Lentil Curry

Total Time: 35 mins Preparation Time: 5 mins Cook Time: 30 mins

Ingredients

• 1 cup red lentil, cleaned, washed
• 1 big onion, finely chopped
• 5 garlic cloves, finely chopped
• 1 sprig curry leaf (optional)
• 1 medium tomato, chopped
• 2 dried red chilies (whole)
• 1/2 whole mustard seeds
• 1/4 fenugreek seeds
• 1 maggi soup cube (i use chicken or beef maggie cube) or 1 pinch msg
• 1/2 teaspoon sri lankan curry powder (recipezaar 17470)
• 1/4 teaspoon turmeric powder
• 4 tablespoons vegetable oil
• salt

Recipe

• 1 boil lentils till tender in 4 cups of water, turmeric powder, and maggie (or msg).
• 2 add chopped tomatoes, curry powder and cook further till tomatoes are done.
• 3 when cooked, remove the lentils into a separate bowl.
• 4 rinse the sauce pan well, and re-heat it and add oil.
• 5 heat oil and add dry chilie, mustard seed and fenugreek seed.
• 6 do not let them burn as it may give a bitter taste.
• 7 add curry leaves, chopped onion and garlic.
• 8 fry till golden brown.
• 9 add lentil mixture, stir, adjust salt (you may add a bit of lemon juice to your taste).
• 10 cover and cook for about 3 minutes.
• 11 serve with plain boil rice and eggplant salad (eggplant (aubergine) salad).