Red lentils. This was my first time cooking red lentils and this was the perfect recipe! Easy to prepare, minimal amount of ingredients, big on flavor. We like a bit of heat to our food, so the only ingredient I added was a few shakes of ground cayenne red pepper. Red Lentils With colors ranging from gold to orange to actual red, these are the sweetest and nuttiest of the lentils (to our mind, at least!). Lentils can be eaten soaked, germinated, fried, baked or boiled - the most common preparation method.

Most varieties have a distinctive, earthy flavor. Lentils may be the oldest cultivated legume in history. At that point they were mostly tender. You can cook Red lentils using 10 ingredients and 5 steps. Here is how you cook it.

Ingredients of Red lentils

You need 1 of overful cup of split red lentils(soak about half hour).
It's 1 of medium -large white onion.
You need Half of can of tomato pureed briefly (about 3 tomatoes).
It's 400 ml of water.
Prepare of Spices:l level tsp garlic paste.
Prepare of Spices:1 teaspoon salt(another tsp for before cooking them).
Prepare of spices:half teaspoon tumeric powder,1 tspn cumin seed.
Prepare of Spices:1 tspn Red chilli flakes(optional,but gives nice flavor).
Prepare of Quater cup or so, cooking oil(see pictt of oil used in pan).
It's of Garnish:corriander and green pepper /paprika.

I transferred them into the sauce, mixed well and let them finish cooking. They didn't get too mushy like many people have mentioned. Red Split Lentils or Masoor Dal, Make Vegan Soups Pastas Stews Salad and Indian Curry Dishes Plenty of nutrients make this one a great family appetizer.

Red lentils step by step

Soak red lentil in 1 cup warm water,about half hour until water absorbed most of water.discard remaining water over sink.
After discard water add about tspn of salt nd stir.. set aside while you fry onions and spices..fry onions until golden brown not burnt then add spices to cook then in oil briefly.then add lentils and.
Add spices,lentils and tomatoes and water,stir and cover them cook on medium low heat until sift then on low heat til ready(here they wher slightly mushy as how they are preferred when eating esp with flat breads etc,but can also make not mushy by cookin bit less..can try these different texture and use as prefer inshaallah.
Add chopped corriander and chopped green peppers..
Bismillah and enjoy!.

Set these next to your salad, or have them as the main course! Get the recipe here: Red Lentil Flatbread. Middle Eastern spices and fresh herbs make this one a winner! Red lentils are perfect for weeknights, or whenever you're in a hurry to get a meal on the table. Due to how they're processed, de-husked, and split before packaging, they cook up quicker than any other variety of legumes, although they are slightly lower in fiber than the larger whole varieties.