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Comfort daal recipe
Photo: Mike Kenneally

Comfort daal recipe

18 ingredients 25 min + 45 min 4 people openrecipes

A warming, comforting bowlful of lentil goodness, with a garlic, chilli and mustard tadka accompaniment.

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Estimated Nutrition (whole recipe, rough)

393
Calories
13g
Protein
15g
Fat
57g
Carbs

Counts 13 of 16 ingredients — the other 3 aren't in our nutrition table and contribute nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume — 13 portions →
Ingredient Portion assumed kcal
Olive Oil 1 tbsp (14g) 119
Lentil 1/2 cup cooked (99g) 115
Sugar 1 tbsp (12.5g) granulated 49
Onion 1 medium (110g) 44
Tomato 1 medium (123g) 22
Lemon juice of 1 lemon (48ml) 12
Turmeric 1 tsp ground (3g) 9
Cumin 1 tsp ground (2.1g) 8
Black Pepper 1 tsp ground (2.3g) 6
Garlic 1 clove (3g) 4
Mustard 1 tsp (5g) yellow 3
Ginger 1 tsp grated fresh (2g) 2
Salt 1 tsp (6g) 0
Water not in our table 0
Seed not in our table 0
Nigella Seed not in our table 0

Totals for the whole recipe, adding one typical portion per ingredient — listed above. Quantities in the recipe are not counted, so this is a rough guide only — not suitable for medical or dietary planning.

Ingredients

  • 120 red split lentils
  • g moong daal (yellow ones)
  • 60 water
  • g garlic cloves, chopped roughly
  • 600 turmeric powder
  • ml green chillies, chopped
  • 2 sugar
  • 0.5 lemon, juice only
  • tsp vegetable oil
  • 2 onion, sliced
  • 0.25 garlic cloves, roughly chopped
  • tsp cm fresh root ginger, peeled
  • 1 dried red chillis
  • 2 mustard seeds
  • tbsp nigella seeds
  • 1 cumin seeds
  • 2 tomato, diced
  • 2 salt and pepper

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By lovefood · Recipe sourced from openrecipes

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