Sri Lankan Dahl
When it comes to simple meals made from store cupboard ingredients, a delicious dahl is hard to beat!
Made from easy-to-find ingredients such as onion and lentils, this fibre-rich Sri Lankan Dahl recipe by Dharshini for No Meat May is easy to make and tastes even better the next day!
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Servings: 6
Servings: 6
Ingredients
Method
Ingredients
(Servings: 6)
- Fried Onion Mix:
- Olive oil
- 0.16666666666667 0.16666666666667 onion, chopped
- 1 1 grams curry leaves
- 0.5 0.5 cloves of garlic, chopped
- 0.16666666666667 0.16666666666667 tsp cumin seeds
- 0.16666666666667 0.16666666666667 tsp mustard seeds
- 0.16666666666667 0.16666666666667 tsp ginger, chopped
- Dahl:
- 39.166666666667 39.166666666667 ml water
- 133.33333333333 133.33333333333 g washed lentils
- 0.16666666666667 0.16666666666667 Tbsp turmeric
- 0.33333333333333 0.33333333333333 small green chillies, chopped (optional)
- 20 20 ml soy milk
- Pinch of salt, generous
Method
For the Fried Onion Mix:
- Heat the frypan over high heat with a generous splash of olive oil.
- Add onion, curry leaves, garlic, cumin seeds, mustard seeds, ginger.
- Cook until onion is cooked through, glassy.
- Set aside.
For the Dahl:
- In a saucepan, over medium heat, add water, lentils, turmeric and chilli to taste.
- Bring to the boil and cook for around 10 mins.
- Add water if needed. Lentils need to be soft.
- Add soy milk and salt and stir.
- Stir through the fried onion mix and serve.
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