Creamy Black Lentil Curry
Creamy Black Lentil Curry

Hello everybody, it is John, welcome to my recipe site. Today, we’re going to prepare a distinctive dish, creamy black lentil curry. One of my favorites food recipes. This time, I will make it a little bit tasty. This will be really delicious.

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To begin with this particular recipe, we must first prepare a few components. You can cook creamy black lentil curry using 16 ingredients and 8 steps. Here is how you cook it.

The ingredients needed to make Creamy Black Lentil Curry:
  1. Take 1 1/2 cup black lentils
  2. Get 2 1/4 tbsp vegetable oil
  3. Take 1 1/2 tsp ground cumin
  4. Take 1 large chopped onion
  5. Take 1 each green chili
  6. Prepare 1 tbsp fresh ginger diced
  7. Get 1/2 cup milk or cream
  8. Make ready 2 tsp turmeric powder
  9. Make ready 1 tsp chili powder
  10. Get 1 tbsp kosher salt or to taste
  11. Take 3 tbsp butter
  12. Prepare 1 tbsp lemon juice
  13. Take 1 tbsp garlic chopped
  14. Make ready 1 each cilantro handful (garnish)
  15. Prepare 1 can beans (optional)
  16. Make ready 1/2 tsp cayenne pepper (optional)
Instructions to make Creamy Black Lentil Curry:
  1. Rinse black lentils, add lentils, 4 cups water and 1 tablespoon oil to pressure cooker. Pressure cook 20 minutes, allow to cool down naturally. Or in a large pot bring lentils and water to boil, add 1 extra cup water, cook medium low for 45 minutes until done.
  2. Heat 2 tablespoons of oil in a large pot. When it is hot, add cumin, stir, after about 30 seconds, add onion and green chili. Cook until onion is translucent.
  3. Add ginger and garlic, stir, cook for about 1 minute.
  4. Add the cooked lentils, beans, 2 cups water, milk (soy or almond milk can be used), turmeric, salt and chili powder, cayenne. Stir to combine.
  5. Let cook on medium heat, STIRRING FREQUENTLY. 15-20 minutes until it thickens.
  6. Turn off heat, add lemon juice and butter. Sprinkle with garnish.
  7. Serve with rice or warm bread.

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