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Lentil Curry Recipe

Lentil Curry Recipe with step by step pictures. Lentil cooked with vegetables into a curry and taste delicious. This dish taste best when served with hot rice.
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Prep Time: 10 minutes
Cook Time: 30 minutes
Total Time: 40 minutes
Servings: 4 servings

Ingredients

  • Toor Dal / Tuvaram Paruppu / Split Pigeon Pea Lentil– 1 cup
  • Onion-1 chopped
  • Beans – 10 chopped
  • Tomatoes -2 chopped
  • Okra / Ladys finger – 5 chopped
  • Brinjal – 1 chopped
  • Green Chilli – 2
  • Curry leaves -1 spring
  • Turmeric Powder / Manjal – ½ tsp
  • Urad Dal / Ulundu – 1tsp
  • Mustard Seeds / Kaduku -1 tsp
  • Sesame Seeds / Yellu – 1tsp
  • Cumin Seeds / Jeerakam - 1 tsp
  • Salt to taste
  • Sugar – 1 tblspn
  • Tamarind paste– 1tblspn
  • Oil – 2 tblspn

Instructions

  • Soak toor dal for 30 mins..Drain it and add it to a pot. Cover it with water and add turmeric to it. Bring this to a boil and cook for 20 mins untill cooked.
  • Now heat oil in a kadai. Add mustard, urad dal, sesame seeds , cumin, onions, curry leaves , green chillies and mix well.
  • Add in tomatoes, beans, okra, brinjal and mix well..Fry this for 5 mins..
  • Now add the to the cooked dal and mix well.
  • Add tamarind, salt and sugar and mix well…Bring this to a boil and simmer for 10 mins.
  • Serve hot with rice..
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