Recipe information
Ingredients for - Spicy Indian Lentil Stew (Daal)
1. Dry yellow lentils - ½ cup
3. Split mung beans - ¼ cup
7. Ghee (clarified butter), divided - 4 teaspoons
How to cook deliciously - Spicy Indian Lentil Stew (Daal)
1. Stage
Rinse the yellow lentils, red lentils, and mung beans and put them in a medium saucepan with 5 cups water, salt, turmeric, and 1 teaspoon ghee. Bring to a boil. Reduce heat and simmer until lentils are easily mashed, about 30 minutes.
2. Stage
Heat remaining ghee in a frying pan over medium heat. Add cumin seeds and cook until they sputter. Add onion, chile peppers, and ginger; stir-fry until onions are soft, 5 to 7 minutes. Remove from heat and add cilantro and cayenne. Transfer mixture to lentils.
3. Stage
Let mixture simmer for 3 minutes. Remove from heat and stir in lemon juice.
