Coconut dhal

Coconut dhal

Red lentils get a big boost in flavour with this Thai-influenced dhal recipe

Difficulty and servings

Easy

Serves 4

Preparation and cooking times

Cook time

Cook 30 mins

Ready in 30 mins
Vegetarian

Vegetarian

Method

  1. Put the lentils, coconut milk, the chopped onion, tomatoes, chillies and turmeric in a pan with 300ml water, season and simmer for 20 minutes, until the lentils are tender.
  2. Fry the sliced onion in 4 tbsp oil until crisp, add the curry leaves (or coriander) and mustard seeds and sizzle together.
  3. Pour over the lentils. Serve with flatbread.

Per serving

407 kcalories, protein 18.2g, carbohydrate 45.7g, fat 18.1 g, saturated fat 14g, fibre 4.4g, salt 0.35 g

Recipe from olive magazine, March 2005.

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  • 17 January 2013

    JulesTheNorweegie commented on this recipe

    Very tasty from what I can recall, here's the one I made http://julesthenorweegie.blogspot.co.uk/2012/12/creamy-coconut-dahl.html It looks a little bit different from the one up there, but I followed the instructions, it tasted nice though :)

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  • 04 May 2013

    Helen rated and commented on this recipe

    5 stars

    Great recipe - easy and tasty, and always goes down well with my 1 and 3 year olds. It also freezes very well, so is handy for a quick lunch. Yes it's not the most exciting spice-wise, but sometimes simple comfort food is just what's needed.

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Difficulty and servings

Easy

Serves 4

Preparation and cooking times

Cook time

Cook 30 mins

Ready in 30 mins
Vegetarian

Vegetarian

Ingredients

  • 250g red lentils (also called masoor dal or Egyptian lentils)
  • 400ml coconut milk
  • a handful of fresh curry leaves (find these in the herb section, an Asian grocers, or use coriander leaves)
  • flatbread , to serve
  • 2 medium chopped tomatoes
  • 1 tsp turmeric
  • 2-3 long pointy green chillies , sliced
  • 2 tsp black mustard seeds
  • 2 onions , one finely chopped, one sliced
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Per serving

407 kcalories, protein 18.2g, carbohydrate 45.7g, fat 18.1 g, saturated fat 14g, fibre 4.4g, salt 0.35 g

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