Main dishes - vegetarian

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  • TM 31
published: 2011/04/26
changed: 2011/07/25
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Ingredients

  • Ingredients:
  • 1 medium onion, – peeled and quartered
  • 2 tablespoons vegetable oil, or ghee
  • 1 tablespoonginger - fresh
  • 2 cloves garlic, - fresh
  • 1 tsp ground cumin
  • 1 tspn ground coriander
  • 1 tspn turmeric
  • 1 tsp salt
  • 1 fresh chilli, – optional
  • 3-4 cups water (stock optional)
  • 1 ½ cups dried red lentils
  • 1 – 2 cups diced seasonal vegetables (I like the visual effect of carrots and cauliflower with the red lentils)
  • 1 cup loosely packed fresh coriander leaves – optional
  • Fresh lemon or lime
  • • For a richer flavour add 1 canof chopped tomatoes instead of 1 cup of water
  • • Or add 1 canof unsweetened coconut milk and reduce 1 cup of water – gives a silky richness to this South Indian style dish
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Recipe's preparation

  1. Place garlic and peeled ginger into TM bowl and chop for 5 seconds on speed 7. Set aside
    Place onion into TM bowl and chop for 5 seconds on speed 7. Scrape down the sides of the bowl with the spatula.
    Add oil or ghee and sauté for 2 minutes at 100⁰C on speed 1.
    Add chopped garlic and ginger and sauté for 2 minutes at 100⁰C on speed 1.
    ( I guess you could add the onion, ginger and garlic all at once but I tried to follow the original recipe to the letter.)
    Add cumin, coriander, turmeric, salt and chilli and sauté for 1 minute at 100⁰C on speed 1.
    Add water / stock / tomatoes / coconut milk and lentils and cook for 5 minutes at 100⁰C on speed 1.
    Add chopped vegetables and cook for 20 minutes at 100⁰C on  Counter-clockwise operation"Counter-clockwise operation" + speed 1.
    Season with salt and serve with coriander leaves and fresh lemon or lime juice.

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