Coconut Dal
Coconut Dal

Hey everyone, it is Drew, welcome to our recipe site. Today, I’m gonna show you how to make a special dish, coconut dal. It is one of my favorites food recipes. This time, I am going to make it a little bit unique. This is gonna smell and look delicious.

Coconut Dal is one of the most popular of recent trending foods in the world. It’s easy, it is fast, it tastes yummy. It’s appreciated by millions every day. Coconut Dal is something that I’ve loved my entire life. They are nice and they look wonderful.

To begin with this particular recipe, we have to first prepare a few ingredients. You can cook coconut dal using 10 ingredients and 3 steps. Here is how you can achieve it.

The ingredients needed to make Coconut Dal:
  1. Get 160 g red lentils
  2. Make ready 1 onion
  3. Get 1 red pepper
  4. Make ready 1 piece ginger (thumb size)
  5. Get 1 clove garlic
  6. Take 1 tin tomatoes (400g)
  7. Get 1 tin coconut milk
  8. Make ready up to 1 tbsp Garam masala
  9. Make ready 1 tbsp tomato purée
  10. Get chilli flakes, salt, pepper
Instructions to make Coconut Dal:
  1. Wash the lentils. Cut the vegetables in little dices. Heat up some oil and fry the vegetables for about 5 min over a medium heat. Then add garam masala and tomato purée and fry over an high heat for 30 sec - 1 min. Start best with 1 tsp of garam masala because its a strong flavour. If you like it a bit stronger add up to 1 tbsp.
  2. Pour in the tin tomatoes and add the lentils. Mix well. Pour in the coconut milk bring to the boil, then turn heat down and simmer for 25 min. Stir occasionally. Ive learned as well today, that the Indian Dal is normally a bit more watery. If you like it a bit more runny just add some more water. I prefer it not to thin and not to thick.
  3. Then season with salt,chilli and pepper. If you like you can garnish with fresh coriander. Serve with naan or rice. Enjoy <3

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