Dahl is a high protein, high fibre, low fat nutritious and tasty meal. Just one serve of this dahl provides 26% of your daily fibre and 17% of your daily iron.
This is a super simple dahl for an easy lunch or dinner. You can add any steamed veggies, or have with a side salad.
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Extraordinarily Simple Dahl
- Total Time: 2.5 hours
- Yield: 3 1x
- Diet: Vegan
Ingredients
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125 g mung dahl (see Notes)
1/4 tsp ground ginger or 1 teaspoon fresh chopped ginger
1/4 tsp ground cumin
1/4 tsp ground turmeric
1/4 tsp salt
few dashes ground black pepper
Instructions
- Rinse and soak the lentils for 1-2 hours, then rinse again.
- Boil the lentils with about 2 cups water and all the spices for around 20 minutes until cooked.
- If too thick, add more water as you are cooking. You are looking for a thick soupy texture.
Notes
If you can’t get mung dahl, you can use split red or yellow lentils instead.
You can add chopped vegetables to the dahl as it cooks.
- Prep Time: 2 hours + 10 mins
- Cook Time: 20 mins
- Category: Savouries
- Method: Stovetop
- Cuisine: Indian
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 3
- Calories: 143.9
- Sugar: 2.5 g
- Sodium: 205.3 mg
- Fat: 0.9 g
- Fiber: 26.3 g
- Protein: 10.1 g
