Recipe: Perfect Lentil Dahl with Wholemeal Chapattis

Lentil Dahl with Wholemeal Chapattis.

You can cook Lentil Dahl with Wholemeal Chapattis using 13 ingredients and 7 steps. Here is how you achieve that.

Ingredients of Lentil Dahl with Wholemeal Chapattis

1. Prepare 350 g of red lentils.
2. You need 2 of tsps turmeric.
3. You need 2 tbsp of butter.
4. It's 2 of tsps cumin seeds.
5. It's 1 of small onion, finely chopped.
6. It's 3 cloves of garlic, finely sliced.
7. Prepare 1 of large fresh green chilli, finely sliced.
8. You need 1 tsp of garam masala.
9. Prepare 1 tsp of ground coriander.
10. You need of thumb-sized piece of fresh ginger, finely grated.
11. Prepare 2 of tomatoes, finely diced.
12. You need 1/2 tsp of salt.
13. You need 8 of wholemeal chapattis.

Lentil Dahl with Wholemeal Chapattis step by step

1. Place the lentils in a large saucepan. Cover with 1.2L of cold water..
2. Bring to the boil then reduce to a simmer. Use a ladle to skim of the foamy scum on the surface of the water. Once you’ve done this, add the turmeric and 1 tbsp of butter to the lentils, stir then continue to simmer..
3. While the lentils are simmering, take a small frying pan and toast the cumin seeds (no oil needed) gently for a few minutes. Tip the seeds into a small bowl and leave to one side..
4. Using the same small frying pan, fry the garlic, onion, ginger, chilli and tomatoes in the remaining butter until the mixture starts to dry out..
5. Once the mix is reasonably dry, add the garam masala, salt and ground coriander. Keep cooking over a medium heat until the onions and garlic start to brown. Remove from heat..
6. When the lentils are soft, stir them well. The consistency should be porridge like, so add more water if you need to. Then stir in the garam masala spice mix..
7. Serve with wholemeal chappatis or brown basmati rice..