Red Lentil Dahl (Vegan, low-fat)
Easy creamy yet low-fat vegan red lentil dahl.
- Prep Time: 5 min
- Cook Time: 25 min
- Total Time: 30 minutes
- Yield: 4 1x
- Category: Main course
- Cuisine: Indian
Ingredients
Scale
- 1 C dried red lentils
- 1 medium onion, diced
- 2 garlic cloves, minced
- 2 medium tomatoes, peeled and diced
- 2 tsp curry powder
- 2 C water or vegetable stock (or more)
- 1/2 tsp Garam Masala
- 1/2 C vegan yogurt or coconut milk
- salt to taste
- oil for cooking
Instructions
- Heat oil (or splash of vegetable stock for oil-free version) in a large shallow pan over medium heat. Sauté onion until soft and translucent. Add garlic and curry powder. Stir for a minute until fragrant. Then add tomatoes and cook for another 2-3 minutes. Finely throw in red lentils and pour vegetable stock.
- Cook for 15 minutes or until lentils are done adding more stock/water if needed.
- Finish with Garam Masala, salt and vegan yogurt. Simmer for another minute and switch off the heat.
- Serve over rice or with some homemade naan bread.
Nutrition
- Calories: 217
- Sugar: 5.5g
- Sodium: 166mg
- Fat: 1.4g
- Saturated Fat: 0.2g
- Carbohydrates: 37.6g
- Fiber: 16.5g
- Protein: 14.5g
- Cholesterol: 0mg