SPICY INDIAN LENTIL STEW (DAAL)
This is an easy and rewarding recipe for a spicy and flavorful Indian dish of lentil stew! Serve on its own or with basmati rice.
Provided by rbexx34
Categories World Cuisine Recipes Asian Indian Side Dishes
Time 1h
Yield 4
Number Of Ingredients 14
Steps:
- Rinse the yellow lentils, red lentils, and mung beans and put them in a medium saucepan with 5 cups water, salt, turmeric, and 1 teaspoon ghee. Bring to a boil. Reduce heat and simmer until lentils are easily mashed, about 30 minutes.
- Heat remaining ghee in a frying pan over medium heat. Add cumin seeds and cook until they sputter. Add onion, chile peppers, and ginger; stir-fry until onions are soft, 5 to 7 minutes. Remove from heat and add cilantro and cayenne. Transfer mixture to lentils.
- Let mixture simmer for 3 minutes. Remove from heat and stir in lemon juice.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 236.1 calories, Carbohydrate 35.6 g, Cholesterol 11 mg, Fat 5.1 g, Fiber 14.2 g, Protein 13.3 g, SaturatedFat 2.8 g, Sodium 744 mg, Sugar 4.1 g
SAMBAR (SPICY LENTIL AND VEGETABLE STEW)
A spicy South Indian vegetable stew. Enjoy with rice, roti, or as a soup.
Provided by Sunaina
Categories Soups, Stews and Chili Recipes Stews
Time 1h25m
Yield 6
Number Of Ingredients 17
Steps:
- Combine water, toor dal, onion, tomato, pumpkin, okra, peas, and radishes in a pot. Bring to a boil, reduce heat to low, and cook until dal, pumpkin, and radishes start to soften, 30 to 40 minutes.
- Heat oil in a small pan over medium heat and add mustard seeds. Stir in garlic, red peppers, curry leaves, and sambar powder. Cook until fragrant, about 5 minutes.
- Stir seasoned oil mixture into the stew and cook until flavors combine, 25 to 30 minutes more. Stir in tamarind, salt, and red chile powder.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 211 calories, Carbohydrate 35.1 g, Fat 6.4 g, Fiber 6 g, Protein 6.3 g, SaturatedFat 1 g, Sodium 108.3 mg, Sugar 2.8 g
SPICY LENTIL STEW
Steps:
- Pick over lentils. In a bowl soak lentils in water to cover 1 hour. Wrap cinnamon sticks and cardamom pods in a small square of cheesecloth and with kitchen string tie into a bundle. Separately chop onions and tomatoes. Wearing rubber gloves, seed and devein chile and finely chop.
- In a 4-quart kettle cook onions in oil with cheesecloth bundle over moderate heat, stirring occasionally, until onions are softened. Stir in tomatoes, chile, garlic, masala, cumin, coriander seeds, and turmeric and simmer 10 minutes.
- Drain lentils in a sieve and add to onion mixture with 4 cups water. Simmer mixture, uncovered, adding more water if necessary to keep ingredients just covered with liquid, until lentils are very soft, about 40 minutes.
- Cut zucchini into 1/8-inch-thick rounds. Discard cheesecloth bundle and arrange zucchini in an even layer on top of curry. Cook curry, covered, until zucchini is tender about 10 minutes.
- Sprinkle curry with cilantro and serve over rice.
- *Available at East Indian markets and some specialty food shops.
INDIAN LENTIL STEW
This recipe is from Gourmet Today and is a South African take on an East Indian Lentil Stew. Not too spicy, but very fragrant according to the recipe notes. Haven't tried this recipe yet, but plan to very soon. Prep time does not include soaking time for lentils.
Provided by DailyInspiration
Categories Lentil
Time 1h35m
Yield 4-6 serving(s)
Number Of Ingredients 19
Steps:
- Soak lentils in water to cover for 1 hour. Wrap cinnamon sticks and cardamom pods in a small square of cheesecloth and tie into a bundle with string.
- Heat oil in a 4-qt. heavy pot over moderate heat until hot, but not smoking. Add onions and cheesecloth bundle and cook, stirring occasionally, until onions are softened, 6-8 minutes. Stir in tomatoes, chile, garlic, garam masala, cumin, coriander, and turmeric, bring to a simmer, stirring occasionally, until tomatoes have broken down, about 10 minutes.
- Drain lentils in a sieve and add to onion mixture. Stir in water, bring to a simmer, and simmer, uncovered, adding more water if necessary to keep ingredients just covered with liquid, until lentils are very soft, about 40 minutes. Discard cheesecloth bundle and stir in salt. Arrange zucchini in an even layer on top of stew. Cook, covered, until zucchini is tender, about 10 minutes. Sprinkle stew with cilantro and serve over rice.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 453.3, Fat 15.4, SaturatedFat 2.1, Sodium 904.9, Carbohydrate 59.7, Fiber 26.2, Sugar 10.8, Protein 22.3
KEERAI MOLOGUTAL (SOUTH INDIAN SPINACH-LENTIL STEW)
In Tamil, Keerai = spinach. This recipe has been in my family for absolute ages, and is unfailingly on the table at lunch every Sunday... and we'll never get tired of it! :-) This is a very nutritious stew that's perfect over steamed rice. A spicy pickle or condiment is traditionally served along with this. Or, you can just have the stew as a, well, stew or soup! Hope you like this one!
Provided by Anu_N
Categories Stew
Time 50m
Yield 4 cups, 4 serving(s)
Number Of Ingredients 12
Steps:
- Make sure that you don't dry the spinach after washing.
- Cook the chopped spinach in a microwavable bowl, covered, in a microwave on HIGH for 5 minutes, with 1 teaspoon salt, stirring thrice.
- Set aside to cool.
- Add water, lentils, and turmeric in a pot, bring to a boil, and simmer for 30 minutes, or until lentils are tender.
- Do not drain.
- Grind coconut, cumin, red chili, with 1/2 cup water in a blender, to a paste.
- Remove from the blender and set aside.
- In the same blender (you needn't wash it), separately grind the spinach coarsely (don't make it into a paste!).
- Mix the spinach, coconut paste, and cooked lentils (along with its water) together in a large pot and bring it to a boil, stirring occasionally.
- Remove from the flame and set aside.
- While the spinach-lentil mixture is boiling, in a small frying pan, heat the oil, and add mustard seeds and Urad dal.
- When the mustard sputters, pour the contents of the frying pan into the spinach-lentil mixture.
- Stir, and serve hot, over plained steamed rice.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 215.4, Fat 11.2, SaturatedFat 6.6, Sodium 660.7, Carbohydrate 21.6, Fiber 11.5, Sugar 2, Protein 10
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