Total time
40 mins
Prep
10 mins
Cook
30 mins
Per head
£1.55
Difficulty
Easy
A hearty, warming curry packed with protein and flavour at a fraction of the cost of meat dishes.
Did you know?
Lentils are one of the earliest crops ever cultivated, farmed in the Middle East and South Asia for over 9,000 years. In India, lentil-based dishes (dal) are eaten daily by hundreds of millions of people, they're one of the most consumed foods on the planet.
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Ingredients
- 1 (medium, finely diced) onion
- ½ inch, freshly grated ginger
- ½ (juice only, to serve) lemon
- 5g, to garnish, optional coriander (fresh)
- 180g, rinsed red lentils
- 1 tbsp vegetable oil
- 1 tsp curry powder
- ¼ tsp turmeric
- 120ml vegetable stock
- 400ml, 1 tin coconut milk
- ½ tsp salt
- pinch, optional black pepper
- 400g, chopped tinned tomatoes
- ½ tsp, add at the end garam masala
- 2 clove, minced garlic
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