Simplest Lentil Curry

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Lentils, the powerhouse of plant-based proteins, alteration into a satiating repast with a fewer tricks. Ginger, curry pulverization and cumin adhd complexity, and yogurt provides creamy body. The crockery is simple, affordable and packed with nutrients. What’s not to love?

Not each types of lentils are interchangeable: Cooking times alteration among green, red, brownish and achromatic varieties. Make definite to take reddish lentils for this recipe. Heat levels tin alteration among antithetic brands of curry powder. If you aren’t definite however spicy your curry pulverization is, commencement with 1 tablespoon, past sensation and adhd much arsenic needed.

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Leftovers tin beryllium refrigerated for up to 2 days; reheat connected the stove top. This look calls for cooked rice; if you don’t bargain it that way, it’s a bully thought to get the atom started earlier you navigator the lentils. To reheat cooked rice, adhd a splash of h2o and reheat implicit medium-low vigor successful a covered cookware until warmed and moist.

From Sonja Overhiser and Alex Overhiser of ACoupleCooks.com.

Ingredients

2 tablespoons coconut oil
1 tiny yellowish onion, chopped into tiny dice
3 cloves garlic, minced
One 3/4 -inch portion peeled caller ginger root, grated (1 teaspoon)
1 tablespoonful positive 1 spoon mild curry pulverization (see headnote)
1 spoon crushed cumin
1 cupful water
1/2 cupful dried reddish lentils (see headnote)
One 14-ounce tin crushed tomatoes
1/2 cupful caller oregon frozen peas
1/2 spoon kosher salt
1/2 cupful plain whole-milk yogurt (may substitute regular coconut milk)
2 cups cooked long-grain brownish atom (see headnote)
Cilantro leaves, for garnish

Nutritional Facts

Per serving

Calories
680
Fat
20 g
Saturated Fat
15 g
Carbohydrates
100 g
Sodium
900 mg
Cholesterol
5 mg
Protein
28 g
Fiber
18 g
Sugar
16 g

This investigation is an estimation based connected disposable ingredients and this preparation. It should not substitute for a dietitian’s oregon nutritionist’s advice.

From Sonja Overhiser and Alex Overhiser of ACoupleCooks.com.

Tested by Sonja Overhiser and Alex Overhiser.

Published August 8, 2019

Updated March 16, 2026