chopped ( medium size) capsicum , 1no. chopped ( medium size ) carrot. 1no. Chopped ( medium size) potato. - if you find that your soup is bit watery then cook the curry for more 5 minutes without lid on , to get rid of excess water.

 

So that's it in total maybe 15 minutes

 

Rating: 5 Stars!