Hello everybody, it’s Jim, welcome to my recipe site. Today, I will show you a way to make a special dish, red split lentils. It is one of my favorites. For mine, I will make it a little bit tasty. This is gonna smell and look delicious.
Red split lentils are fast cooking lentils that cook down into a creamy, hearty stew. Dried red lentils are actually orange in color, and are sometimes also labeled as Egyptian lentils. Red Split Lentils are by far the quickest to cook of the lentil family.
Red split Lentils is one of the most favored of current trending foods in the world. It’s simple, it’s quick, it tastes delicious. It is appreciated by millions every day. Red split Lentils is something that I’ve loved my entire life. They are nice and they look fantastic.
To get started with this recipe, we must prepare a few ingredients. You can cook red split lentils using 12 ingredients and 5 steps. Here is how you cook it.
The ingredients needed to make Red split Lentils:
- Prepare Split red lentils(1 mug, about 250 grams)
- Get 1 mug warm Water for soaking(drained later)
- Make ready 2 medium white Onions diced
- Make ready Half can chopped tomatoes about 3 large tomatoes chopped finely
- Prepare 1 level tablespoon thick tomato paste
- Take Cooking oil
- Make ready Spices: salt, turmeric, plain paprika powder,
- Take Spices: mild Madrasa curry, garlic, red chilli flakes (as preferred)
- Make ready 2 mugs plain water
- Prepare 1 teaspoon Mustard seed (optional)
- Get 1 medium green or mixed pepper
- Prepare Coriander small bunch (optional)
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Instructions to make Red split Lentils:
- Soak the lentils in warm water.meanwhile dice peel prep onions, and prep spices: garlic, salt, turmeric, paprika, powder, tomatoes and tomatoes puree, mixed spice, mustard seeds (optional).also blend the tomatoes
- Heat oil well in pan Fry onions by stirring frequently under medium heat, until almost dark brown but not burnt. Then reduce heat a bit. Then add spices, briefly until aroma starts.
- Then add drained lentils.then cook for briefly about 5 mins.and then add the blended tomatoes and the puree. add more salt as required.then let cook further a bit. Then cook about 10 mins..
- After dried out and almost but not sticking to pan, add 2 mugs (about 500 ml)of plain water.then simmer under medium low heat until lentils are soft and not too mushy.van top up with sliced green peppers
- Then now your lentil are done.serve over coconut rice, or any breads of choice… with yogart and onion garnish or any yogurt raitas of choice. Here served with wholemeal flat breads.Bismillah and enjoy
Hob Instructions: No need to soak. Red lentils can be purchased whole or split. Most red varieties are skinless, those that do have skin Whole lentils will maintain their shape more (although the red varieties won't stay whole), split lentils. How to Cook Organic Red Split Lentils. Lentils don't require pre-soaking so that you can cook them very fast.
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